Client Peter Csathy writes on his blog about companies can help the environment by using video conferencing software like SightSpeed more, and having their employees work in the office less. As gas prices rise and as people start to want to live in more outlying areas for a better quality of life, greater use of … Read more
A report in the blogosphere, sniffed out by the GigaOm super-scooper, Paul Kapustka, has Skype getting into the enterprise market with what appears to be an alpha effort leading to beta at this point. Normally, efforts like this to build a trial group are done under NDA and the cloak of mystery, but the Internet … Read more
There is a new beta out for the Mac from Skype. It’s version 2.6 and O’Grady’s PowerPage has the details.
I just had an amazing New Zealand wine experience at Providores and Tapa Room on Marleybone High Street in London, so maybe I’m smitten with the Kiwis. Not only was the wine fantastic, the food was every so great too. Given that, as a regular reader of GeekZone I’m happy to see they launched a … Read more
If one company has emerged from the softswitch wars of the late 90s it is Sonus. To be totally transparent I’m both a minor (very minor) shareholder and my agency has done some project work for them recently, but we’re not at this time and candidly they have really become the next gen carrier’s choice. … Read more
It seems PCMag.com is hot to trot like I am when it comes to UMPCs. I’m anxiously awaiting the arrival of my OQO2 and my Medion UMPC. Both were debuted to lots of hype in January at CES but now the second week of April, neither has cross my doorstep, but the OQO is promised … Read more
If you see this before 10 AM today, April 11th, PDT, don’t miss pal Om Malik on a Webinar about how Broadband is affecting our lives, sponsored by WebEx. Om who is never at a loss for words likely has a few gems up his sleeve.
Interesting contest from the ‘Crunch bunch that shows some imagination. Reading between the lines it would appear that there has been a slow uptake to upgrading by Skype users to the new 3.0 platform, I mean, when you read this: New versions of Skype for Windows and Mac have been available for a little while … Read more
in what appears to be a natural home for him, ex-LightReading scoopster Mark Sullivan is over at PCWorld and now blogging on topical issues. Mark’s value is that he can communicate to an audience that is more mainstream, and not all early adopters. His post about some VoIP services not being ready for prime time … Read more
In what only a company the size of Google could pull off, on May 31st the giantG will organize, promote, host and broadcast a Global Developer Day in ten cities around the globe. The fact that they will stream via YouTube is impressive. Many will recall that Google invested in dark fiber. This is one … Read more
