freedompop (Photo credit: sam_churchill) Data MVNO FreedomPop, the carrier that rides on top of Clearwire's mobile WiMax network has released their $99 sleeve that works the iPod touch 4th Generation. Basically, the sleeve lets you turn the iPod touch into an iPhone, so calls can be made over the FreedomPop network using softphones like CounterPath's … Read more
Vodafone Logo (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Yoigo (Photo credit: Wikipedia) I've been coming to Spain for the last half dozen or so years, and have long been a fan of Yoigo, the Telia – Sonera backed mobile operator, who is fourth behind Movistar, Orange and Vodafone, and feels heat from upstart MVNO MasMovil. Given … Read more
TokBox was acquired by Telefonica Digital. TokBox, which offered a Flash based video platform, has been toiling around the social video space for half a dozen years. Without going into their history, the move is a very interesting one for Telefonica as it puts them at odds long term with Microsoft, which counts on the … Read more
Image via CrunchBase Uber-startup, turnaround artist and good friend, Craig Walker who now has UberConference launched –with more greatstuff to come, and likely best known for being the co-founder of Grand Central, a former client company and one of our 26+ exits which I actually made real money on, has finally joined the blogosphere. And, in … Read more
Voxeo Labs, the skunkworks dev team inside telecom empowering Voxeo, has rolled out Ameche, a platform as a service play (PaaS) that is promising apps inside the call. I have to say, I'm very impressed with both the concept and the approach. While others are muddling around in the space, seeking to be meta-mediaries, exchanges … Read more
Jim Courtney loves to use Windows PCs, something I've pretty much moved away from, as I'm at a point where simplicity and form win out over lower cost. I simply don't need the hassles of Micorosft Windows when Apple and Google exist and work better. But, the Windows market is massive, and Skype is taking … Read more
Mashable has a very good slide show of what people don't like about mobile apps. The slides are worth seeing but if you're time famished, well, here's the short version: Too many emails Irrelevant push notifications When great apps are abandoned Frequent "rate this app" requests Connecting to Facebook unnecessarily Full-screen ads Video ads Non-wrapping … Read more
Mobile operators are going to be in for a heap of hurt, blues, pain and agony if a report released today by leading telecom research and analysis shop OVUM is on target regarding SMS revenues shifting to social messaging services. Ovum defines social messaging as messaging that occurs through platforms other than SMS, MMS, or … Read more
This morning I attempted to log in to my Skype account management page and went nowhere. That's funny because their HeartBeat page reports that the problem was fixed. Well, it's not. But it seems given the support for their web ops in based in the UK and in the Ukraine there's no body still working … Read more
Pal Martin Geddes, one of the sharpest minds in telecom just let me know that he has two open slots due to a cancellation at his workshop on HyperVoice..I am well aware of what Martin is up to so if you're in the Bay Area you may want to grab one of the two slots. … Read more
