My wife Helene calls Dean Bubley, bubbles. More because he’s rather cheerful, upbeat and a happy sort, and really when you think about it, one of the more outgoing and sociable analysts out there. Dean also one of the “regular” dining companions when I’m in London and to be that there needs to be the … Read more
Like Alec Saunders I took a look at BOXBE this morning after getting an invite from a friend. Unlike Alec, because I’m on a Mac it couldn’t spam my address book. Score one more for being on an Apple. But Boxbe, sorry, I’ll pass. No Mac support and it doesn’t really want to work with … Read more
David has some choice insight about Skype and eBay. Here’s my take. 1) The ebay leadership of old all screwed the pooch. They applied pre 1.0 mentality to a post 2.0 company. (deduct 5 billion points) 2) The new eBay leadership is saying to the current crop of Skype executives (is this version 5 or … Read more
AT&T will lay off some workers but is hiring others with a more advanced skill set. Translation. Residential phone service is shedding analog focused linemen, installers and customer service folks, and those who can take their packages likely will. At the same time, a new crop of workers with more digital capabilities and expertise are … Read more
AT&T flattened the world of WiFi this past week as the transition of Starbucks locations from T-Mobile began. They did it in a very quiet way, but now the buzz is building. Smartly, they are using sampling as a means to attract users by giving away 2 hours of free access per day. That pretty … Read more
TMCNet reports that i2Telecom has created a unique dial around platform that falls into the “minute stealer” category. This is not what I would call Mobile VoIP, and is not even close to FMC. What it is can best be described as VoIP in the middle calling…YAWN.
Om woke me up with great news today when I checked GigaOm… Camino has a new, faster and better version. As someone who converted to Camino before version 1 (thanks to Om) I’m even happier now with the new version.
I got my 15 minutes of fame today. An interview I gave last week aired today on AllBusiness.com The podcast can be heard here. Much of what I discussed will be rudimentary to many of the readers, but for those interested in a general overview about VoIP it’s worth a listen.
Client Truphone has hit a high point in Series B funding today with the announcement of their $32 million dollar round. The story, and lots of perspective has been reported widely in the blogosphere and by online media far and wide. Pat Phelan, who must never sleep had it up first thing today from his … Read more
Given what I’m picking up in London about the Skype future plans and the way things seem to be really settling down under Josh Silverman Rich may have been right a few months ago, but I’m not as much in that camp any longer. Give Rich Tehrani’s post a read.
