Andy Abramson There are some rumors circulating that Steve Ballmer is about to step aside at Microsoft as its day to day operations head to make room for another president. Ken and I reported on this on KenRadio’s World Technology Roundup earlier today. Bill Clinton. Here’s what I know. Sources near Microsoft headquarters report that over the … Read more
This is a funny one. Back in the summer I suggested to 8×8 Chairman Bryan Martin that they work with then XTen, now CounterPath to get their soft client out. I’m happy to see that despite his claims back then that they would do things in house that they have chosen to work with the … Read more
Skype has officially released their Mac OS 1.4 version. The best features are how it pauses iTunes when a call is made or comes in and of course Skype Forward management. Skype also has finalized version 2.0 for the PC platform.
As a member of the press who has come to CES for many years, one of the benefits that helps us all file our stories is the availability of Internet access. This year, with CES at it’s all time largest in number of exhibitors and and crowd, not to mention with more than 6,000 registered … Read more
Linksys’ Sipura team has developed a very cool IP-PBX that will support 4-16 stations per box. I got to see it a few weeks back, but protected the embargo, waiting for the press release to move. Linksys developed this new PBX based on the smarts from Sipura who came over in the 2005 acquisition. Like … Read more
Continuing the “no loyalty” trend within the VoIP sector, distributor Brightpoint, the company behind the Skype store and driver of Vonage and vTech products sales just added 8×8 as a supplier. What this means is Brightpoint learns the ropes from one, opens up accounts for two, and then brings in more. While on the surface … Read more
It’s becoming clearer each day that YAGM and maybe E are the guys looking hard at innovating Voice communications while the Vonages, Packet8s and Broadvoices of the world all look to sell something the cable guys already have won the war with, selling PSTN replacement to millions of people who want a single bill. Let … Read more
iotum’s Alec Saunders led a panel with execs from MSN, Earthlink and Yahoo. Rock star Jeff Bonforte stole the show with sharp answers and a quick wit, finding a way to poke fun at his former boss Michael Robertson in a polite way, explaining the virtues of what Yahoo really can offer versus upstart Gizmo … Read more
My spies tell me that a ranking Level3 exec was wondering to a colleague today why I ripped them over Salmon Creek Wine back at the VON event at the Harvard Club during the Fall VON and why I never blogged about their gift of a bottle of Silver Oak, a highly popular Cabernet from … Read more
Wonder what Olga knows that we don’t. My guess is something that ties into the Boingo/Cloud relationship…any guesses. Guess we’ll find out at the press conference today at the eBay booth at 2:15 PM.. This ends up being a WiFi phone. We’re not sure yet if it works with Boingo or the Cloud, the two … Read more
