Monthly Archives: May 2006
Bring on the Quintuple Play!
You just knew it was ony a matter of time before the quintuple play was upstaged by the quadruple play within the telco/cable marketing wars. I could be wrong but it appears that Manitoba Telecom Services Inc. has the dubious … Continue reading
The Long, Slow Death of Long-Distance
Long-distance used to be a sweet business for global carriers but a one-two punch of deregulation and VoIP has caused the business to crumble. Not that we need any more evidence about this reality but BCE Inc. posted a 15.2% … Continue reading
Marketing 2.0..or a No-Frills, Low-Cost Way to Deliver a Message
In the name of transparency, I must confess to having few marketing skills. As co-founder of Blanketware.com (a Web 2.0 start-up before its time), part of my job was marketing and communications. As a result, I carefully crafted together personalized … Continue reading
Weekly Podcast (It Sounds Good, Too!)
After some technical issues, we finally have our weekly podcast available. Kevin and I touch upon Nortel's accounting woes (yet another restatement), Vonage's IPO (it's apparently worth $2.5-billion), RIM's new legal battles (Visto launches a lawsuit) and the possibility of … Continue reading
Sphere Enters the Blog Search Wars
If anything, bloggers are being spoiled rotten by the variety of tools (most of them free) being developed. The latest service is Sphere.com, which is finally entering the ultra-competitive blog search market after a long time in beta. TechCrunch has … Continue reading
Finally Time For a Google Browser?
According to the New York Times, Google has a serious problem with the fact Microsoft's new IE 7 browser has a box in the upper right-hand corner that sends people to MSN search. Google claims this could give Microsoft an … Continue reading
