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
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
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
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
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
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
If I ever had a question about how to grow a business that can be built for something bigger, one of the first friends I’d reach out to would be former SightSpeed CEO Peter Csathy. As both an advisory board member with SightSpeed, and then as their agency of record, I got to work and … Read more
Alaska Airlines is the next to to bring us WiFi in the sky.
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
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
