Andy Abramson Skype is telling the world what caused the massive Skype Out (of service) last Wednesday and Thursday..While rumors persist that it was a hack job, no way would they admit that in my book. Very few companies ever admit their services or software were hacked, especially when with Skype there wasn’t much to steal yet. … Read more
HP is introducing a new service called Cloudprint that makes printing documents very easy using a combination of cell phone SMS technology and web based file storage. What I like about this is the fact that document printing becomes portable and using locations such as Kinkos or UPS Stores the ability to do more than … Read more
One of the questions always asked when a new business is launched is “But Does It Scale?” Often times the question is thought to mean “will the service work as we add users” when in reality it really should mean “can the company support the number of users who come online.” Support is more than … Read more
A Yahoo Blogger reports on the saga of yet another displaced SunRocket user who had connectivity hassles that were solved by the PR person, not support. This story, thanks to PR pal Brian Lustig had a happy ending, but after what seems like a week of being jerked around and tugged by Teleblend one has … Read more
The newest OM TV show has our pal interviewing Real Networks’ founder Rob Glaser.
I just received this from the Skype PR agency: Good Morning, I’m pleased to share the most recent information on the Skype outage with you: “Take a deep breath. Skype is back to normal.” “On Monday, we’ll provide a more detailed explanation of what happened. Until then, we’d like to apologize and thank you. Precisely … Read more
So far here are some observations from an always on type of knowledge worker: 1) I have seen my email level increase. People who used to IM to me over Skype are using email to reach me instead. Result- more time lag, more delays. 2) I am using my cell phone more. Peoiple who used … Read more
In light of the many stranded Skype users SightSpeed is giving displaced persons access to their Pro plan for free for the next thirty days with a new offer that went live this morning. Smart move….
Yesterday I was like everyone thinking initially that the Skype issue was going to be an indictment for P2P overall. It isn’t. Its how Skype has chosen to implement their own version of P2P which makes Skype so useful, and yet, now so dead. I realized this morning after some reflection that this really an … Read more
I really like Olga Kharif’s no nonsense style. I like it so much that based on her review this morning I’m thinking seriously about shipping the ooma box that showed up yesterday back. Unopened. They offered me a non-invassive version, one that won’t make any changes to my existing phone service. Given how much I’m … Read more
