Over the years Yahoo Messenger has been really at the forefront of desktop video, and overlooked by many. Even former client SightSpeed, and now Skype, all got the big kudos from the press, as has of late newcomer ooVoo. But all along the folks at Yahoo always just smiled and kept going along their merry … Read more
Time Magazine, known for their annual person of the year, has published a list of the top fifty web sites for 2009. It’s a very compelling and eclectic list of sites that is worth more than a passing glance. What has me excited though is one of my clients, who advisory board I sit on, … Read more
I must say, the number of CallVantage users out there who are not in the AT&T footprint but are happy with their provider amazes me at this point. Despite zero marketing the last few years the service that AT&T’s new masters from SBC killed (only to have another group now working on a replacement of … Read more
If you’re someone like me who is regularly on the road, but not always able to predict just when your next trip will be, adding pages to your passport can take a few very time consuming or expensive forms. First you can make an appointment with the passport offices around the country. That’s great if … Read more
Have you ever wanted to have a quick video chat with someone? Well most of the services require a full blown application (except SightSpeed which had web based video chat first on Windows machines.) Well Google has teamed up with Videyo and Global IP Solutions and enabled in the browser video chat for both Macs … Read more
On Friday I landed in Vienna, enroute to a weekend in the Austrian wine region near Krems in the town of Langelois. As I left Vienna I stopped in the T-Mobile company store that is on the ground floor of the Austrian HQ just a few minutes from the Autobahn I would be taking as … Read more
In the past I’ve written about the idea of a Mobile PBX and how it could come to be. Well it seems I’m not alone in that arena as Network World has an interesting “think piece” on the subject. With 4G via WiMax and LTE the “mobile PBX” becomes more and more a reality, as … Read more
Back in 1984 Apple rebelled with the famed commercial produced by Venice, CA based Chiat-Day. The commercial is a classic and viewed as a model of a great tv spot that aired just once. It was the commercial that introduced the Macintosh to the world. Now, 25 years later Apple is treading water at possibly … Read more
Give Vonage’s new leadership team credit. They are making changes. Now Vonage users can call more countries as part of their bundled calling plans and they will have Visual Voicemail, making them a “Me Too” in that department as others like PhoneFusion have had that for a very long time.
In a bold move, Southwest Airlines has promised to go fleet wide with the installation of Row44’s In-Flight WiFi service which competes with AirCell’s one year young GoGo service that is installed on the likes of Delta, American Airlines and fleet wide on Virgin America. The difference between the two competing services is based on … Read more
