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King of Broadband
FCC acting chairman Michael Copps just named Blair Levin to coordinate the construction of the FCC’s broadband plan. Thank you, Chairman Copps! Mazel Tov, Mr. Levin! Astoundingly great, ubiquitous, pervasive, cheap, uncensored, clean, accessible, fai…
Skype for Business: Interop2009 video
Stefan Öberg spoke at Interop 2009 last month, as Jim Courtney reported and Öberg blogged. Two key takeaways. First, Skype plans to formalize and extend its premium (prioritized queue, private resources) online customer support for enterprises an…
Why Oprah’s Skype day was ineffective: tone and Skype
Skype earned market acceptance when Oprah said "I love Skype" in 2008. Skype started to become a household name as Oprah brought guests to her her weekday show. Thursday, a year later, she spent an hour in Skype’s honor. Nothing happened; S…
Tune in to the Revolution. Live.
Anything with Susan Crawford has my attention. Tune in now. hashtag: #fpdc Tune In, Agenda, Speakers, Resources, News, FAQ News release: Michael Copps, Vivian Schiller, Susan Crawford to Keynote Free Press Summit Event to highlight …
Q. What are the Skype TechPolicy issues?
I’m heading out to a technology public policy conference today. Tuning my ear to listen for new issues. Some already on the Skype plate… Mobile Carterfone – freedom to use the device of your choice on a mobile network Mobile Net Neutrality…
Skype for iPhone demo at the Apple store
Here’s Justin, Captain Computer, demonstrating Skype for iPhone, at the Southpoint Apple Store in Durham, North Carolina, USA. tags: skype, apple, iphone, demo, video, usa, durhamCall me at +1-510-455-4384, Skype me, follow @skypejournal and @Phil&…
Can digital pipes handle swine flu epidemic spikes?
Pandemics change human behavior for millions of people. Our networks may not be ready for those changes. Just stay home. Wash your hands. Advice from the US CDC for people at risk of the 2009 swine flu. Mexican authorities urge avoiding face-to-face…
A dozen topics I’d love to see at eComm Amsterdam 2009, SFO 2010
The previous formal call for speakers and how to express your interest in speaking or sponsoring. The first Emerging Communications Conference in Amsterdam is slated for sometime in the first two weeks of October 2009. The 2010 eComm San Francisco wil…
Power, Freedom And Money: Skype, Apple, and the Carriers
Power, Freedom And Money View more presentations from evanwolf. My thoughts on Skype’s political strategy at CTIA 2009. It builds on my Monday post, Apple, AT&T hobble Skype for iPhone 3 Ways (Skype Journal), Robert Miller’s Is Deutsch…
Skype Alien stalks reporters
The reporters, queued for yesterday’s Skype press conference, are more interesting. than the circus performer. Blasé, reflexive shutterbugs, won’t interrupt conversations despite looming monster, while others pose for portraits. Technorati t…
As phones becomes PCs, shouldn’t you control your phone, not the phone company?
Skype will announce results of their Zogby consumer survey tomorrow. Findings support Skype’s bargaining position with mobile carriers (pre-install Skype, embed SILK) and their freedom-to-connect regulatory rhetoric (delamination, Skype Carterfone). …
Friday reading
me I’m in the New York Times coverage of Google Voice. Quoted correctly (yay!) but before my own column on the subject came out (d’oh!). Google has some truly delightful advantages in the race to become the world’s largest communications company. …
Skype sucks up to new FCC chair – like everyone else
The new Matt LeBlanc look-alike is filling a post that affects Skype’s future in the US. It’s a proper courtesy to greet the new nominee. SKYPE WELCOMES NOMINATION OF JULIUS GENACHOWSKI AS NEW FCC CHAIRMAN WASHINGTON, March 3, 2009 – Josh Si…
So you want an encrypted mobile phone?
Echelon Conspiracy opens today. An untraceable mobile phone shows up in the mail. And then the texting begins… Echelon will be in some theaters this weekend. If we survive eComm’s arduous schedule next week, and you’re not going to CeBit in Hanno…
Skype asks US LOC to legalize jailbreaking mobile phones
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF for short) petitioned the U.S. Copyright Office to allow people to put whatever software they want on their mobile phones. This would permit working around copy protection. Computer programs that enab…
Former eBay CEO and three former Skype presidents are campaigning for California governor
Meg Whitman, former eBay CEO, is running for California governor. Here’s MegWhitman.com. "Meg 2010 - A New California" is the site tagline. Yet the language that follows is Reaganesquely nostalgic. "A New California, simply put…
US$Billions for Broadband
The US plans to spend $7.2 billion over the next 18 months for a broadband buildout. Faster, better, more, and net neutral broadband makes Skype better, so this should be good for Skype. Next steps: congressional conference committee combines House and…
Splashtop preloads Skype
"With Splashtop, you can access the Internet and your favorite applications seconds after turning on your PC." "Be online seconds after you turn on your PC. Why wait for Windows to load when you could be surfing the web right awa…
Post-CES blues: Cash crisis shifts power in the consumer electronics supply chain
This is the worst CES in decades, according to some who’ve been exhibiting that long. Vast sections of the floor were unsold. You could walk without getting crushed. There were few traffic jams. Shorter lines for food. And easy parking. Attendance was …
Skype product placement: Who Wants to be a Millionaire (US)
"Millionaire has teamed up with Skype for "Ask The Expert," one of our most fun and innovative lifelines!" From an August 2008 ABC press release: "Contestants are invited to ask an expert’s advice on any question beyond the $…
Google adds two-way, free SMS to Gmail
Announced yesterday. Uses the GTalk chat system. US only for now. Free for you, but each "Enter" you make counts as a text to the person on the phone. Hands-on write-up on VentureBeat. Skype offers SMS (although not in Beta 4 for Windows) for…
Skype sued for old money
Do you want your money back after 180 days? Skype’s long taken credits from accounts it deems abandoned. Seattle lawyer Roger M. Townsend filed suit Friday on behalf of all Skype users in Washington who lost money this way. The plaintiffs say a Sky…
Laptop thief, caught by Skype users, sentenced
We reported Utah actor arrested in laptop theft; caught answering Skype video call in July. Michael Birkeland pleaded no-contest to Class A misdemeanor theft charges Wednesday. Full story on the Deseret News. tags: skype, utah, securityFollow Phi…
Did Google’s iPhone app learn from Goog411?
