Former AP telecom editor Bruce Meyerson now is over at Business Week as Deputy Editor where he has penned a piece that talks about how the wireless operators are doing all they can to CLAIM they are opening up, when it reality they aren’t.
Credit Ike Elliott, who used to be a ranking executive at Level3, for coming up with this one about Vonage and their on-going patent woes. Ike makes some good points about why Vonage, now owning DPL’s patents, are at least in a slightly better position than they were before. I am not at all surprised … Read more
Pat and his team are starting to score. They have landed retail distribution and are clearly gearing up. Their landing of a High Street retailer is a sign of things to come in my book.
Besides the fact that half a dozen agency clients are listed in Ken Camp’s post (GrandCentral, iotum, Mobivox, Nokia, SightSpeed and Truphone) I have to admit that Ken has pretty much nailed the excitement in the VoIP space this year.
The insight I’m receiving from some folks I know in the trusted advertising world online has me very concerned about Flash based applications and even ads. It seems Adobe practices the ostrich approach and keeps their head down, though likely is aggressive behind the scenes. That’s what makes Mr. Blogs post about Flashphone all the … Read more
I am blown away by the insight and forward thinking going on at Cisco. In my view Cisco is the IBM of this century and there is good reason they and Microsoft are not really friends. Their long march view is amazing and if you want to learn more tune into Jon Arnold’s fine coverage. … Read more
Dean Bubley and I may enjoy the same wine, tapas and eateries in London, but we disagree on the power of video communications. It is an important medium and as going green becomes more important will play that part in encouraging Face to face communications in better ways. Check out the spirited and passion filled … Read more
We often overlook the little things. This week the idea of Random Acts of Kindness really made a lot of sense. First I learned of Oliver Starr and his eulogizing Marc Orchant at the funeral for our fallen blogging comrade. Marc past away at a point in life that was way too early. Oliver has … Read more
GigaOm’s Anne Zelenka has a slaughtering post that rips Jaxtr from one end to the other and calls into question how they plan to make money. Ouch!
Megan Scott of the Associated Press caught up with me last week when she was working on a story about the resurgence of the in-flight sleeper seat. As someone who is on the road more and more, knowing the value of a good nights sleep on an overnight flight from the west coast to Europe … Read more
