Why is it that I’m not amazed that Yahoo isn’t planning to be at the Office 2.0 Conference in San Francisco to continue the Voice 2.0 Story that Brad Garlinghouse talked about at VON in 2006…hmm…at eTel Jeff Bonforte (now a Yahoo VP and head of Social Media) went into the idea of Telco/VoIP 3.0. … Read more
If you’re thinking of attending the upcoming MuniWireless show in October don’t expect a warm reception from Esme Vos if you’re with a telco. She’s not kissing no big time telco butt. Does this remind you of anyone we all know and love in VoIP. It sure does. Esme is very passionate about alot of … Read more
Ken Rutkowski and I tease SipPhone/Gizmo Project founder Michael Robertson by calling him Golden Boy on the air at KenRadio. Michael’s a multi-millionaire and has more than most, that’s why today I had to chuckle when I realized little old me has something my down the road by a mile or so pal doesn’t have. … Read more
I love to catch up with news and notes and last Monday’s Telco 2.0 round up is full of things to talk about. Their observation about T-Mobile is right on here in the USA when it comes to data usage. I have always felt that even without the magic spectrum to deploy 3G here in … Read more
One of the bloggers I know well, Mr. Blog, (aka David Beckemeyer) has a lot to say. Sometimes its with many words, other times its with few. While I’ve been a tad behind in my blog reading, I have to point out a few very important posts he’s written that in my mind will likely … Read more
Catching up on some very good news. The folks at VoIP Supply made the Inc 500. This level of accomplishment occurs only when you report numbers that can be verified. You don’t get there on hype. Only dollars. Well done. Pal Jim Courtney at Skype Journal links to Greg Galitzine with a lot more detail.
I received a new Jawbone Bluetooth headset yesterday. Here are my observations. 1) Cool design 2) Hard to set up. Changing the ear buds are a pain 3) The ear loops are also a challenge and flimsy. One that I configured snapped. 4) I got it to pair with the Mac but I could not … Read more
IBM has moved big time into the collaboration space this week. First they grabbed client WebDialogs, then they cut a deal with Siemens. These two moves are putting them head to head with Microsoft. Now, the next step. They end up working with Google and use the Google hosted applications package as their mass front … Read more
In the last sixty days two of my agency clients, first GrandCentral and now WebDialogs have been bought by giants. I couldn’t be happier for Lou Guercia and his team at WebDialogs. I first met Lou at the Skype Developer’s Conference in Las Vegas in early summer of 2006. A few months later we started … Read more
The last time I stayed at the Renaissance Hollywood I had a solid and very positive broadband experience. Not today. The speeds were awful. The packet loss and jitter were off the charts in a bad way. Imagine 14 percent packet loss and what’s more over 300 ms jitter. That’s not good at all.
