This report makes me think Skype wants to do for AT&T what they have done for 3 in the UK (via iSkoot). The approach is simple. They want to be part of the real mobile community, not the part that encourages jailbreaking of iPhones.
It has been years since I heard the name VoIP, Inc., a company I just never embraced with loads of coverage, and never bought into their hype (as previously noted) They had previously announced deals with Vonage (saving the NJ VoIP provider from a patent infringement debacle with Verizon) and a huge deal with Google, … Read more
Hot on the heels of the rumor of a potential resale to its founders, Skype’s parent eBay has announced the intention to spin the company off as a public offering in 2010. Clearly a lot is going on inside the palace of eBay and internally at Skype. The management team is the kind of team … Read more
It looks like the EU is gearing up to battle the GSM carrier cartel across the continent with a broad sweeping ban on the blocking of VoIP over 3G. This would be huge news for companies like Skype and Truphone, and given the rumors of Skype being for sale, change the groundrules, as eBay would … Read more
ReadWriteWeb has the goods on a new, lightweight, screen sharing web presentation platform called PocketMeeting that looks very reasonable and sounds very good. While the concept seems very logical, the question of business survivability has to be considered vs. WebEx. The dot.com industry is littered with web conferencing companies that are no longer around. What’s … Read more
ReadWriteWeb has the goods on a new, lightweight, screen sharing web presentation platform called PocketMeeting that looks very reasonable and sounds very good. While the concept seems very logical, the question of business survivability has to be considered vs. WebEx. The dot.com industry is littered with web conferencing companies that are no longer around. What’s … Read more
GigaOm’s Om Malik has a post today about the overwhelming success of the Apple App Store and how it has fostered a look a like “me too, me also” approach by many of the other handset developers like RIM, Nokia, Android who have use the app store model as a way of working with developers. … Read more
The middle age market, never thought of being the earlier to adopt new technology, is embracing Twitter, according to a Bulldog Reporter wrap up story today. This means, the money spending crowd is tuning in, which also explains why smart marketers are having a presence inside twitter, tweeting away, the dullness that makes up a … Read more
I’ve been really enjoying the use of the VidTel Video calling service that works with both the Grandstream video phone and CounterPath’s EyeBeam and Bria software very easily. Actually it works with just about any H.264 client or device with the proper settings, but now that the long awaited Asus Skype Video phone is about … Read more
Two new applications, both designed to work with the month old or so Google Voice are about to hit the Apple App Store, according to MobileCrunch. I’ve been a fan of GrandDialer, an app that has been “retired” by its developer. It allowed call bridging to any of your GrandCentral numbers, and for those of … Read more
