Skype is adding ads to what will be a new "home" tab in their rapidly becoming a browser experience like client. I recall when J2, the parent company of Jfax added ads. I stopped using it as I didn't want to be paying for a service as a subscriber to be advertised to. To Skype's … Read more
Google has quietly decided to put Gizmo5 to rest. The company, acquired last year from Michael Robertson and his investor partners for $30 million dollars has been integrated into Google Talk for the most part, including the video components that were part of Gizmo5 last incarnation. TechCrunch and others have written the story as well. … Read more
Image via Wikipedia It was an overcast day, but the wind was still, making the short thirty minute drive from Lyon to the town of Ampuis, France, best know for the wine called Cote-Rotie, or the Roasted Slope an easy drive. Even with the cloudy sky and the day starting at 10 the wine world … Read more
Image via Wikipedia If you’re a Danger SideKick user on T-Mobile life just got a little stranger for you, becuase as of May 31, 2011 you won’t be using your Sidekick on their USA network any longer. In many ways the Sidekick was the first cloud device that came along. But it’s had its troubles. … Read more
This caught my eye over the past few days. Gradwell, a UK based service provider has secured an MVNO agreement with 3, and married the mobile piece up with a very nifty hosted platform and in essence is now in the FMC (fixed mobile convergence) business for the business market. While they're steering clear of … Read more
Image via Wikipedia Vodafone Italia is clarifying their permitting of VoIP, or when they'll block it. In Spain and France I've noticed how some of the mobile operators were blocking Skype and SIP calls over their date networks. It seems to be impacting the pre-paid market more than the contract market, but in the case … Read more
After all Google went through with Apple to get their GoogleVoice app into the App Store for the iPhone you might have expected some legal department compassion. Nope. Instead they have pulled the PhoneFusion Visual VoiceMail client from the Android Market reports GigaOm's Ryan Kim. PhoneFusion is a former client. They've built a very compelling offer … Read more
The key to using SFR's prepaid voice and data on your iPhone 4 is so simple. Reset the network settings. For some reason, on the iPhone4 doesn't pick up the proper settings off the get go. I'm not sure why not, but now after two visits to the SFR store, I've figured out with their … Read more
Image via Wikipedia Skype is rumored to be in trials of its business focused Skype Connect service with two Avaya customers and next week at Enterprise Connect there will likely be some noise made by the global telco minutes stealer of an expanded relationship with Avaya. Skype is also hot on the trail to get … Read more
Image via Wikipedia If you are thinking of buying a Motorola Zoom, required reading are two very different style reviews of the new Honeycomb OS based Android tablet from Motorola that debuts today. First is Walt Mossberg, who in his Wall Street Journal review today, has made numerous comparison to the established holder of the … Read more
