Future thought types have aired their viewpoints via Robin Good, one of the sharper experts on collaboration. My view is that conference have to go well beyond the “presenter” and “audience” model. For years there have been back channel discussion via IRC and more recently using Skype chat for people both in the physical and … Read more
Yesterday on KenRadio, host Ken Rutkowski and I jabbered on about the rumored new Apple iPod touch, that will come with a camera and a microphone-built in and 64 GB of memory. This is awesome news for the likes of Skype and client Truphone and will likely start a flood of “me too” applications from … Read more
Earlier today I received an email from a reader contending that GUAVA was written with code that was purloined. Rather than let this issue fester, I went to Gizmo5 founder Michael Robertson to help set the record straight. Robertson, who has been a strong proponent of open source technology since his MP3 era was quick … Read more
IDG’s Nancy Gohring, has done some really good investigative work about the Zer01 mobile service. Reading through what Nancy has written puts CTIA and it’s entire awards process under a microscope as ZER01 was a CTIA award winner… The key line in my book by Nancy who deserves a medal for her detective work: But … Read more
Michael Robertson, AKA “the Disruptor” wasn’t happy with only doing unto Skype before Skype doeth to him so he launched OpenSky. Now he’s taking aim at GoogleVoice with Guava-Google Unauthorized Android Voice Access. Basically, this is possible due to a peering relationship between Gizmo and GoogleVoice that dates back to the GrandCentral days. What does … Read more
My favorite mixed drink at Hawksmoor in London.
MaxRoam’s Pat Phelan let me in on some news tonight. Global Roaming Solutions Ltd (Hong Kong) and Cubic Telecom (Ireland) are announcing a new mobile roaming SIM card that will save consumers money over their usual mobile bills. Dubbed Buzzroam, this becomes is the first GSM SIM card available in Asia which provides access to … Read more
When Peter Csathy was at the helm of SightSpeed the company had vision and direction that included small business. Now under the Logitech leadership the company is moving mostly in the consumer direction. Over in NYC, ooVoo is rapidly growing and moving in the direction that SightSpeed was headed until it was acquired. In reading … Read more
It seems the way Vonage presents their 800 number traffic makes local resident calls to 800 numbers look like their out of market. Since the receiving party pays, faux-pas like this are bound to happen. The radio station uses the ANI (Automatic Number Identification) as a way to verify the caller’s name and address. It … Read more
I’m a rabid user of client Nokia’s E71 so you can bet I’m just chomping at the bit at the next generation E72 which now is with the FCC.
