Give it to pals Peter Csathy and Eric Quanstrom to pick the right time to bring out new technology that solves one of the iPhone’s biggest shortcomings. Video. Sure you can play YouTube videos using a special Apple approved You Tube app, or watch iTunes videos, but producers of content were pretty much locked out … Read more
While faxing may be so 20th century, there are still many people and businesses using the technology to send documents back and forth that require signatures, or proof of transmission. But using fax machines over VoIP has always been a challenge, until now. FaxBack has perfected it to work with Microsoft Fax.
Here’s one that slipped by last week in what was a whirlwind week for me, culminating in a trip to the UK on Friday. Back on June 1 Broadsoft and Counterpath released a customize version of Bria, an app I use on my Netbooks regularly. While Broadsoft is touting this, I say this is a … Read more
Dean Bubley, a pseudo regular dining companion, from time to time in London (and elsewhere) has two insightful posts about Mobile broadband. The first, and most recent, is a random musing on the subject, while the second takes apart some stats about the subject released by the GSMA. Personally as the owner and user of … Read more
Skype had a very interesting advert on the Virgin Atlantic flight I was on from Los Angeles to London Friday night. It was about Skype Video. What was really cool though was it immediately followed a Virgin Broadband commercial, extolling the virtues of higher speed connectivity. It was a short, 15 second or so spot, … Read more
Pal Rich Teharani may be the only guy I know on the road more than me, and he’s come to a point where I did about 9 months ago. He misses blogging, when travel and meetings get in the way. But, hey, isn’t that what pays the bills? Basically, with things like mobile data cards … Read more
Alec Saunders asks if HD Voice can help reinvent VoIP or light another fire. I say yes, and all you need to do is talk to clients HiDefConferencing or GIPS, as both are experts in the art of delivering voice in HD. HiDef Conferencing is in the business of delivering the best high quality audio … Read more
Wine by the tap is bulk wine so I’ll pass and go for a beer at the pub in East Dulwich.
After another easy flight over on Virgin Atlantic, I cleared Immigration using the IRIS scanning system in all of 30 seconds. Then I walked to the Heathrow Express, used a digital ticket that was pre-paid for before I left the States (all I needed was the number) and then jumped on the Internet using T-Mobile’s … Read more
Just a few weeks after the HD Voice conference organized by pal Jeff Pulver, comes news from New York area cable operator Cablevision that they are rolling out an HD Voice platform for business on their Optimum Lightpath platform that is built for business. While other operators like client Junction Networks’ OnSip platform already offers … Read more
