Archive for January, 2006
« Previous EntriesIE7 Beta Blues
Tuesday, January 31st, 2006I'm going to play with the the beta 2 version of IE7 but ran into an installation problem when the validation process wouldn't work because I'm using Firefox. Not that the work-around was difficult but…..
Google-VOIP Inc.
Tuesday, January 31st, 2006As we anxiously await Google's fourth-quarter results later this afternoon, VoIP Inc. disclosed an intriguing agreement to provide Google with Internet telephony services. When asked about the deal, VoIP founder and corporate strategist Steve Ivester said he was unable to disclose the specifics. Instead, CTO Shawn Lewis said one could read into what Google may [...]
55M VoIP Customers by '09
Tuesday, January 31st, 2006The number consumer VoIP subscribers is expected to more than triple to 55 million by 2009 from 15 million in 2005, according to InStat. Oddly enough, the research firm believes VoIP still had a low profile among consumers last year, even though the market grew by 62%. InStat said the expected growth will be driven [...]
Canadian Carriers Attack Net Neutrality
Tuesday, January 31st, 2006The hounds are starting to bark louder at the net neutrality door in Canada if a recent Montreal Gazette story is any indication. Most telling - and troubling - are comments made by Telus spokesman Shawn Hall who said the Burnaby, B.C.-based carrier is looking at QoS fees, as well as hitting online service providers [...]
RIM Myths
Tuesday, January 31st, 2006You want an example of something-to-be-desired business reporting? According to Reuters, Research in Motion's rivals are “muscling into the wireless e-mail market” as RIM grapples with its legal battle with NTP. The story cites Clyde Foster, chief operating officer with RIM rival Intellisync, who claims there are growing alternatives to the Blackberry. Other sources in [...]
Blogging Using Voice Recognition Software
Monday, January 30th, 2006Anyone out there blogging using voice-recognition software? It's a thought - albeit one that's a little geekie - that struck me while riding the Lifecycle at the gym and an idea for blog post bubbled up. Given blogging can sometimes be a rambling thought process than a structure composition, it would seem a natural vehicle [...]
Spotwave Raises $10M
Monday, January 30th, 2006A VC deal ( non-Web 2.0) I should have mentioned earlier was Ottawa-based Spotwave Wireless raising $10-million from a group of investors that includes Motorola Ventures. Spotwave makes hardwave and software that improves the strength of wireless signals inside offices and homes. As wireless devices become de rigeur for most people, bad reception anywhere is [...]
Media Bubble: Intriguing and Troubling
Monday, January 30th, 2006In the wake the Web 2.0/VC dialogue over the weekend, there are a couple posts (Scott Karp, Jack Shafer exploring how blogs are maybe attacking the foundations of the newspaper industry because of bloggers ability to establish themselves and reach out to millions of potential readers at little cost. Karp focuses on how the proliferation [...]
A New VC Model?
Sunday, January 29th, 2006Web 2.0 may not be a bubble yet but there are intriguing, if not troubling, signs that the inmates want to take over the prison. Dave Winer's call to remove VCs from the formula has some merit but it assumes investors in a publicly-traded venture company will have faith that the people running it are [...]
Boom vs. Bubble
Saturday, January 28th, 2006Chris Anderson has a thought-provoking story in Wired
arguing the technology sector's revival is a boom, not a bubble -
citing the industry's maturity, the lower cost of bandwidth and and
computing, and lower capital requirements. It's a reasonable argument
but I would suggest no one in Silicon Valley should pat themselves on
the back too heartily for being so [...]