Check out the eWeek article about GoogleVoice and Gizmo. Seems the Nexus One isn’t the only thing that Google is now “leaking” over. Here’s what I think. 1) Gizmo5’s assets brings GoogleVoice the missing soft client on multiple platforms except the iPhone. That will have to wait. Macs, PCs, Symbian and Android will be their … Read more
Larry Lisser picked up on my meme from over the weekend and dubbed the growing video chat, communications and conferencing world as visual communications in a very well thought out piece.
From the earliest of days of public WiFi I have always felt the biggest players that would benefit from it were the cable operators. Seems I was right as Cablevision is proving how in the contiguous areas around New York City that their WiFi cloud is attracting users. And, they are all their already existing … Read more
Let’s set the record straight, for in 2010 we will begin to see some clear lines (are they battle lines) drawn when it comes to “face to face” communications over the Internet. A post yesterday about Google’s Video Chat got me thinking, and as someone who is very much into both branding and operation definitions, … Read more
Apple stock hit an all time high, over $200 this week. But that’s just the financial story. What is really impressive is how well Apple is faring in purchase popularity in every category they compete it. In phones. In the desktop and laptop categories, when you consider how much more expensive their products are vs. … Read more
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) sums up fairly concisely just what is up with the status of Google Voice on the iPhone. If Google GIVES the Nexus One to all GoogleVoice customers, with some kind of incentive to move to T-Mobile, it will initially be AT&T who suffers. Do you remember the old days when … Read more
Twilio is an platform that lets developers create service much like Voxeo and client IfByPhone. Today they whipped up a “calling card” script using their API and turned it into a Pay As You Go calling plan. This is great for temporary housing companies and hostels where end points can be installed, but where only … Read more
Gizmodo has a very interesting piece today about consumer Internet connectivity in the USA from the major providers. In the post they point out how the broadband providers are overselling higher priced services to consumer by exaggerating what kind of pipe someone needs to download, connect or use services. First off, we’re beginning to see … Read more
The buzz is building around the Google Phone and the potential of Apple finally bringing out a Tablet. My questions about the tablet are simply this: 1) Will you handle Voice Apps (Skype, Truphone, iCall) the way the iPod Touch and iPhone already do? I mean, don’t you want to TELL someone what yu just … Read more
The rumor mill was right on, and Jajah has indeed become part of Telefonica.
