Archive for August, 2005
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Wednesday, August 31st, 2005Is Skype for sale or not? Is it considering an IPO or not? It's hard to tell what's what given the speculation about talks with Rupert Murdoch and the hiring of Morgan Stanley as a financial advisor. According to TechWeb News, the company is now claiming it is not for sale. How should this claim [...]
Blogger Beware?
Wednesday, August 31st, 2005The Wall St. Journal and some other publications are reporting on an interesting story about a blogger, Aaron Wall, being sued for comments made on his blog, SEOBook.com. Apparently, some of Wall's readers had unkind things to say about Traffic-Power.com. In response, Traffic-Power decided to file a lawsuit in a Nevada court, which lists several [...]
Skype's Secret Weapon
Wednesday, August 31st, 2005For all the buzz about Google Talk, Skype should continue to be a strong player for several reasons. Among them is the developer community, which has reportedly created more than 400 applications since Skype opened its API last November. Skype recently held a competition for its developers, which was won by the Jyve Plugin. The [...]
Opera Turns 10
Tuesday, August 30th, 2005Opera, the alternative Web browser showing good momentum in the wireless and set-top box markets, is celebrating its 10th birthday - coming shortly after the same anniversary as Windows 95. Opera is marking the occasion by giving away free registration codes for 24 hours. To get one, click here. Opera roots go back to its [...]
The Outlook For Canada's VOIP Market
Tuesday, August 30th, 2005The Seaboard Group have put together another insightful and entertaining report on the Canadian VOIP market called “Top of the First – the VoIP battle begins”. So what's the bottom line? Seaboard expects there will be 4.02 million VOIP lines by 2008, compared with 418K by the end of 2005. In terms of dollars, the [...]
Google's ISP Plans?
Tuesday, August 30th, 2005With Google Talk and Google Desktop released into the wild, the question on the minds of many people is what's next for Google strategically? Broadband Reports suggests a Google portal featuring Mozilla tools that would be used by ISPs through a marketing agreement - rather than Google running a Wi-Fi network or traditional ISP service. [...]
Labour-Sponsored VCs Lose Their Edge
Monday, August 29th, 2005Just like that, the Ontario government has decided to eliminate the 15% tax credit given to investors who participate in labour-sponsored funds. The decision, which takes effect before the end of the year, was made because the government believes the venture capital market is healthy and there is no longer any need for tax incentives. [...]
My New Blog Project: The Best Blogs
Monday, August 29th, 2005My wife shakes her head sometimes over the torrid affair I'm having with blogs. First, it was a technology blog. Then I needed a blog to rant about Toronto, and now my newest time-consuming creation: The Best Blogs blog. The concept, which stems from my frustration with blog search engines, is focused on building a [...]
Bitoves Works to "Save" Satellite Radio in Canada
Monday, August 29th, 2005John Bitove certainly knows how to work it. With Canada's federal government looking at reversing a decision to grant satellite-radio licenses to XM and Sirus, Bitove has gone on the media offensive. He claims his firm, Canadian Satellite Radio, which will operate XM Canada, will be out $8-million if the CRTC reverses its decision. For [...]
Music Industry Still Doesn't Get It
Sunday, August 28th, 2005According to yesterday's New York Times, Apple is headed for a showdown with the music industry over the price of downloading a song using iTunes. Apple CEO Steve Jobs wants to keep it at 99¢ while the music industry is anxious to sell top hits for $1.49, or 50% higher than current prices. If the [...]
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