Gizmo To Migrate PSTN Numbers

If you have PSTN numbers for Gizmo In service you may not have seen this language on the administration page: We are currently working on a migration strategy. No call-in numbers will expire at this time. We will provide ample notice for you to have uninterrupted service. What does that mean for users? One of … Read more

Shake Up At Skype – How I See It

The New York Time’s Brad Stone broke a story late Tuesday night about COO Scott Durchslag departing Skype to return to the world of the Fortune 500, from whence he came, as the gentle giant from Motorola was put in as part of a big picture, strategic rethink by the eBay folks. Now, with a … Read more

Addressless Sending of Packages

Did you ever want to send a package to someone and not know their “physical” address. It could be someone on your aging AOL buddy list, or even a Twitter Pal. It may be the person who you “met” using Match.com or one of the “social dating sites.” Regardless of how you “know” them or … Read more

Addressless Sending of Packages

Did you ever want to send a package to someone and not know their “physical” address. It could be someone on your aging AOL buddy list, or even a Twitter Pal. It may be the person who you “met” using Match.com or one of the “social dating sites.” Regardless of how you “know” them or … Read more

IT Expo Taking Shape

Rich Tehrani has a nice summary post about the 2010 IT Expo that will take place in Miami Beach in January. I took advantage last week of a one day sale from Virgin America to buy my flights from the west coast and back, and had already booked my hotel some weeks ago. As usual … Read more

There’s WiFi In the Air

My all time favorite Travel Critic of All Time, the venerable Joe Brancatelli, who pulls no punches, and always calls them like he see’s them, has a two page story in Portfolio Magazine about WiFi in the Sky. In the story, Joe basically says that the flying public is cheap, and to his credit, he’s … Read more

There’s WiFi In the Air

My all time favorite Travel Critic of All Time, the venerable Joe Brancatelli, who pulls no punches, and always calls them like he see’s them, has a two page story in Portfolio Magazine about WiFi in the Sky. In the story, Joe basically says that the flying public is cheap, and to his credit, he’s … Read more

Cisco Needs to Buy Counterpath

With Logitech buying LifeSize today, that makes for a very interesting development in the war in the desktop video market. Cisco owns the high end market with Telepresence. While one would say that HALO is a competitor, offered by H-P, it’s really not, and HP has nothing below it, making them also an ideal buyer … Read more

Logitech Buys Lifesize

Last year about this time, Logitech purchased client SightSpeed to move more deeply into the consumer video space. Today the news came out that the Swiss company has purchased LifeSize. This puts a company like Vidyo in play in my opinion. Vidyo, which has some of it’s own Intellectual Property may be a good alternative … Read more

Is Apple Stopping Progress?

It’s time not to put the hammer down, but to throw it up again. Yesterday Nimbuzz made noise via GigaOm’s Om Malik, with news of their client now offering what is called Nimbuzz Out, which is in many ways a clone of Fring, Skype Out and Truphone combined, as the new feature it allows calls … Read more