One of the main reasons people started turning away from network/broadcast television to niche cable networks is because of the homogenous, brain dead presentation and uniformity of content. I see exactly the same thing happen today. Look at Yahoo News site today – it has gone […] Read more »
The Mac has always done a pretty good job of dealing with different languages, ever since the advent of WorldScript in System 7.1, way back in 1992, which, to look at it now, was groundbreaking, especially when you consider that in the PC world, it wasn’t […] Read more »
My column from Business 2.0 has generated a ton of debate, and emails. Rags Gupta over at Digital Music News, is taking me to task. In my defense I present this data from comScore, which helps make my point. Ten years, streaming radio has gained at […] Read more »
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VoIP bloggers are more prone to wearing blinder or at-least pink tinted glasses. Backing out a few of them, like Aswath/Andy, I think many are not willing to look at some of the issues with VoIP, and how consumers interact with the VoIP services. Today Russ […] Read more »
Comcast, the cable godzilla had only 7000 VoIP/Phone service subscribers at the end of the first quarter, but the company expects to end 2005 with nearly 250,000 subscribers. Clearly cable guys are taking a lead in the VoIP space, leaving behind the independents. In addition, the […] Read more »
If you love OS-X, then there is more good news coming your way, thanks to yeoman’s effort by Benjamin Kowarsch, the genius who developed an OS-X installer for Asterisk, the open source PBX system. (You can download it from here!) VoIP Weblog points out that Benjamin […] Read more »
If you watched the video of Bill Gates demonstrating the Ultra Mobile PC (UMPC) at the WinHEC keynote address like me you probably oohed and ahhed at the thought of such a mobile Tablet PC. What is not clear from the demonstration (since his UMPC is […] Read more »
Back in January I told the story of how my dog Oreo ate my laptop. Well, not really ate it but screwed it up royally. It still needs repair but it’s out of warranty and I haven’t had the time nor spare change to get it […] Read more »
In less than 48 hours many of us will be installing Tiger OS-X and with it a brand new Safari browser that can read and display RSS feeds in a simple easy to understand manner. That upgrade while great for the consumers, could come as a […] Read more »
If you would look at the shares of Verizon this morning, you would come to a conclusion – VZ is the biggest phone company in the US. Well, that is just not true. At the end of first quarter 2005, SBC is the largest baby bell […] Read more »
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As you have noticed, the design of the site is going through a slight change. We are cleaning up the site, and are making it more streamlined. I was getting too much bandwidth usage from the site, and found that the design, and images were slowing […] Read more »
SBC yup, the stodgy old SBC is now going to launch the BlueRoom, a music content website with video clips and all. It will sponsor a movie launch, and well do a whole bunch of stuff to get some stret cred. Baby Bells are going through […] Read more »
Motorola is betting big on the sub $50 phones in order to achieve growth, profits and market share in the hot markets like India, China and South East Asia, according to a report inWall Street Journal. “Please do not confuse low price with profitability,” Motorola CEO […] Read more »
I posted about my high traffic causing pic loading problems on the blog and TypePad immediately came to the rescue. I posted a help ticket item on the TypePad service, went away for a few minutes and when I came back two things happened above and […] Read more »
You have probably figured out that the site traffic has gone through the roof since getting Slashdotted yesterday. This has resulted in pages intermittently failing to display some of the pics in the articles. At least, I’m pretty sure this is the cause and I hope […] Read more »
Business 2.0′s Matt Maier also known as GigaOM mini in these parts has scooped me in my own backyard (Okay former backyard, but since parents are in town, I can for a minute pretend its my backyard!)…. He is reporting that, IndiaGames, a leading wireless game […] Read more »
“If New York City is to maintain its role as a world center of finance, communications, and culture, we have to extend access to broadband communications to all, as well as continuously improve the reliability of our telecommunications networks and take advantage of emerging technologies,” says […] Read more »
I’ve been an audio professional for 20+ years. Since the early 90′s I’ve done hundreds of audio transfers to CD. Back in 1993 I was charging $100 per CD with no mastering or editing at all. Back then I had a digidesign system in my old […] Read more »
Do This. Get Rich: With VCs awash in money and itching to spend, it’s a great time to start a new business. We’ve found 11 of the hottest business opportunities today. Take your pick — and seek your fortune. The Trifecta – aka Michael V. Copeland, […] Read more »
Verizon has started expanding its FTTP/FiOS network in California and present it is laying fiber in Ventura county, Adelanto, Apple Valley, Bermuda Dunes, Camarillo, Chino, Desert Hot Springs, Hermosa Beach, Indio, La Quinta, Chino Hills, Ontario, Palm Springs, Perris, Lake Elsinore, Temecula, Redondo Beach and Victorville. […] Read more »