Google’s new iPhone Google Mobile App uses speech recognition. So does their directory assistance service, 1-800-GOOG-411 (1-800-466-4411). Is it a big leap to imagine that one learned from the other? Especially since Mobile App has a US English bias. …
The cable connecting Gore to Kerry to Obama
I’d like to make two points. First, the Democratic party learned grassroots organizing on W’s watch. There’s an exponential curve moving: from nothing in the 2000 Gore/Bush election, through substantial roots activity in the 2004 Bush/Kerry …
Obama transition team publishes technology goals
The Obama-Biden transition team launched Change.gov Friday. You can apply for a job or see how the new administration blogs its progress. RSS feeds for news and blog. A national technology agenda is one of the first items brought to the site from the…
FCC puts off rural funding and freemium decision
The Federal Communication Commission scheduled it for election day, but they will not vote to reform intercarrier compensation and rural telephone subsidies as part of the Universal Service Fund (USF). While it may be brought up again, it probably won’…
Scar Search
"Pain heals. Chicks dig scars. Glory… lasts forever." – Shane Falco, The Replacements IPEVO’s cute handheld pointercam inspired the Scar Search. IPEVO and Rockstar Energy Drinks held the contest this summer, the public voting on th…
College Basketball Voice-Mashup
See this promotion for the Gonzaga Bulldogs. Funny, intimate, surprising for the Spokane, Washington, university’s women’s basketball team. You’ll need a US/Canadian phone number. tags: voip, mashup, basketball, marketing, education, sportsFoll…
New US HEART tax law should be good for Skype
Heroes Earnings Assistance and Relief Tax Act, a new US law, will tax the income of green card workers for ten years after they leave the US if they stay in the US for 8 years or more. Dean Collins, an Aussie geek in New York, suggests permanent resi…
Monday reading
Gear Cute. Minoru from Novo 3D stereoscopic webcam, works with Skype. Anthropomorphism intended. They may be competing with IPEVO at the CES I-Stage in Vegas this weekend. CNET reviews the Sony PSP 3000 (black). Skype inside. Nokia N810 WiMAX star…
Skype Joe The Plumber
"They need to get Joe The Plumber conferenced into the debate on Skype" - ijefff Too late for that. But you can SkypeOut to Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher, an employee of Newell Plumbing & Heating (a plumbing firm), and a resident of Toled…
Hello Apple! IPEVO diversifies
Speakerphones. I love ‘em. I’m using one from IPEVO now. Swing by your local Apple store and you’ll find IPEVO’s new TR-10 for iChat in the speaker section. It’s the TR-10 for Skype but with reprinted buttons and software for your Mac. IPEVO’s soft…
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by Kurtado(the power of presence, convenience, affordability, quality to change behavior)tags: skype, uk, usa, familyFollow Phil Wolff on Twitter or FriendFeed or on Skype. Follow Skype Journal on twitter
Monday reading: New PR firm, eduSkype, Emergency dialing, Sex Video, Dating, Multiparty Video
Text 100 became one of Skype’s PR firms. Text 100 is a much larger firm than 3 Monkeys Communications, dropped after just five months. Text 100 has presence in North America (new New York office opening last May), EMEA, and APAC (ten years in Japan). T…
Carriers, Apps face off at OpenMobileSummit
How open is open? Skype’s Jonathan Christensen will be on a panel at the OpenMobileSummit. Open access for apps to carriers is on the menu. I’ll be there, along with folks from AT&T, Sprint Nextel, T-Mobile, Orange, Vodafone, Verizon, Goog…
Skype to FCC: Mobile carriers blocking Skype is proof of closed networks
Skype asked the FCC to support unfettered customer freedom following statements at CTIA’s conference last month. CTIA and Sprint retorted with balderdash and Skype’s Christopher Libertelli sets them straight in this short, direct letter. Emphasis mine….
Skype the US Congress
One-click call to Congress. Email corrections and your stories about your Skyping your elected officials to tips@skypejournal.com. Revised 30 September 2008. State District Home Page DC Phone District Phone …
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