Yesterday I saw three news stories that all seemed to bring one thought to mind. Mobile PBX. First was the story about a startup in the UK called CloudNet which trickled into the mailbox over the weekend. Cloudnet is offering a 14 day trial (with the purchase of the mobile app) of a mobile PBX … Read more
One of the major highlights last February at IT Expo in Miami Beach was “StartUp Camp” organized by pal Larry Lisser. The event focuses not on the big guys with lots of money, but on the newest ideas from the newest companies just entering the marketplace. Organized in the same vein as GigaOm’s Launchpad, TechCrunch … Read more
iDapt Multi Device Power Base With the iDapt I can charge three device. For me that’s an iPhone 4, a Nokia E-71 and either a Blackberry Bold 9700, Motorola Droid or a MiFi. Monster Six Outlet Outlets To Go Power Strip The Monster Outlets To Go power strip means even when I’m in a hotel … Read more
Cross Posted At Voyces.com In reading the Mashable story about how Starbucks is going to create their own digital network of content as their way of justifying “free Wi-Fi” I had to admit I was intrigued. Over the past few years Starbucks has done pretty much all they could do to alienate the long stayer. … Read more
Cross Posted At Voyces.com In reading the Mashable story about how Starbucks is going to create their own digital network of content as their way of justifying “free Wi-Fi” I had to admit I was intrigued. Over the past few years Starbucks has done pretty much all they could do to alienate the long stayer. … Read more
The Gigaom story about Google and Verizon this morning by Stacy Higgenbotham was thought provoking on its own merits. But I’m looking at this another way. Dark fiber. For years Google has been reportedly amassing dark fiber. A few months ago they announced a plan to light up 100 cities with fiber connectivity, bringing a … Read more
When you look at a story like this from Phillip Elmer DeWitt, it is easy to see why Apple is winning and others are not faring as well. The growth of Apple across the board, since the launch of the first iPod, then iPhone and now the iPad has led to even deeper adoption of … Read more
Today Skype filed their S-1 to go public on Wall Street. No one should be surprised, as this was exactly what I predicted some 11 months ago. Now, going public brings with it a whole new set of responsibilities, not only SEC quarterly reporting. For Skype’s lead investors, Silver Lake Partners, this is their opportunity … Read more
The New York Times story on saving money on mobile calling internationally hit home, so I thought I should add my spin to it. It’s something through trial and error I’ve become sort of a subject matter expert on. Upfront, I think David Kelly did an excellent job of highlighting some of what’s possible (and … Read more
I’ve been catching up on a few topics, one of which is HD Voice, and that means reading Doug Mohney’s HD Voice News. What’s interesting is that now almost three years since VAPPs decided to become HiDefConferencing, and then was quickly acquired by Citrix Online to form the core of their Citrix Online Audio group, … Read more
