Archive for September, 2005
« Previous EntriesThe Nortel Shuffle
Friday, September 30th, 2005It was nice knowing you, Malcolm Collins.
Collins, who has headed Nortel's enterprise business since 2002, is
leaving the company (was he pushed or did he jump?). His departure is
part of a reorganization by Nortel to “better meet the needs of global
enterprise and carrier customers in the converged marketplace” -
whatever that means. Nortel will be split into [...]
Friday Morning Bytes: Cool Events, P2P, Emily Chang Rocks
Friday, September 30th, 2005Event Envy: I'm not a big conference fan but it's difficult not to get a bad case of event-envy when it comes to things such as Demo, GnomeDex, CES and Web 2.0,
which takes place next week. If you're into technology, these are the
places to discover what's coming down the pipe. I either need a
different job [...]
Virgin Canada Drops Pre-Paid Prices
Thursday, September 29th, 2005Just when you thought Canada's wireless industry had all agreed (nudge, nudge, wink, wink) to “pricing stability”, Virgin Mobile Canada
comes and wrecks the party by offering a new pre-paid plan featuring
10¢ a minute calls (plus a 40¢ a day fee). It's a huge drop given
Virgin was charging 25¢ for the first five minutes and 15¢ [...]
RIM's Going to Make it After All
Thursday, September 29th, 2005Apologies for title's reference to the theme song from the Mary Tyler Moore Show,
but when will people stop saying “Sure RIM is a great company but there
are only xx million Blackbery users?”. Maybe today is the day after RIM
said it expects to have five million subscribers by end of fiscal 2006
while sales will be about [...]
VoIPSupply.com Moves into Canada
Thursday, September 29th, 2005VoIPSupply.com has reached out to Canadian consumers with the launch of canadianvoipstore.com. Aside from selling in Canadian
dollars, the site will offer more than 1,000 different SKUs. Given Voxilla
moved into Canada earlier this year, perhaps it's a sign the market is
expected to gain strong momentum now that Rogers, Bell, Shaw, Cogeco
and Videotron are offering service - [...]
The Best Skype Ever!…a.k.a. Another Upgrade
Thursday, September 29th, 2005Given it's been in beta since August, no one should be surprised by the launch of Skype 1.4,
which offers ways for users to personalize the service with ringtones,
sounds and photos. The most interesting part of the press release is
that Skype has signed up another two million users since the eBay deal,
an now has more than [...]
Nice, Blogware, Nice
Thursday, September 29th, 2005Perhaps the comment spam deluge that hit Blogware last week may have a
silver lining. I noticed today an authentication box to make a comment.
On another positive note, I actually had a Blogware tech guy ask for
suggestions on how to improve the service. Light at the end of the blog
rainbow?
Hello, Mr. Gates?
Wednesday, September 28th, 2005Looks like Palm CEO Ed Colligan may have inadvertently given away Bill Gates cell number while showing off the new Windows-powered Treo 700w
earlier this week. While demonstrating the ease in finding contact
information, Colligan used Gates as an example. A quick off the mark
colleague noticed Gates' number and jotted it down. To see if it
actually was [...]
Vonage IPO on the Way
Wednesday, September 28th, 2005After raising more than $400-million in private equity, Vonage's IPO (is its still much-anticipated??) is on the way after Light Reading reported yesterday the lead underwriters have been selected - Citibank, UBS AG, and Deutsche Bank AG. The big question is how much Vonage is worth. The figure $1.5-billion has been frequently cited (the methodology, [...]
Tivo Finally Coming to Canada
Wednesday, September 28th, 2005Hat tip to Rick Segal for passing along a Gizmodo post on how Tivo will finally be made available to Canadians.
The only problem is Canadians have to buy/import Tivo units in the U.S.
and then follow special instructions to set it up.If your Tivo breaks, warranty replacement units will only be
shipped to the U.S. You can [...]