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WebRTC
WebRTC is an API definition being drafted by the World Wide Web Consortium to enable browser-to-browser applications for voice calling, video chat, and P2P file sharing without plugins.
CallVantage, nope tried that
AT&T announced the shuttering of their CallVantage consumer VoIP service after several years of operation. The launch of CallVantage was made with great fanfare, touting a number of unique features built after AT&T spent millions of dollars building all the underlying technology from the ground up. AT&T then went on to spend [...]
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Twitter this
“Eating Quiznos on the deck on the first nice weekend of the yearâ€, came the Twitter message to me from a VP of Marketing from some start-up company. This is news? Like I care or more importantly why do I care? In our new Aryan world, it seems, everyone must be interested in what I’m […]
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VC’s – what to do?
For the last 10 years, I’ve worked for various VC-funded technology companies. One arose like a Phoenix but crashed leaving the investors with nothing, another an aging company trying to re-start with new money (this went nowhere), finally a decades old “start-up†constantly in need of new money and finding after 10 years, their [...]
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Google Voice, anyone?
Google launched their 'Google Voice' offering which is basically a re-launch of the assets they acquired for $50m from GrandCentral. The happy techno blogs and geek websites have had plenty of glowing reviews. I've been playing with it myself for the last few weeks. While I have great fun, I can't quite figure out why [...]
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Skype: The hit of the CTIA show
At this hour, Google is reporting there over 344 news articles announcing that "tommorow Skype will announce their software client for Apple's iPhone". Wow! I'll try and be calm. Even better. Skype's says in the coming months they will introduce additional clients for Blackberry and others as well. I can barely [...]
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BroadVoice Service or lack thereof
I needed a home office telephone line and since I already had a Linksys IP phone, started looking for a service provider which allowed me to "BYOD" or bring your own device. I quickly selected BroadVoice, they've been around the longest with about 45,000 subscribers and their pricing was half way decent. So I signed [...]
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