A few weeks ago, Voxeo announced the raising of $9 million dollars. This is a company that doesn’t need money, as they are rapidly becoming the go to company in the Voice XML space and a few others. Shortly after, Voice consultant Larry Lisser who has successfully maneuvered Mobivox to their recent sale to SABSE/Bolo, … Read more
Rethink Wireless has a trolling piece out today about the potential changing landscape in the USA cellular/mobile marketplace. I think we will see a MetroPCS/Leap (i.e. Cricket) link up next year and then a roll up of T-Mobile. Either that or first a roll up into Sprint, and then T-Mobile taking over Sprint and Vodafone … Read more
Dean Bubley on The Android-Dean and I had dinner in San Diego a week ago Saturday at Flemings Steak House and Wine Bar in the Gaslamp. We enjoyed some excellent service from GM/Operating Partner Bob Andrews (he’s been Flemings Top Operating Partner four out of the last five years or so) and it was there … Read more
Pal Alec Saunders has written a very complete review of the Yamaha Sound Gadget which is available on the Skype Store for $199.00 here in the USA and is available around the globe. The reason I bring this up, is that now more than ever, the expression of GIGO-Garbage In, Garbage Out, could never be … Read more
The crusty John C. Dvorak has been a fixture in PC Magazine for many years. This week he penned a piece about Google Voice and free calling. In the opinion column John raised a few points that need to be expounded upon, and I’m in the kind of mood to do just that! Point One: … Read more
The news, which we all have been waiting for, is now official. Gizmo has joined up with GoogleVoice, as a result of the acquisition by Google, that went official today. There’s a lot I could say, but in an article based on an exclusive interview with Wired’s Ryan Singel yesterday, much of what I would … Read more
First off, congratulations to the team at SipPhone, the company behind Gizmo, and especially to neighbor Michael Robertson who has according to all accounts sold the company to Google for $30,000,000 dollars. All the world is waiting for is the official announcement, but here’s what I have learned from sources other than Robertson, who has … Read more
Traveling to Seoul Korea meant that being savvy and frugal with my mobile usage. I took along a battery of phones, but really at the end of the day ended up using my RIM Blackberries to stay connected most of the time. Sure I used the Nokia E71 with Truphone, but I wanted to put … Read more
Yesterday at VoiceCon in SF a debate between industry pundits ensued over the potential of cutting the cord in the enterprise market. My take is we will start to see more and more use of mobile convergence devices from the likes of RIM, Nokia and especially Android. Here’s why. Cost. WiFi is cheaper to install … Read more
Om Malik, who has longstanding relationships in the investment community and has tossed aside his managerial role at GigaOm to do what he loves best, be a reporter, dropped a bombshell last night with initial details that Skype’s current management and the founders of Skype may be closing in on a settlement surrounding the JoltID … Read more
