It’s Coffee Time
Mon 17/12/2007 15:32 17122007077
Andy Abramson
Hello From Madrid..Getting Ready For Mobile Monday
I figured its time to toast what has been a very good year, and to get ready for tonight’s Mobile Monday in Madrid…….. Do you think I’m going to have fun? You bet. Coming off of Le Web 3, this is the time to stretch out and do some serious looking forward. I’ve consulted some … Read more
Ribbit Going Live On Monday
Don Thorson tipped me off that Ribbit is going live on Monday after a long awaited period of “what are those guys up to.” This comes on the heels of their Developer event last week in the Bay Area. In a nutshell Ribbit is developing some proof of concept applications that leverage their API’s and … Read more
Don’t Miss THE CALL OF THE YEAR!!
The folks at client iotum and a former VH1 producer, Fred Graver, have cooked up one ingenious concept for using the power of social media, the web and VoIP to ring in the New Year. It’s the New Year’s Eve Conference Call application which Alec Saunders unveiled last night. It’s pure genius and works on … Read more
PR Firms Now Promoting Reporters Stories To Bloggers
Over the past few weeks I’ve been receiving emails from PR firms representing traditional print media which have online content and are looking to draw attention to stories that are written and published on their web sites. In my book they are taking a page out of what TV networks have done for years where … Read more
Why Wireless Isn’t Really Open
Former AP telecom editor Bruce Meyerson now is over at Business Week as Deputy Editor where he has penned a piece that talks about how the wireless operators are doing all they can to CLAIM they are opening up, when it reality they aren’t.
Patent Wars and Vonage
Credit Ike Elliott, who used to be a ranking executive at Level3, for coming up with this one about Vonage and their on-going patent woes. Ike makes some good points about why Vonage, now owning DPL’s patents, are at least in a slightly better position than they were before. I am not at all surprised … Read more
A Win For the Upstarts-MaxRoam
Pat and his team are starting to score. They have landed retail distribution and are clearly gearing up. Their landing of a High Street retailer is a sign of things to come in my book.
Ken Camp Looks At VoIP 2007
Besides the fact that half a dozen agency clients are listed in Ken Camp’s post (GrandCentral, iotum, Mobivox, Nokia, SightSpeed and Truphone) I have to admit that Ken has pretty much nailed the excitement in the VoIP space this year.
Flash and Dangers
The insight I’m receiving from some folks I know in the trusted advertising world online has me very concerned about Flash based applications and even ads. It seems Adobe practices the ostrich approach and keeps their head down, though likely is aggressive behind the scenes. That’s what makes Mr. Blogs post about Flashphone all the … Read more