Wired News has recently taken a look at gadgets and how they might help the blind in their daily lives. Their conclusion, unfortunately correct, is that despite all the mobile technology that exists today as it is currently used it is of little use for the […] Read more »
I am always looking for mobile devices that look like they could improve my on the run experiences and the RadTech BT510 Bluetooth mouse could do that while looking really good. The BT510 is a standard wireless mouse that comes in two colors and has an […] Read more »
Apple have just officially released the new Power Mac G5 lineup. Whether it was planned for today, or rushed through due to Amazon leaking the release early is up for debate. Apple® today unveiled the fastest, most powerful Power Mac® G5 desktop line ever, featuring dual […] Read more »
Sandvine Research says that there are 1100 VoIP service providers. Sure sign that everyone believes they can win big in this market. VoIP is in the midst of a major marketplace expansion as a myriad of players, from major brand telcos and cable companies to independent […] Read more »
Issue Dynamics, a DC-based F.U.D. machine that calls large number of telecom companies as clients is going to launch a “blog relations practice.” As you might remember IDI are the folks behind New Millenium Research Council, which recently released an anti-municipal broadband report. IDI proudly proclaims […] Read more »
Another quarter, another loss. Siemens management is desperately looking for ways to get out of the commoditized handset business, which has become something of a drag on the bottomline. In the most recent quarter, the handset division posted a loss of €138 million as unit sales […] Read more »
As you all well know, my home storage is tipping a terabyte, with nearly 450 gigabytes of music. Which in real world is a nightmare. It takes me about 10 minutes to find the obscure song I fancy listening to, but then the moment is gone. […] Read more »
Before there was the web, Yahoo or Google, the only search available to the masses was 411. Enough, to inspire colloquialism, “have you done a 411 on so and so?” Well, that boring old search is still generating more dollars than all search companies. In 2010, […] Read more »
Few days after Motorola invested in Asylum Telecom, news of yet another VoIP investment. AccessLine Communications, a hosted and managed voice services provider for the business market, raised $9 million in equity financing from existing investors Mellon Ventures, Venrock Associates, Gabriel Venture Partners, Goldman Sachs and […] Read more »
Optical component maker Avanex is getting a helping hand from a market no one thought was ready for prime time – fiber to the premise. The company which has been constantly trimming its work force and expenses has seen early signs of demand from markets like […] Read more »
Indirect VoIP play, Audiocodes (AUDC) seems to be winning big because of increase in VoIP spending. The company reported 1Q 2005 sales of $26.9 million and EPS of $0.07. Even though carriers are being as stingy as Billy Beane, they are still willing to spend on […] Read more »
Business Week cover on blogs, proof that tail is wagging the dog. I hope like BoSox, the Business Week team breaks the cover curse…. but more proof coming that tail is wagging the dog. Two weeks after I said we were all going to get Internet […] Read more »
I was chatting with Josh the other day, on my 17″ Powerbook, propped up by bottled-water caps. If you’re a Powerbook or iBook owner, you’ve undoubtedly noticed the heat that results from using your computer on a flat, un-ventilated surface. Maybe you’ve even MacGyver’ed a solution […] Read more »
Given its track record, you would think that Juniper Networks would be loath to spend over half-a-billion dollars on two start-ups. Still, it shows if it wants to stay in the game, it needs to rev-up the acquisition engine, and take the likes of Cisco head […] Read more »
News.com: Microsoft said Monday that it is adding the PC equivalent of a flight data recorder to the next version of Windows, in an effort to better understand and prevent computer crashes. Okay this is supposed to be a good thing – Microsoft trying to figure […] Read more »
Business 2.0: Online radio’s other name might as well be “irrational exuberance.” Not a day passes when I don’t come across an announcement of yet another online radio service. And I see the excitement in the media. Despite the fact that only a couple of companies […] Read more »
I really used to enjoy Jonathan Schwartz and his “different” ideas. But then he got came under the influence of the jocks, lost some of his originality and well became too corporate. Today, he reminded me why I liked him in the first place – straight […] Read more »
Since early this morning I have been watching Sun’s Network Computing Ads show up in most of my Feedster-powered feeds. They are tastefully unobtrusive, and effective. And Sun is a big advertiser. Them paying attention to RSS, and blogs – not bad!!! I saw them nearly […] Read more »
Since WiMAX is the flavor of the week, every news outlet has something to say about it, whether they get it or not. MIT Technology Review does a round-up, and trips up. For some odd reason, they make an assertion that Nextweb and Clearwire might already […] Read more »
MacFixIt has some nice lists of things that appear to be broken in the initial Tiger release. Probably a good idea to check this out and see what’s gonna cause you pain for the first week or so until Apple gets a fix out via Software […] Read more »
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