Andy Abramson This is about conferencing. Not the web based virtual kind, and not the video kind, but about the forerunner. The kind of conferencing that everything digital tries to replicate, but can not ever duplicate. At the same time this post is about the use of all the tools we need to confer with others, in … Read more
Pal Paul Kapustka interviews Pal Alec Saunders, so being the good Pal, I’m giving some well deserved link love to the story. The focus is on presence and if you have a BlackBerry and want to see what it’s really all about, check out iotum’s newest iteration of TalkNow and learn what being interruption free … Read more
Om Malik has gotten over his jet lag, the post mom food blues and his eTel Launchpad and is back in the groove of a home run hitter. Tonight he busts a move and tells us that BT is about to invest in FON, the people’s WiFi network which if all things go right will … Read more
Back in December I was introduced to a company with an idea that lets small business have a VoIP phone system that in principal reminded me of the 1980’s era AT&T Merlin. That company was Telephony2. The product is called CallButler and recently was reviewed by Small Business Technology . For those who don’t remember … Read more
I have to second the comments of iotum’s Alec Saunders about eTel and not being in the panels but instead being around the panels and events. Om’s Launchpad was quite good with some new companies like Flat Planet Phone Company, PeerAnt and client Grand Central (who stole the show again IMHO) up on stage. The … Read more
Clarity Communications is a company that my team and I are having a lot of fun working with. Their new technology platform offering hosted push to talk is giving tier two and tier three carriers a way to offer their customers an alternative to leaving for Nextel as was noted in the Chicago Sun-Times last … Read more
Client BridgePortNetworks is in the news all of Chicago today all around MobileStick as both the Chicago Tribune and the Chicago Sun-Times provided high profile coverage on the USB memory stick that is more than just talk. MobileStick is the antidote for mobile operators who have been suffering lost utilization of their services inside buildings. … Read more
Yesterday Internet Telephony reported new pricing around AT&T CallVantage’s Softphone service that in the eyes of other VoIPwatchers seems to bring prices down in some cases even lower than Skype and other next generation voice providers/carriers. With these types of prices, and the quality which CallVantage offers one has to wonder if the other softphone … Read more
First it was pal Ragui Kamel and Alex Quilici who got their packages and left AOL earlier in February. Yesterday VP, Voice Services, Mike Smith was given the pink slip. Does this mean AOL is getting out of voice? Or is this part of a broader plan that involves copying the moves of Yahoo and … Read more
Overall a very nice review in PCMag.com about a very nice product, the Nokia Nseries N800 that keeps getting more and more addictive the more I use it.
