If Yahoo's new CEO was ready to buy companies, ooVoo would be on that list. ooVoo has stellar management, proven technology and advertising opportunities all around it making it an ideal fit for Yahoo today. Add to it the fact that ooVoo clearly gets mobile and desktop, as well as video calling, add in Yahoo's … Read more
For those who want to lighten their load, Samsung's new Galaxy S Duo may be for you. The Galaxy S Duo is a twin SIM phone that lets you combine your business and personal lives on one phone. In many countries it's not surprising to see people carrying one phone for each part of their … Read more
You may not be old enough to remember the movie "The British Are Coming," but longtime client Truphone has established an office in Raleigh-Durham's Research Triangle Park, with mobile and technology sales champion Gary Cohen at the helm, reports the Raleigh-Durham NewsObserver's Gloria Lloyd, WRAL TechWire's Rick Smith with two posts in a week and the Triangle … Read more
I received a tweet over the weekend asking if I was going to write about Broadvoice being merged into PhonePower, a transaction which seemed to happen without much fanfare. The only indication that it's likely true is found inside the About Us sections of each company that now lists the same address. Neither companies web … Read more
Yesterday on my flight to Raleigh Durham, North Carolina on United from Dulles I picked up the in flight magazine during take off, because my iPad had to be in the OFF mode until we hit 10,000 feet. In it I saw an ad from Verizon Wireless touting their Global Wireless data plan offer for … Read more
Yesterday I wrote about Regus, Priority Pass and Boingo as essential lessons learned from being on the road. Here are a few more. 1. Staying Organized with your Travel-Nothing beats TripIt as a SaaS based personal travel manager. With all my reservations in one place, and on my calendar I know what I'm doing, without … Read more
After six weeks on the road, a lot of business traveler lessons continued to be learned or reaffirmed. Here are some that will help you. 1. Have an account with Regus- I've been using their "temporary" offices for the last half a dozen years or so and can't tell you how much having an account gives … Read more
One has to wonder why consumers and many businesses still stay with their “non-phone company” when today a number of service providers really want their business. These next-gen providers bring a wider range of services, offer better support and deliver telco-grade or better voice services. Many of the upstarts also have a dedicated focus on … Read more
Vidyo has announced a new and free multi-vendor conferencing service called "Vidyo Way" that will enable business quality video conferencing for multi-party or point-to-point meetings. Described as a "self-service, executive-friendly interface, VidyoWay connects Cisco, Polycom, Lifesize other H.323 and SIP-based room systems, Microsoft Lync clients, mobile devices and telephones." The service is similar in nature to those already … Read more
Ten days ago when I landed in London my Blackberry wasn't getting any connection to the BB network, nor could I BBM my colleagues and friends, surf the web, Facebook, Tweet or anything. It took a few days, and divine intervention (i.e The PR agency route) to get someone who helped get me back online … Read more
