One of Skype’s biggest fears is the regulators. They spend lots time and money educating (or at least trying to) making sure their position is clearly understood. With the recent succession of stories out of first Italy and now Belgium, it appears the regulators are lining up/ganging up on Skype outside the USA. Interestingly, this … Read more
Over the past few weeks I’ve been in a few places (to say the least.) Miami Beach and calling anywhere was easy. My mobile phones with unlimited plans on T-Mobile and AT&T made that easy for stateside calling, and for international there was Truphone Anywhere or on my laptop, Skype. But the real challenge was … Read more
For those of us who travel, access to proper Internet connectivity is not a luxury item. It’s not an amenity like a bathrobe in the room, nor is it something to be taken lightly. Let’s face it. We have wine snobs (guilty here), water snobs (guilty here too) and travel snobs (guilty as charged) so … Read more
For those of us who travel, access to proper Internet connectivity is not a luxury item. It’s not an amenity like a bathrobe in the room, nor is it something to be taken lightly. Let’s face it. We have wine snobs (guilty here), water snobs (guilty here too) and travel snobs (guilty as charged) so … Read more
People ask me often, how do I do what I do. Travel as much as anyone on the planet (last year less than 50 days in my own beds in two houses-but they were under repair too and sort of still are.) It all started with the dual city life my wife and I keep. … Read more
Over the past few weeks I’ve been in a few places (to say the least.) Miami Beach and calling anywhere was easy. My mobile phones with unlimited plans on T-Mobile and AT&T made that easy for stateside calling, and for international there was Truphone Anywhere or on my laptop, Skype. But the real challenge was … Read more
Skype didn't hear back from Apple soon enough about receiving approval of their WiFi based iPhone app is my guess so they went with what some would consider a bigger gun. Nokia. Today at Mobile World Congress Skype announced that the next pre-load of Skype will be with Nokia on the Q3 release of the … Read more
Here’s my shortlist of companies I’m going to be watching at Mobile World Congress (including a few clients of course): HTC-this is their coming out party. Their relationships with Microsoft and T-Mobile make them a big factor. Google Android-now that they have the live beta dubbed the G1, expect to see lots more of what’s … Read more
Today I expect to see and hear that Skype is working more closely with handset manufacturers. Ericsson and Nokia are my bets for who they major players will be. I also am suspecting that there is more heat coming around their planned Apple iPhone release. Unfortunately, Apple decides when an app is released so despite … Read more
