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Twitter- markevans: An interesting podcast on NPR about how technology and always being connected is affecting our brains and how we think: http://n.pr/cVScxF
- markevans: The problem with Apple's new Ping service, including the fact iTunes is not social via @techcrunch - http://tcrn.ch/bhc9Es #ping #apple
- markevans: @paulvieira It's not just the prices the taxes seem sky-high too on air fares. I paid nearly $400 for $600 worth of tickets recently. :(
- markevans: @filos I don't have a Blackberry but like the idea of using voice to make smartphones do things easier. Could give the BB a new wrinkle.
- markevans: At first blush, it looks like sounds RIM/Blackberry should acquire. We can share the commission. :) RT @filos: Vlingo rocks.
Category Archives: VOIP Services, Competition
Tired of Being a Digital Peasant!
It wasn’t that long ago that Canada was considered to be on the leading-edge of the Web. We had the highest penetration when it came to high-speed access, and the regulator – aka the CTRC – had decided not to … Continue reading
To Skype or Not to Skype?
You’d think judging by this BusinessWeek article that Skype is a strategic albatross hanging around eBay’s neck. Yes, Ebay overpaid for Skype. And it hasn’t panned out strategically if the goal was giving eBay sellers a new communications tool. But … Continue reading
Thoughts on VoIP
I wrote an article for a new Web site called VoIP Services looking at some of the challenges facing VoIP service providers. As some of you may recall, this blog’s original focus was VoIP (back when Vonage was all the … Continue reading
Skype: The Rodney Dangerfield of Telecom
The worst thing that ever happened to Skype was eBay’s decision to acquire it for $3.1-billion. In an instant, Skype went from being cool and disruptive to a wildly over-priced acquisition that made little strategic sense for eBay. While eBay … Continue reading
Skype Should Do An IPO Soon
Okay, eBay blew it with the purchase of Skype by wildly over-paying. So what now? After cleaning up its books, eBay should set Skype free by doing an IPO. It would probably be embarrassing to eBay but how much worse … Continue reading
eBay-Skype: I Hate to Say I Told You So….
I was one of those people who never got eBay’s decision to buy Skype. It didn’t make sense strategically despite eBay’s loud assertions it was a great fit. In fact, I opined – along with lots of other people such … Continue reading
Tech Urban Myth: The Workaround
Is there such a thing as a “workaround” that actually, well, works? It strikes me that whenever a company gets in trouble for infringing on someone else’s IP, the company doing the infringing says “No worries, we’ve got a workaround … Continue reading
Vonage: From Bad to Worse
If losing a crucial legal decision to Verizon recently isn’t bad enough, Vonage now has find itself a new CEO after Michael Snyder resigned. As important, the company said it plans to slash operating costs by $140-million to “enhance shareholder … Continue reading
How Low Can Vonage Go?
After being hit with an injunction last week that prevents it from using VoIP technology owned by Verizon, Vonage shares plunged a record low of $2.98 on Friday before bouncing back to $3.37 today. Since its 17-a-share IPO, Vonage has … Continue reading
Vonage: Bullish or Bearish?
First, the good news from Vonage’s fourth-quarter results: the VoIP service provider now has 2.22 million subscribers after it add another 166,000 customers in the quarter. Meanwhile, it only lost $65-million as revenue nearly doubled from a year earlier. Now, … Continue reading