Andy Abramson The Inquirer and GigaOm both heap praise on client Truphone…..lots is happening with our lads from the UK..and they’re just getting going. Mobivox, the easiest way to call your friends for free from any phone, scored a Windy City story in the Chicago Sun Times while video ringtone client Vringo hit the Wall Street Journal … Read more
Pal Om spent some time (all of 15 minutes was his allotment) with AT&T Prexy Randall Stephenson last week at Web 2.0. His recap of the interview is full of promises by the giant telco’s new leader. What is obvious to me is the new AT&T is not your daddy’s AT&T anymore. Stephenson is talking … Read more
Verizon’s FIOS just started offering 20 megs symmetrical. That means 20 megs upload and 20 megs download. Ok…its time for the cable guys to get off their horse, look at DOCSIS and say “we have fiber. Let’s go to the home.” If they do, speeds can go higher than what Verizon is offering because Verizon … Read more
Hats off to Jeff, Carl Ford and Jason of VON and Pulver Media for the scheduling of the first UnConference at a VON event. Over three events ago I suggested they needed a more unstructured format around VON. To their credit they sat down and figured out how to do just that.
This is a heartfelt offer from SightSpeed, and their CEO Peter Csathy. He and four members of his executive team reside in San Diego County. All are very much affected by the fires here, as am I. While I’m up in Northern California, Peter had to high tail it to the desert with his family … Read more
The fires in San Diego have created some panic and pandemonium with friends and colleagues. I awoke to many emails, all expressing concern. I am thankful that so many people care and are expressing their concerns. It’s touching and heartfelt. Let me set everyone at ease who cares. I’m safe. Danielle and Michelle who assist … Read more
The fires in San Diego have created some panic and pandemonium with friends and colleagues. I awoke to many emails, all expressing concern. I am thankful that so many people care and are expressing their concerns. It’s touching and heartfelt. Let me set everyone at ease who cares. I’m safe. Danielle and Michelle who assist … Read more
Over the past few months, VAPPS Ben Lillenthal has been having calls with me using his new HighSpeedConferencing.com platform. What they’ve done is delivered on a promise made over a year ago when they first introduced their platform for Skype users. That being, to deliver a wideband based, high quality audio conference platform for a … Read more
In my chat last week with Erik Lagerway I described to him my view of what he’s setting out to do with Lypp. I called it the next evolution of what Asterisk started for VoIP developers. Last night he sent me a link that brings that kind of dream into the realm of reality. This … Read more
Last week I explained how video conferencing being sold by HP, Cisco, Polycom and Tandberg is overpriced so it seems that I’m not the only one thinking along those lines. Former PC Magazine product reviews editor Davis Janowski, who made a move to Crain’s Publications has written a parallel piece in Investment News highlighting SightSpeed … Read more
