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Jon Arnold has moved his blog to a new home. http://www.ipcom-insights.com/blog/jon/

Doug Mohney has penned an excellent piece about what will hasten the death spiral of Vonage. His well timed editorial, based largely around the announcement by Verizon to rollout a real VoIP service called Digital Voice (wow what a creative brand name) is well in keeping with my rationale as to why the consumer VoIP … Read more

1. They have an App Store. Device manufacturers or OS manufacturers without an App Store don’t have an easy way to move apps that move devices. 2. Its got a keyboard. For the crowd that doesn’t want a Blackberry it’s the platform that has more. 3. It has WiFi. Yes, Virginia, we can stay connected. … Read more

If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. That seems to be the motto of AT&T when it comes to in home activation on the Apple iPhone. What a great idea, and very timely. This means that you can order online, have it shipped to your house. Open the box, connect to a Mac … Read more

The recent hires over the past year by Skype all indicate to me that the so called “considering strategic alternatives” that Skype headhunters heard earlier this year looks to me like the company is being built up to be sold or to make some acquisitions. Here Are Some Reasons: 1. Skype is not really a … Read more

Talk about trying to draw attention about a company after months of hiding as their stock price dwindles. Yesterday I caught wind of Vonage’s latest PR stunt. Call Santa. I don’t know, but to me this is an old idea, where kids can call a free number, hear a recorded greeting and leave a message. … Read more

Scouring through the various news items early this AM in London before another day filled with meetings and then a quick Eurostar ride to Paris to catch up with some business and personal contacts there, led me to this TMCNet story about the Skype for Windows Beta candidate 3.0. I’m not sure if it’s just … Read more

Inside CRM has a list of a dozen or so players in the Web Conferencing space. They have recognized a wide array of solutions that make your life easier when working over the Net with others in a collaboration mode.

Just read over on CNET (which of late has been very much a news junkies dream site) that Skype updated their Windows Mobile client. I have a Windows Mobile phone on Verizon and actually have used the original client with success in the past. It was one of those overlooked “real Skype” applications that never … Read more

Client Mobivox is making news this week with their new multilingual platform and their partnership with Unyk going to the next level. Here are the details. This is very important as Alec Saunders pointed out yesterday, in that Mobivox has been able to transition from a validate the model consumer play into a platform play … Read more