The Verizon lawsuit against Vonage resulted in an initial $58 million dollar award in Verizon’s favor. I suspect this matter is not going to be hung up here..but some heavy doses of Advil are needed at Vonage today. First off their stock took a hit, and while not down for the count, Verizon sure has … Read more
It was bound to happen. Skype looks like it is turning blue. ArsTechnica points out that Skype will be treading into the pay for play space for third party chatters like those in the phone sex business. Gee. If you combine Skype Prime with eBay’s Auction technology those darlings could auction off their time to … Read more
I have to admit my bias, as SightSpeed is a client, but once again, the sharp and talented folks at PC Magazine have awarded SightSpeed 6.0 an Editor’s Choice, their highest ranking. This comes on the heals of a very similarly positive review in PC World. Based on my chat with Ted Wallingford and PhoneBoy … Read more
This is about conferencing. Not the web based virtual kind, and not the video kind, but about the forerunner. The kind of conferencing that everything digital tries to replicate, but can not ever duplicate. At the same time this post is about the use of all the tools we need to confer with others, in … Read more
This is about conferencing. Not the web based virtual kind, and not the video kind, but about the forerunner. The kind of conferencing that everything digital tries to replicate, but can not ever duplicate. At the same time this post is about the use of all the tools we need to confer with others, in … Read more
Pal Paul Kapustka interviews Pal Alec Saunders, so being the good Pal, I’m giving some well deserved link love to the story. The focus is on presence and if you have a BlackBerry and want to see what it’s really all about, check out iotum’s newest iteration of TalkNow and learn what being interruption free … Read more
Om Malik has gotten over his jet lag, the post mom food blues and his eTel Launchpad and is back in the groove of a home run hitter. Tonight he busts a move and tells us that BT is about to invest in FON, the people’s WiFi network which if all things go right will … Read more
Back in December I was introduced to a company with an idea that lets small business have a VoIP phone system that in principal reminded me of the 1980’s era AT&T Merlin. That company was Telephony2. The product is called CallButler and recently was reviewed by Small Business Technology . For those who don’t remember … Read more
I have to second the comments of iotum’s Alec Saunders about eTel and not being in the panels but instead being around the panels and events. Om’s Launchpad was quite good with some new companies like Flat Planet Phone Company, PeerAnt and client Grand Central (who stole the show again IMHO) up on stage. The … Read more
Clarity Communications is a company that my team and I are having a lot of fun working with. Their new technology platform offering hosted push to talk is giving tier two and tier three carriers a way to offer their customers an alternative to leaving for Nextel as was noted in the Chicago Sun-Times last … Read more
