Random Thoughts from an Idle Mind for Saturday May 18 2013

Have you noticed that Google put Hangouts on iOS? And did you see that AT&T is saying the same thing to Google that they said to Apple about FaceTime and data plans…Do you think the billions into the network updates are not buying as much capacity as needed? At the same time the updates to … Read more

BBM Voice Out Now On RIM OS 7

English: BlackBerry Bold 9000 connected to T-Mobile USA and a DD-WRT Wi-Fi access point. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) While the BlackBerry loyalist community eagerly awaits the release in late January of new RIM BlackBerries and the new OS 10, RIM has been updating to OS 7 with a key feature that those who still talk will … Read more

GigaOm On SkypeBook Video

Image via Wikipedia Late yesterday (well for me as I’m in Philadelphia this week) Om Malik sent a note to Alec Saunders and me to give him our perspective on the Skype – Facebook video news of yesterday (another deal likely led by the recently exiled Christopher Dean of Skype) for his email essay newsletter … Read more

Nice To See He’s Back Too-Alec Saunders

Image by brycej via Flickr He's been swamped making Calliflower a rock solid flat rate conferencing platform. And his blogging suffered. And now…HE's BACK. The he is Alec Saunders who for a while was spending more time running his business and a lot less time blogging. Well, he's back. And that's a good thing. Alec … Read more

Putting Group into the i Era

Image by DanYork via Flickr I’m about to go on a road trip this week with three of my team members. We’ll all flying at almost the same time, but on different routings to take advantage of low fares and our closest airports. Staying in touch with each isn’t hard by email, but it lacks … Read more

iPhone on Verizon and Collaboration

Image via Wikipedia The new Apple iPhone for Verizon is going to cause a shift in the the collaboration market, as services from Citrix's GoToMeeting, Cisco's WebEx and pal Alec Saunders company, Calliflower all have been building what the future needs, not living in the past. One of the major FUDs being spread by GSM … Read more