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    1. Google and Facebook Gone in 5 Years?

      Explore blog.tmcnet.com (May 1 2012)

      A provocative concept to say the least but this article by Eric Jackson details the pace of change and how difficult it is for companies to adapt to new paradigms and new disruptors. The prediction he makes is Google and Facebook Gone in 5 Years. Does this mean we won’t need to share socially and search in the somewhat distant future? Well that is the theory or perhaps another way of looking at it ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Facebook Profile Google Reader   Google   Communications and Technology Blog

    2. Are You Ready for the Identity Economy?

      Explore blog.tmcnet.com (Apr 28 2012)

      Are You Ready for the Identity Economy? With Facebook’s value being pegged around 100 billion dollars; it is easy to see why many are calling identity the new oil of the internet. And one company, UnboundID is looking to become the leader in this bold new frontier which they call the identity economy. By allowing companies to buy, sell, trade and leverage customer information the company allows their customers to combine this information with others in order to add value to ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Facebook Profile Google Reader   Cisco   Communications and Technology Blog

    3. Is the Post-PC Era a Myth?

      Explore blog.tmcnet.com (Apr 16 2012) Marketing

      The way one should interpret the term "Post-PC" is "after PC" - implying that the world has changed from era to the next. Sarah Perez at TechCrunch does an admirable job of laying the case for what she calls the Post-PC era or alternatively - "PCs Everywhere" which I agree isn't quite as catchy.In her article she discusses how Apple sold 37M iPhones in Q4, 15% of the official PC market is made up of ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Facebook Profile Google Reader   Communications and Technology Blog   Apple

    4. US Database of Stolen Cellphones to be Established

      Explore blog.tmcnet.com (Apr 9 2012) IP Telephony

      US Database of Stolen Cellphones to be Established Today is a bad day for thieves, very bad. You see, electronics are the number one item stolen – even more so than cash and finally the US will be implementing a system to ensure stolen cell phones no longer work on US cellular networks. In December of 2009 I wrote about how eBay has become the world’s largest pawn shop of stolen goods and in fact gave an example to a person in the ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   GPS   Facebook Profile Google Reader   Google

    5. Comcast Lets You Text Message from your Home Phone

      Explore blog.tmcnet.com (Mar 28 2012) Marketing , Mobility

      It took about eight years but it seems like SMS has finally come to home phone service In 2004 in a piece about VoIP 2.0 I wondered why home phone service hadn’t progressed and suggested that they allow instant messaging/SMS. It’s obvious the market would love such a solution and Comcast will be one of the first to bring it to market. In fact, now included with its ‘Xfinity Voice Unlimited ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Facebook Profile Google Reader   Communications and Technology Blog   Comcast

    6. AT&T U-verse, Verizon FiOS Video Subscriber Adds

      Explore blog.tmcnet.com (Mar 13 2012) Applications

      AT&T U-verse, Verizon FiOS Video Subscriber Adds

      AT&T in the fourth quarter of 2011 added more video subscribers to its U-verse service than Verizon did for its FiOS offering, marking the 10th straight quarter that AT&T has exceeded Verizon, according to the IHS Screen Digest. In part, that is because AT&T has a bigger wireline network footprint. 

      AT&T added 208,000 U-verse accounts during the final quarter of 2011, for a total of 804,000 new subscribers for ...

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      Mentions:   AT&T   Time Warner   HBO

    7. 7 Wireless Data Cap Winners

      Explore blog.tmcnet.com (Mar 7 2012)

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    8. The 7 Wireless Data Cap Losers

      Explore blog.tmcnet.com (Mar 6 2012) Business Models

      The 7 Wireless Data Cap Losers We are in uncharted territory when it comes to mobility as this year we will see a slew of productivity-boosting 4G, quad-core smartphones like the Ascend 4D Quad from Huawei which I saw at Mobile World Congress 2012 in Barcelona, Spain. Moreover, while devices get more powerful, we will only want to do more with them and quite often this means relying on wireless networks from carriers. The only problem is these providers are rapidly ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Facebook Profile Google Reader   Google   Samsung

