As a true road warrior I’m always keen to find tips from others like me. One of my favorite travel industry writers to read is Joe Brancatelli who besides his must read JoeSentMe.com newsletter, also authors a business travel column for Portfolio Magazine. In the most recent issue JB shares what he considers his “essentials” … Read more
I’m just glad the suit is settled between ebay and Skype. Now a lot of things that have been held back can finally move forward. In many ways the settlement is a good thing. The return of the original founders means disruption will continue, and new ideas will flourish. It also means Skype as a … Read more
Yesterday, on Monday around 1230 PM I was in Silicon Valley and couldn’t call any of my staff on their T-Mobile phones. What I was getting was “sorry, all circuits are busy.” Well it seems by today, the problem I first detected had gotten much, much worse. I tried calling from my T-Mobile phone, then … Read more
Looks like Ribbit is chasing the GoogleVoice market with their launch of Ribbit Mobile, in beta, today. Ribbit Mobile is built on the Ribbit Platform, that BT paid over 100 million dollars for. Key point is the service is free (for now) but has a monthly value of $30.00. From the announcement the key feature … Read more
It seems the city of Vallejo California wants to tax texting, other wise known as SMS. So why is this important? Well if you use GoogleVoice you have the option of having your messages delivered via SMS, as well email. Skype has a similar function, as do other companies which work with middlemen like Syniverse … 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
Now almost two years since I penned my piece about the coming era of device divergence we see a fine example that may become the poster child for the concept. Called TwitterPeek, the device is the result of collaboration between Twitter and Peek and is a new device built exclusively for sending tweets. It works … 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
The MiFi from Novatel Wireless, one of San Diego’s leading technology companies, is hands down my product of the year. As an avid road warrior, their MiFi Pocketspot has become my hotspot anywhere I need Internet access, not only in the USA, but around the globe, as I have both an unlocked GSM device and … Read more
Gary Kim, who has been in and through the VoIP wars has a very interesting take of How Not To Sell Hosted Voice. In many ways this is Sales 101, and it highlights what I like to call the “engineering sale” vs. the “marketing sale” that plagues many a VoIP company. Too often the sale … Read more
