Virgo Publishing Acquires VON Assets

In a move that has been speculated for some time, Virgo Publishing has acquired the assets known as VON from TICC, the holder of the rights. The key point to many who have been asking is they plan to hold an event that is a conference and expo. They will also likely expand some publishing … Read more

Need To Make Appointments? Use Tungle

I was happy to hear the news a few days ago from client CEO and founder Marc Gingras regarding Tungle. They raised $5 million from Boston VC Commonwealth Ventures. That helps propel there newest offer. A web based version for coordinating meetings with groups of people across companies, platforms and calendaring software. Now Tungle offers … Read more

Skype Beta Update

The folks at Skype keep their slow roll going of getting the new version, 4.0 into production. Stage two of their beta is out, but remember, it’s Windows only. Since I’m a Mac user most of the time, I can only report on this by saying, read the CNET review and watch for one from … Read more

SPAM, SPIT AND NOW SKUM

It looks like the evil geniuses who love to bait unsuspecting users have found ways around the Skype security platform and are now affecting users of Skype according to CNET’s NEWS.com. I’ve decided to call it SKUUM for SKYPE UNWANTED/UNAPPROVED MESSAGING Now what we need from Skype is some UNSKUUM to prevent it.

GIPS Defeats Spirit On Their Home Turf

In what has to be a blow to the homeland favorite, SPIRIT DSP, Norwegian codec king GIPS grabbed the voice communications crown in Russia, winning the contract to supply a voice engine to Mail.ru reports VoIP-News out of the UK. GIPS, which is best known as the creators and inventors of iLBC, and as the … Read more