    9. RIP David Yedwab

      Explore blog.tmcnet.com (Feb 24 2012) Unified communications

      RIP David Yedwab Rest in peace my good friend. One of my favorite people in the tech and telecom spaces had to be telecom analyst David Yedwab who sadly he passed away this week. Gregarious, effervescent, full of life and always ready to show me pictures on his phone of some of his favorite places, Yedwab was a real gem. My favorite story is when he told me that when you go to a foreign country and want ... (Read Full Article)

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    10. Cisco Underestimated Skype's Value. Acts against Microsoft Acquisition

      Explore blog.tmcnet.com (Feb 15 2012) Applications , Unified communications

      Cisco Underestimated Skype's Value. Acts against Microsoft Acquisition Cisco is far from the most open company in tech so it is ironic it is concerned about a monopoly over video conferencing a result of the Microsoft acquisition of Skype. The company’s Martin De Beer said, “For the sake of customers, the industry recognizes the need for ubiquitous unified communications interoperability, particularly between Microsoft/Skype and Cisco products, as well as products from other unified communications innovators.” This statement coincided with Cisco challenging ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Facebook Profile Google Reader   Microsoft   Google

    11. Why Did ShoreTel Buy M5?

      Explore blog.tmcnet.com (Feb 10 2012) Business Models , Unified communications

      Why Did ShoreTel Buy M5? M5 left the Broadsoft platform in 2010. This move increased the profit margin by eliminating the licensing fees to Broadsoft. This might have been another factor that made M5 attractive - margin. For the second quarter of fiscal year 2012 ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Interactive Intelligence   BroadSoft   Mitel

    12. Dell Voice Launches in Canada - Will it Fail As Badly As Dell Video Chat?

      Explore blog.tmcnet.com (Feb 9 2012) Applications

      Dell has partnered with Ontario-based Fongo to offer Dell Voice, a VoIP app exclusively available exclusively in Canada that offers a Canadian phone number and free calls to most of Canada. Also, incoming calls and Dell Voice-to-Dell Voice calls are free of charge. This reminds me of how Dell partnered with Sightspeed, now a part of Logitech to offer a multi-party video conferencing service called Dell Video Chat. I reviewed the software and it works ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Microsoft   Logitech   Google Voice

    13. Verizon and BT Announce Cross-Network Video Calling & Telepresnce

      Explore blog.tmcnet.com (Feb 8 2012) Applications

      Verizon and BT announced a deal enabling each of their respective customers initiate high-quality video conferences and telepresence sessions. I spoke with representatives from BT and Verizon to learn more about their collaboration. Marc Hambley, Sr. Product Manager at BT explained, "We are connecting our respective telepresence exchanges together - that will allow BT clients to have meetings with Verizon clients, either hosted on BT service or Verizon service. It goes both ways equally. What it ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Cisco Telepresence   Cisco   AT&T

    14. Educating the Channel with Certifications

      Explore blog.tmcnet.com (Feb 7 2012) Unified communications

      Educating the Channel with Certifications One of the panels last week at ITEXPO was titled Educating the Channel with Certifications. When you consider that as a founding board member and current VP of the Technology Channel Association, education is a primary objective, this topic was ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   BroadSoft   Hosted UC   TCA

    15. The Worst News Day so far for Google and Apple

      Explore blog.tmcnet.com (Jan 20 2012) Marketing

      This has been a rough news day for Apple and Google – it started with information regarding a class-action lawsuit pertaining to handshake no-poaching agreements and from there we have news of just how onerous the iBooks 2 policies are for new authors. Now it’s back to Google where the company seems to be “tying” a term used to describe a company with a dominant position in one space used to force users to purchase ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Microsoft   Google   Communications and Technology Blog

    16. CES, Ultrabooks and Lowered Expectations

      Explore blog.tmcnet.com (Jan 8 2012)

      CES, Ultrabooks and Lowered Expectations It has been a few years since I have been to CES and I have to be honest, I have never seen the kind of lowered expectations for an event. There have been numerous stories from mainstream publications this past week telling us not to judge the future of the industry based on what the hot product at the show happens to be. For more see the end of this article. While on the one ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Microsoft   Communications and Technology Blog   Technology Blog

