Image via Wikipedia Every once in a while I get alerted to some fun events. Three are coming to mind right now, and one is just around the corner. Rhone Discovery Week, or in French, Decouvertes du Vallee du Rhone, is March 1-6 and starts this time in the Northern Rhone town of Ampuis. That … Read more
Image via Wikipedia We're heading into the annual trade show season, where events seem to come up and out of nowhere for some, and for others are part of the business of their business. For me the seasons starts with the AT&T Developer Summit which is just one day before CES, moves to IT Expo which includes … 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 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
Dean Bubley on The Android-Dean and I had dinner in San Diego a week ago Saturday at Flemings Steak House and Wine Bar in the Gaslamp. We enjoyed some excellent service from GM/Operating Partner Bob Andrews (he’s been Flemings Top Operating Partner four out of the last five years or so) and it was there … Read more
Ian Bell’s commentary about SIP being Skype’s savior (or not) is worth a read, especially on a lazy Sunday like today. Worth checking out if you want something cheaper than Skype comes from a San Diego company that was started by my neighbor and his sons. TelCentris operates VoxOx, and they just announced some new … Read more
Client Voxygen took the raps off something I’ve known about for quite some time at eComm yesterday. It’s a Voice 2.0/next generation “click to call” application that has the all the trappings of a winner according to pal Alec Saunders. What makes the app so special is how the application gathers up data from the … Read more
Phil Wolff has a great post on how voice becomes more than cheap calling via Skype. Larry Lisser writes up why voice is back in vogue. Alec Saunders gets under the hood and shows just what AT&T may be up to in the battle around free conference calling and more. The Wall Street Journal reports … Read more
I do love GoGo’s inflight service, even if they are blocking VoIP. On my “up the state” commute, three times this week, I’ve actually used it only once first due to a lack of the in seat power ( it was a defective outlet) on my Virgin America flight on Thursday, and my error in … Read more
Last Friday for many was a “SNOW” day. It was the day that Apple launched their updated (and from my testing) better Operating System. It’s smaller, faster and does many things better. In my testing of major Voice applications I found a few things out rather quickly: Good News Department: Skype 3.8 works fine Gizmo5‘s … Read more
