The New York Times today has an excellent story on social communications and how it is rapidly becoming the 2.0 generations idea of texting. Using services like Twitter, Jaiku and a few others these days have made SMS almost passe for me. But, using them responsibly is the key. Yesterday someone asked me what’s the … Read more
The good folks at HowardForums have uncovered a way to unlock the hidden secrets of VoIP on the T-Mobile Dash. The Dash has been selling well in different parts of the T-Mobile world, so now with VoIP made available, the WiFi side of the device takes on another dimension, including how it can be used … Read more
Here’s a link to a guide that helps better inform small business operators in Australia about the benefits and challenges to switching to VoIP. Many of the points brought out in the easy to read document are as applicable there as they would be in any other part of the world.
Pal Jeff Bonforte of Yahoo received a second wedding present this month as the pollsters at JD Power recognized Yahoo Messenger as being the best Instant Messaging application out there. Skype and Gizmo Project were not included in the survey.
I’m a very frequent flier on Southwest Airlines. About 10 flights a month on average when I’m in the USA. You can imagine just how happy people like me will be with WiFi on the flights. Having used WiFi during the Boeing Connexion era last year on international flights the feeling of getting off a … Read more
I’m a very frequent flier on Southwest Airlines. About 10 flights a month on average when I’m in the USA. You can imagine just how happy people like me will be with WiFi on the flights. Having used WiFi during the Boeing Connexion era last year on international flights the feeling of getting off a … Read more
SkypeJournal has a rather interesting account of some of the latest actions from Skype, and its possible they may be a target next. I honestly thought that under the ever improving reign of Skype GM Henry Gomez, a person well versed in public relations, crisis communications and overall how to keep things on good terms … Read more
I’m in Santa Barbara, which like Palm Springs is the playground of the rich and famous, especially in the ritzy enclave of Montecito, just to the south. Here we are, in a $325 a night hotel in downtown Santa Barbara, just blocks from pal Doug Margerum’s soon to be sold Wine Cask and the cell … Read more
Rich has a very good point about the love and hate relationship that exists between the mobile operators and the handset manufacturers. That same feeling of mistrust and distaste also exists between the carriers and companies like Qualcomm and other massive licensors who have the upper hand. The bottom line. The farther down the food … Read more
Aswath has a great recap of three posts written by some of the brightest minds in VoIP, and given I consider Aswath one of those, his post summarizing the musings of Martin Geddes, Jeff Pulver and Gary Kim is a must read. As is usual for Aswath, he brings out some very valuable, and insightful … Read more
