Skype On Your Mobile???

It looks like Skype (and my guess iSkoot) are slowly rolling out Skype on Mobile phones beyond what I experience in the UK over 3. While not yet available on every phone, I see it works on the Nokia N95 which I use in the USA, while unfortunately, it’s not yet on the E90 which … Read more

GrandCentral: The Sequel Coming Soon

It’s been almost a year since Google made its move and smartly scooped GrandCentral (for sake of transparency my agency represented them through the purchase and for a short time after handling blogger relations.) Now the usually tightlipped co-founder, Craig Walker, has updated the largely dormant GrandCentral blog with a signal that something new is … Read more

OOMA Needs a Hail Mary

Om reports that OOMA is not dead yet and has hired a new Chief Marketing Officer. What I love is the comment from Om about PhoneGnome, a company which I helped launch and remain an advisor to. The continual comparisons, rightly so speak to the smarts and insight that TelEvolution founder, and PhoneGnome creator David … Read more

What’s In Your Future?

The Daily Mirror points out that in the future video conferencing will be standard part of everyone’s life, and that we’ll have locator chips embedded so as we get on in years we can be found. The SFGate news site touts how green telecommuting is. Candidly we’ve been on that push since 2006 when my … Read more

Watch That Twitter Feed

Someone has finally found a reason for Twitter. To offer people in need some help. Yesterday pal Mr. MaxRoam Pat Phelan was delayed at Heathrow airport as he was leaving London (my flight to London from Madrid into City was early.) Pat fired off a Twitter note about being delayed and someone inside Boingo sent … Read more

Who Needs A FON When You Have BT Total Broadband

In a move that totally pre-empts the likes of FON and other “social hotspot” networks, BT has taken the concept of openness to a new level with the launch of a HotSpot available option at all TOTAL BROADBAND locations. In their announcement they are actually promoting VoIP so this is a good sign for client … Read more

White Label Platform Outed By Tom Keating

They call it “white label” so no one knows who is providing the service. So Voxeo ends up letting the world know, or equals does, so now everyone knows thanks to our pal Tom whose behind the new social voice platform. It seems they are going with a hybrid ad funded and subscription model. In … Read more