With the virtual worlds breaking out, social networks gaining in popularity, just like blogs and IM, Sean Ryan, a former Real Networks executive, is convinced that there is a money making opportunity when it comes to 3D avatars. Perhaps that explains why he just launched Meez, the… Read More »
Archive for March, 2006
Chipmaker Metalink which makes VDSL chips will show-off a new chip, WLANPlus that is based on emerging 802.11n standard at The National Show (NCTA), in Atlanta next week. The new chip will allow HDTV streaming wirelessly, the company claims. Several other companies are showing off these… Read More »
A few days ago there was a lot of chatter over Business Week story that Facebook was on the block, as long as the buyer was ready to pony up $2 billion. I suggested that the founders of the company should have been prudent and taken the… Read More »
One of the biggest short comings of Google Talk was that you could not use it to make phone calls to plain old phones. You could do that from Yahoo IM, AOL IM, MSN IM and of course from Skype. But now Fremont, California-based Vozin… Read More »
Its been a while since I wrote about 30 Boxes (read my review) and a lot has happened with one of my favorite online calendar apps. Narendra Rocherolle got married. The threat of Google Calendar became very real. 30 Boxes had a little hiccup due to… Read More »
A couple of days we pointed out that things weren’t going too well at Cool.Prepaid, an MVNO that wanted to do the impossible – marry high end Motorola phones will low end prices – there has been a management shakeout. CEO Marvin Jemal is out and… Read More »
It has been almost two months since Vonage filed its S-1 indicating that it was interested in going public and raising around $250 million from the public markets. And it has been two months since it updated that document, which to Wall Street insiders means that the… Read More »
