So I’m sitting here thinking about the latest Yahoo deal and what’s coming down the pike with Call In and Call Out and I realized that Yahoo, and maybe Gizmo Project are in an idea position to be in the call me anytime, anywhere business. But they’re missing one little piece. Wireless To do that … Read more
Two weeks or so ago I posed a question to the newly minted SKYPE USA GM, Henry Gomez, about the issues of adult content and licensed content going over the Skype pipe when Video was announced. One of my questions centered around the ability for Skype to be a multicast streaming pipe. Now Gomez, who … Read more
While the new UT Starcom phone may be news for Vonage, Broadvoice has had it for a while. It’s a pain to configure, is really small, and the big issue is unless you use a totally open (i.e. Free) hotspot you’re really not able to use it on Vonage unless its open and if needed, … Read more
Word on the street is that Michael Robertson has been shopping SipPhone. You have to realize he builds companies to sell them after developing rock solid technology. If you look at Yahoo, especially in the software on the desktop and laptop space, they have been very PC centric, where Robertson and crew have been very … Read more
Today TechDirt weighs in on the price wars between Yahoo, Gizmo and Skype. I don’t believe that price is the ultimate driver in the battle for VoIP supremacy, and the Level3 research I’ve seen, along with reports from Yankee Group seem to prove that out. The price wars are just the start. What we will … Read more
VoIP Magazine reports that Peter Csathy, who helped guide MusicMatch to acquisition by Yahoo in 2004 has stepped in to SighSpeed to be their new CEO after about a year of serving as a senior advisor. Peter’s also a friend so I don’t want to be seen as a cheerleader, but having seen him work … Read more
This morning’s New York Times takes a look Tallin, focusing on Skype and confirming how the Estonian programmers didn’t get a boatload of stock.
As reported earlier (see below), while being booted out of Tullys in downtown San Francisco as I was enjoying a espresso with Om Malik, catching up on gossip, rumors and tales that we both privy to and some that we’re not supposed to know, a call came in to me about SipPhone/Gizmo Project lowering their … Read more
I’ll be in Florida in late January for the Internet Telephony conference. I’m happy to see the airport I’ll be flying into has free WiFi.
Right now it’s an arms race and if you’re a VC, then you’re an arms merchant. Find the innovative company, offer something different. Give either Yahoo or Microsoft an edge and watch the phone and cash register ring. You see, the market is clamoring for more than “me too, me also.” They want “me different.” … Read more
