TechCrunch’s fearless leader Michael Arrington is reporting that Mark Andressen’s venture fund is looking to be a part of a larger consortium of investors that wants to buy Skype before eBay spins it out as an IPO. While this could be a short term win for eBay, a company that I’m convinced has the blind … Read more
As TMC Publisher Rich Tehrani was waiting for his flight at JFK to head to the west coast for the annual fall IT Expo, he and I exchanged a series of emails about this year’s event in Los Angeles which is shaping to be one of the best IT Expo’s ever in recent years. Rich, … Read more
It looks like VoIP is really starting to go mainstream and while Apple plays footsie with the regulators, Google is coming out full bore embracing VoIP on the Android. A quick read of the official Google blog says so. But other than SiPDroid and a Gizmo client attempt, nothing really is there yet that does … Read more
I’m posting is a Public Service Announcement but also since Truphone is my agency’s client we felt the important thing to do is get the right information out as far and wide as possible. This afternoon this afternoon Truphone sent an emailout to its customers explaining that Truphone knows of a bug issue with the … Read more
The road is filled with mobile VoIP and FMC companies. For a few years we heard how EQO was going to change the world and now you can’t even download their software, while others like Challenger, Vyke and WiFi Mobile all made claims that they would change the way we talk but pretty much ended … Read more
The folks at Fierce have issued a special report on where Muni WiFi is still today. Despite all the noise about the deaths of some operators, we’re still seeing it grow.
Pat Phelan just let me know his company MaxRoam has taken over the hostel industry when it comes to travel SIMs. As many of you know Pat is one of the most visible and hard working people in the next generation communications world and he’s been busy putting a bunch of distribution deals together for … Read more
I’m not surprised that we pay more in the USA, lots more, for mobile phone services, as CNET’s Maggie Reardon writes. We also pay more for broadband services..and we get lots less. Our bandwidth speeds are slower than other western countries and our wireless networks don’t really achieve what’s possible due largely to over saturation … Read more
The folks at VoIP Users Conference tend to be on the cutting edge of what’s out there in VoIP and toying with the iPhone is not far from their targets. This weekend I came across a post that lists three applications that are designed to work. By reading their post you’ll save time and buy … Read more
Tom Keating is one of the bloggers I like to regularly read as his all the time, non-stop playing with gadgets and gizmos is part of his job over at TMC because he has to make sure they work before pal Rich Tehrani is allowed to put them on the network over at TMC. So … Read more
