It seems the city of Vallejo California wants to tax texting, other wise known as SMS. So why is this important? Well if you use GoogleVoice you have the option of having your messages delivered via SMS, as well email. Skype has a similar function, as do other companies which work with middlemen like Syniverse … Read more
Now almost two years since I penned my piece about the coming era of device divergence we see a fine example that may become the poster child for the concept. Called TwitterPeek, the device is the result of collaboration between Twitter and Peek and is a new device built exclusively for sending tweets. It works … Read more
James Kendrick of JK On The Run has a very complete and breezy read on what it takes to work at home. As someone who has been working at home since 1989 (and even worked from home part time as far back as 1976) I have to compliment the friendly Texan on telling it like … Read more
Martin Geddes keynote is a blockbuster here at eComm in Amsterdam. He clearly and crisply defined and described the 5 Stage Evolution of Comms as Messages, Minutes, Megabytes, Media and Moments.
If you ever wondered why you can’t SMS easily from your laptop without going through hoops, it’s time to forget all about that. If you’re an SIP based softphone user, you’ll be rejoicing, as Counterpath just announced at the Broadsoft Conference SMS within Bria for Broadworks users. Good move as this adds a very useful … Read more
Using Truphone, Skype, UMA Voice and 3G Data all from Barcelona
Rebtel provides user a valuable service. Cheap calls. But it isn’t VoIP. Now it’s available in the Apple iPhone App Store. Basically what the new app does is call set up. This is not really different than GoogleVoice’s ability to do the same thing, other than it’s in the App Store.
Will Mobile VoIP Impact Carrier Revenues? In-Stat seems to think so. In what has become the flavor of the year, and with good reason, over at In-Stat, their coverage of the Mobile VoIP market continues to reflect what the market looks like. This time they have laid out what the impact will be to the … Read more
The New York Times is announcing staff reductions. This is a clear sign of the times that Print is Dead. Back in 2004 I made that prediction when I lectured at Temple University based on the decline the previous year in the print advertising lineage in the adult media market. It looks like that barometer … Read more
Waveboard is a new Mac application that makes Wave more easier to manage and takes it out of the browser. As a Wave user now for about a week I find the concept interesting and evolving, but I’m not addicted to it yet like I could be to Twitter or Facebook. What I do like … Read more
