Archive for: March 2007

31 March 2007

Beware of April Fools

Filed under: voip - 31 Mar 2007

While I’d love to be wrong on this particular story about Jajah buying Vonage, I have a feeling that this is going to be one of many April Fools stories we are going to be reading over the next …

Is Twitter Making Money?

Filed under: messaging, mobile network operators - 31 Mar 2007

The short answer: no. I had thought they may had negotiated with the carriers to do revenue sharing. Pat Phelan thought they were using the various free email-to-SMS gateways in the US. The (official) Twitter Blog says they

30 March 2007

If Vonage Was Built To Sell, Where Are The Buyers?

Filed under: voip - 30 Mar 2007

If Garrett Smith is right, that Vonage was built to be sold, then where are the buyers? I mean, other than Moshe Maeir’s offer to buy Vonage for $3.22 a share. Clearly they had higher hopes for their …

29 March 2007

Why Skype Still Doesn’t Get It

Filed under: voip - 29 Mar 2007

So yeah, you’ve heard that Skype 3.2 beta is now out. I got an email from Skype’s PR firm today with the following deets:
Skype 3.2 Beta for Windows further enhances the way that …

28 March 2007

Gimp on Mac OS X–Soon Native?

Filed under: mac - 28 Mar 2007

Even though I’d had my share of issues with Gimp in general, it’s nice to see that they are working on a native Mac port, i.e. one that doesn’t require X11 to run. Wish they could also make …

27 March 2007

A Printer Has Invaded My Bedroom

Filed under: voip - 27 Mar 2007

My wife wanted one of those multifunction printers downstairs so she could scan/copy/fax/print without having to come up into the office. Unfortunately, there’s not too many places downstairs where the kids–particular Gracie–can’t reach or get to easily aside from our …

26 March 2007

New Jangl Widget

Filed under: voip - 26 Mar 2007

Tim Johnson reminded me the other day about their new and improved Jangl widget, which I have installed on the blog now on the sidebar. You enter your phone number and the widget magically generates a phone number to …

25 March 2007

Twitter Detractors: If You Don’t Get It, We Don’t Care

Filed under: messaging, phoneboy - 25 Mar 2007

That’s my response to statements like this about Twitter. I like it and use it. I know people that also like it and use it and derive benefit from it. I also know some of you don’t.

24 March 2007

We Are On IP, They Are On IP

Filed under: voip - 24 Mar 2007

There’s a point I noticed in an eTel post by David Beckemeyer that I want bring some attention to:
Supposed next-generation products like Grandcentral, Jangl, Robocal, Iotum, and TalkPlus — and not a SIP address among them. We reach them …

Light Posting Ahead

Filed under: phoneboy - 24 Mar 2007

I am taking a week off work before a grueling three weeks of training to follow, so my screen time will be understandably less over the next week or so. Keeping up with everything that’s going on is probably going …

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