Image via Wikipedia Often times the news starts before it breaks. For many years we've subscribed to the theory that beyond the real investigative and beat reporters, very few reporters actually find stories. Stores really tend to find reporters who recognize the news value in them. Case in point is what happens on the D.C. … Read more
SkypeJournal reported yesterday that Skype is removing voice conference calling from GroupMe. There likely are a thousand reasons but the reality of this is GroupMe wasn't engineered to use Skype as the voice conferencing engine and for the past few years Skype has had a conferencing platform sitting on the shelf. There's also this teeny, … Read more
8×8, Inc. (Nasdaq:EGHT), today announced it has some changes at both their board and management level. Mansour Salame was named to its Board of Directors, effective January 2, 2012. The Company also announced the resignation of Donn Wilson from its Board of Directors, effective the same date. But the really big news is that that … Read more
I've been watching telco operator FREE in France for sometime and feel that their in it for the long haul with a new mobile network there. One has to realize that they are actually looking forward not back when it comes to their network approach. The Wireless Moves analysis of their approach, and of the … Read more
The other day I called up Marcelo Rodriguez, long a fixture on the VoIP scene, and again the owner of Voxilla. My reason for calling him was two fold. One on behalf of a client, but really to encourage him to resume more regular blogging. As a former newspaper editor in his previous life Marcelo … Read more
I'm up in Los Angeles so I brought along my Sprint Overdrive and saw I needed to update the firmware/software on it. Now when I look at the top it shows I'm on a "Partner Network" which I never saw before. I guess what they're doing is distancing themselves from Clearwire, whose network it seems … Read more
Image via Wikipedia Welcome back my friends to the game that never ends. It’s the game that chills your soul, curves your spine and bends your mind. It’s called “Cell Phone Roulette” and your odds of winning are never in your hands, despite what you are holding. It’s the game we play each and every … Read more
In looking at the technology landscape here's what I want for holiday present: 1) The end of security being the excuse not to adopt something. Over the past 11 years I have seen more great ideas and growth stymied under the guise of "security" being the issue. 2) Standards really being standards. If you use … Read more
Image via Wikipedia Already a competitor to Citrix in the GoTo category of support tools with LogMeIn Rescue and LogMeIn as a remote desktop service that gets around firewalls nicely, the folks at LogMeIn are now taking aim at GoToMeeting, GoToTraining, GoToWebinar and of course HiDef Conferencing with the news of VoIP support for Join.Me, … Read more
Motor Authority is reporting that OnStar will be introducing in car video chat for the back seat of automobiles at CES. While no carrier was mentioned hopefully the concept is a webcam and a 4G LTE modem so the back seat passengers can choose whichever video calling solution, however given that the carrier is Verizon … Read more
