Bandwidth Is Not Limitless

Let’s face it, the iPhone has created something that has become a problem. Scarcity of bandwidth. While we all like to think that bandwidth is like air, it’s not and those of us who live online are starting to suffocate from time to time, without enough bandwidth. Part of the issue is that the so … Read more

Grand Central Is Now Google Voice

Last night a very tired, yet happy Craig Walker called with news. For all those of little faith who had given up on GrandCentral, all I can say is “Surprise.” What has been in the works for more than a year, has now come to fruition. GrandCentral has become Google Voice, and there are a … Read more

Video Conferencing vs. Face To Face

It’s obvious to me that the travel industry is fearing video conferencing. All you have to do is read this Dallas Morning News story and you can tell that the pressure is now on the travel industry overall to justify the high costs in light of technology that’s coming down in price every month. At … Read more

2.0 Scouting Report Update

If I was looking for a marketing lead in the online, comms or video space, heck, just about any business, one of the first people I’d pull from the pool of “available” talent would be my buddy Eric Quanstrom…who is now a free agent as he and Logitech have parted ways as Surfer Boy didn’t … Read more

eComm Panel Noted By Wall Street Journal

It’s always rewarding when you’ve worked to help someone who has put their heart and soul into an event, the way Lee Dryburgh has with eComm receive some favorable coverage. After eTel was jettisoned by it’s producer, the Emerging Technology community was looking for a continuation of what had been started. When Lee stepped up, … Read more

Skype Spins Voice A Different Way

I just learned that Skype is going to be working with SpinVox on converting and delivering voice mail messages that are received by Skype users. SpinVox will convert the voice messages to text in four languages: English, Spanish, French and German. The messages are then sent by Skype as an SMS text directly to a … Read more

Skype To Go Now Open To All

Skype continues to work in the direction of getting more people to dial out via their service. Now they have opened the lightly used Skype to Go service to all PAYING users, meaning those that have Skype Out credit in their account. Basically this is a credit card calling replacement or a way to compete … Read more

International Calling Done Very Modestly

Over the past few weeks I’ve been in a few places (to say the least.) Miami Beach and calling anywhere was easy. My mobile phones with unlimited plans on T-Mobile and AT&T made that easy for stateside calling, and for international there was Truphone Anywhere or on my laptop, Skype. But the real challenge was … Read more