GigaOM

Updated: Google is finally testing out its Click-to-Call system. (Greg Yardley first reported this news, but I have been slow in getting around to it.) It has been a long time coming. I have been waiting for this since I wrote this piece in September. I believe this is the right strategy for the company [...]

From the day I spotted the SF Tech Connect SSID on my new Nokia 770, I had been flummoxed about the SF Tech Connect. Things became quite clear when Niall emailed me a link to an announcement by MetroFi which turned on 3 “hot zones” in San Francisco.
(Check them out on this Google Map) These [...]

It has been a hectic day, but before I called it a night, I just wanted to bring you upto speed on the latest on the OM & Niall PodSessions. We have a new website, which is live now, with the show notes from our fourth show.
I hope you get a chance to check out [...]

Less two years into the hype cycle, and the VoIP services are going through a shakeout, indicating that there is little or no room for tiny-tots, especially the ones with a dubious claim to fame. TheGlobe, which tried its best to hype-up its GloPhone/VoiceGlo service is looking to exit the VoIP business. Things have not [...]

One of the great joys of writing a blog, is that you can keep up with the companies you have written in the past. Infinera, a Sunnyvale, Calif.- based photonic chip maker is one of them. Back in the day, I wrote about the company’s seemingly crazy bet to develop photonic circuits based on Indium [...]

Updated: The clock is counting down to the XBox 360 launch. Folks like Chris Anderson and Russell Beattie are waxing eloquent about the hottest new gaming platform and its ability to act as a bridge between television and Microsoft Media Center PCs. But all is not hunky dory, according to Sajeeth Cherian, who wrote the [...]