In what has to be looked at as a first strike move to begin to broaden their reach and appeal beyond VoIP, cBeyond has introduced what looks like an MVNO for mobile data. Given they have one of the brightest guys in the business running product management in Brent Cobb (ex Earthlink, ex Helio dream … Read more
Congrats to the folks at TMCnet for their imperialistic nature in going Internacional! Ole! In a post on his blog yesterday, TMCnet’s publisher Rich Tehrani describes the what’s and the why’s TMC is making these moves. From my talks with Rich I don’t think this means he will be adding international shows but instead focusing … Read more
Rich takes a stab at explaining Jangl and points out that they are now charging $6.99 a month for their service with Match.com. He then goes into explain about a new relationship with Tagged.
I’m a huge fan of VoIPGirl because Leanne brings sensitivity and a very much consumer’s viewpoint to VoIP. Today she posted about Jangl and alluded to some kind of correction from Jangl founder (and blogger) Michael Cerda.
Ken Camp helps a regular reader out and explains that Google Talk isn’t the only application that enables voice on the Nokia N800. Ken points out that GizmoProject, from the folks at SipPhone works on it too very well. While GoogleTalk is resident out of the box on the N800, GizmoProject requires a quick download, … Read more
GigaOm’s Paul Kapustka was busy crunching the numbers that were revealed during the quarterly eBay earnings call. Skype Journal’s Jim Courtney was listening in, and feeding me tidbits by GTalk while I was downing fantastic Portuguese wines that one never sees in the USA, having tasty razor clams and then a sensational Sea Bream, all … Read more
I know a lot about Gaboogle having had the pleasure of a briefing last month with one of the founders. From my view the business opportunity is there and the service design is sound and solid. Until they launch we’ll just have to wait and see, but as conference call solutions out there evolve, this … Read more
Jeff is digging Twitter and calls it a “Hoot and Hollar” service. For me it’s a public status board that reminds me of the old bulletin boards at the supermarkets, but with a feedback loop and the way to create a thread, something the old bulletin board didn’t really easily do. It also reminds me … Read more
Once again, David and I are aligned almost like twins. I think Fring is cool, but I question its utility, especially in GPRS and even EDGE markets where the audio sounds so muddy that its not what you would want to use for a business call. David also experienced the same SMS issue that I … Read more
I think at some point those of us on the bleeding edge have done this, or something like it. One of the things that works great though is a Bluetooth headset as long as you can tether it to the PC…otherwise, doing this in a pinch does work, regardless of how it may look.