    17. Julius Genachowski Makes Brilliant Move at FCC in Hiring Henning Schulzrinne as CTO

      Explore blog.tmcnet.com (Dec 29 2011) IP Telephony

      Julius Genachowski Makes Brilliant Move at FCC in Hiring Henning Schulzrinne as CTO Earlier this month, FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski announced the appointment of Henning Schulzrinne as Chief Technology Officer – a major move forward for the FCC and the US communications regulatory environment. This move was made in-part because the FCC has had to keep up with fairly rapid changes in the communications and networking worlds. Telephony was once a circuit-switched service provided by a handful of large telecommunications companies and a number of regional players. It was ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Facebook Profile Google Reader   Communications and Technology Blog   Session Initiation Protocol

    18. Ultrabooks, Kindle Fires and the New World Apple Must Compete in

      Explore blog.tmcnet.com (Dec 27 2011) Marketing

      Ultrabooks, Kindle Fires and the New World Apple Must Compete in I have had many friends and relatives share their gadget purchase decisions with me these past weeks and none of them were Apple products. Most were Kindle and one Nook. Based on my informal questioning it seems the only reason to not buy an iPad and instead a gadget from Barnes & Noble or Amazon is price. In other words I get the sense these purchases would all be iPad 2s if the prices were similar ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Facebook Profile Google Reader   Communications and Technology Blog   Apple

    19. Super Bowl Streaming to Accelerate Mobile and Web Video?

      Explore blog.tmcnet.com (Dec 21 2011) Applications , Marketing

        For the first time you will be able to stream the Super Bowl online and using a Verizon 4G device you can watch for free but 3G device users will have to pay a monthly fee of $10 for access. For users who are at a computer and most likely on a device needing Adobe’s Flash you will be able to watch for free on NFL.com and NBCSports.com. In another plus, the ... (Read Full Article)

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    20. Nokia says we are Fed up With iPhones

      Explore blog.tmcnet.com (Dec 13 2011) Marketing

      Nokia says we are Fed up With iPhones In an interview with Pocket-lint, Niels Munksgaard, director of Portfolio, Product Marketing & Sales at Nokia Entertainment Global said the youth of today are fed up with iPhones and Androids are too complicated and insecure. My informal analysis of the situation shows that yes, many people do think Android is too complex but I am not sure security on mobile devices is a main concern of consumers. Regarding Apple, it is very possible he is right ... (Read Full Article)

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    21. Skype Offers Direct Facebook Video Calling

      Explore blog.tmcnet.com (Nov 17 2011) Applications , IP Telephony

      Skype deepened its partnership with Facebook today by adding Facebook video calling directly within Skype for both its Mac and Windows applications. The just announced Skype 5.4 Beta for Mac and Skype 5.7 Beta for Windows can initiate a Facebook video call without having to fire up your browser, log in to Facebook, and then initiate a Skype video call. While this isn't earth shattering, it is pretty convenient. Previously, you could ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Mark Zuckerberg

    22. Do Apple and Google Need to be Carriers?

      Explore blog.tmcnet.com (Nov 15 2011)

      Some might argue Apple is so dominant in-part because they are control freaks. Supply chain, software, hardware, OS, CPU, you name it. Ditto for Google - with proprietary cloud-based systems which are hyper-efficient and scalable, their operating system is the one you want to emulate. In fact, you could argue much of the move to the cloud is an effort to emulate the way Google does business.And this brings us to control of the wireless ... (Read Full Article)

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    23. iOS 5 Update: Steve Jobs Rolling Over Already?

      Explore blog.tmcnet.com (Oct 13 2011)

      iOS 5 Update: Steve Jobs Rolling Over Already? I understand the title of this post may be insensitive and nothing could be further from the goal of this piece. In fact, if anything, I admire Steve Jobs so much that I feel this entry needed to be made in order to honor his memory.The question which our industry is asking today is how could Apple screw up the iOS 5 update so badly - literally a week or so after the death of ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Facebook Profile Google Reader   Google   Samsung

    24. Google Bankrolls $100M to Get into Video Entertainment Biz

      Explore blog.tmcnet.com (Oct 4 2011)

      Last week I reported how Amazon should buy HBO or at least start creating their own TV shows and movies so they can be in control of their own destiny. I also mentioned last week Apple and Google as also potentially getting into the entertainment content creation business. Well it turns out I was prescient since it is now being reported that Google is getting into entertainment content creation. So Hollywood there is a new ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Microsoft   Google   Time Warner