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When I interviewed Skype CEO Josh Silverman at CES 2010 in January, I had asked about the timing for a Skype IPO. Josh’s response:
“We’ll see. We don’t have a timeline for it. Our focus is to build a really great company. When we’re ready and the markets are ready, we’ll consider an IPO. At [...]

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Three weeks after announcing SkypeKit for Linux, Skype has lived up to its commitment to provide support for Windows and Mac OS X.
What does this mean for future deployment of Skype access?
Basically the ability to embed Skype within a third party Windows and/or Mac OS X application without the need for the Skype client [...]

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This is another in my catch-up series (first post here) – and I’m slow in getting a second one out. About three weeks ago Phil and I wrote three posts about SightSpeed’s new partnership with Dell where SightSpeed is providing the infrastructure for Dell Video Chat. In my second post I discussed the role CxO’s [...]

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Send faxes via PamFax for €0.14 (a 17% reduction) or, if on a PamFax Professional or PrePaid Pack plan, as low as €0.09.
Since last summer Skype Journal has been reporting on the evolution of PamFax, which allows Skype users to send faxes anywhere worldwide from your laptop in as few as five mouse clicks. Source [...]

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On Wednesday eBay released their quarterly financial results, including an update on Skype usage. This chart presents the trend lines over the past year.

The only other information that came out in the call:

Over 25% of all Skype-to-Skype calls involve video
Skype is "double-digit" profitable (along with PayPal)

Comments:

It is apparent that the MySpace agreement contributed to the [...]

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Since 1996 I have been involved in buying Dell laptops and desktop PC’s, not only for my own use but also helping friends and non-profits acquire PC’s for their personal and business needs. A constant throughout most of that period was that each of these PC’s came with a digital media offering called Musicmatch. Not [...]

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Last week Dell launched its new Studio line of laptops. According to Mobile Review (17") and PC Mag (15") — both of which gave them an "Editor’s Choice" designation, this line is a cross of the Inspiron consumer line’s pricing and the XPS laptops’ reputation for having "desktop" horsepower. Apparently the ability to make a [...]

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SightSpeed Builds Its Business Approach

by Jim Courtney on Sat, Jun 28, 2008 3:06 am

Ever since it was launched at what turned out to be the last Comdex a few years ago, SightSpeed has always impressed with its video technology leadership. They have established a position as a leader in video messaging and, more recently, took feedback from small business users to build a business video conferencing service complete [...]

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With the emergence of iPhone 3G and Blackberry Bold, certainly from a North American perspective, one has to wonder where Nokia is heading in the smartphone space. Certainly a clue evolved Tuesday when Nokia announced they were acquiring the remainder of Symbian they did not already own for $410 million along with a plan [...]

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iotum’s Squawk Box conference call has become a daily staple for many participants and observers in the X 2.0 world. Subjects can ranges from new Voice 2.0 services, the wireless communications world, intellectual property and copyright law through to social networking issues. It’s a unique chance to catch up on current developments and discuss them [...]

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Over the past three months I have attended two events where PC and Internet security issues were the theme along with a Google presentation on cloud computing where security issues certainly were an underlying theme. While we’re not talking here about the security surrounding Skype conversations, these presentations each provided some key information about keeping [...]

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Peter Diedrich named new Mobivox CEO

by Jim Courtney on Mon, Jun 16, 2008 5:06 am

Investors in Skype partner Mobivox hired Peter Diedrich as CEO to fill the vacancy left by Stéphane Marceaux. Diedrich joins board of directors. I’m glad; they need leadership to exploit the Mobivox opportunity and to answer the question: Whither Mobivox?
Company news release below the fold.

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A little sanity moving into the blogosphere? Local blogging colleague Mark Evans1, in a post earlier today, “The Wonderful World of Web 2.0 Whining”, comments on the demands for seven nines reliability and unlimited support from “free” services:
It’s bad enough no one wants to pay for anything, but the expectations placed on free services to [...]

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At eComm 2008 and Spring VON I had the opportunity both to listen to presentations by, and to have personal discussions with, Brough Turner of NMS Communications. If there is one authority on telecommunications infrastructure, back office and the business side of routing calls around the world, Brough is the person. He understands the backhaul [...]

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Whither Mobivox?

by Jim Courtney on Fri, Jun 6, 2008 10:06 pm

Received an email this evening from Mobivox with the same text as the initial post in this linked forum thread. It probably explains why all the top Mobivox CxO executives have been leaving recently. (Check out the current management team; only one CxO in sight.)

Starting in July, because we’re going to be using more [...]

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