A quick read of a press release from Campbell, CA based research and analyst firm Infonetics shows that VoIP usage and uptake continues to grow the world over. It also points out who the big players are. Comcast in the USA leads the pick up here in the States. Orange in France is selling VoIP … Read more
Network World reports that HP has come out with a new ultralight in weight laptops that they call it ruggedized. That’s a fancy word for “built to take it” and is designed to compete with the line of laptops from Panasonic called “Toughbooks.” What’s neat though is the use of Qualcomm technology called GOBI, that … Read more
Uber Analyst, Jon Arnold, is back from vacation and he has his game face on. In a TMCNet post Jon drills down on the reasons why BT was so fast to pay what the did for Ribbit. He then goes on to highlight Mobivox’s moves with Jajah and the reasons why ifByPhone are both companies … Read more
With so many people who like to text and drive out there, who are also Crackberry (Blackberry) addicts, this new beta application from JOTT may be something that just about changes the game for smart phone users. Now remember, it’s beta. First you install the Blackberry plug-in that lets you reply to messages using your … Read more
Alec has a post that is really more about his Calliflower Service doing what VC Rick Segel said he was looking for, but unaware of Calliflower. Alec does a very polite job at pointing out what Calliflower does and why it doesn’t do certain things. One of which is have an Outlook Plug-In. Alec’s reasoning … Read more
The heavyweights in the lightweight arena of technology over at Laptop Magazine have pulled together there “must take with you” list of essentials for the person who wants to be Working Anywhere.
With more people using their laptops for Voice over IP via softphones this new Wake Up technology from Intel has a lot of GREEN benefits. Now we can turn off the laptop or desktop, but when a call comes in (Video or VoIP) the PC will wake up. Wake up cable technology has been around, … Read more
For those cheapskates out there who just can’t afford a WiFi/Hotspot account from AT&T, T-Mobile or Boingo (to be transparent my agency represents Boingo) you can take the advice of Popular Mechanics and find some airports offering WiFi for free. You can also learn about some cool apps that make it easy to find the … Read more
This is the kind of story I like to see, not only because it has direct benefit to clients (Truphone and Boingo) but also because one of the company’s whose advisory board I sit on Agito, is smack in the middle of this whole Voice over WiFi game. Voice over WiFi works. And it works … Read more
