Skype and Digium (the company that develops the Asterisk software-based IP PBX system) announced that they will be working together to allow Skype calling from Asterisk, and have launched a beta program for current Asterisk users.
What this means is that companies that have adopted an Asterisk-based calling system will have the ability to seamlessly use [...]
Entries from September 2008
September 30, 2008
New interoperability between Skype and Digium is a big deal in the VoIP world
September 29, 2008
Sprint’s Xohm venture launching WiMAX wireless services in Baltimore for Sprint
Consumers will get a first glance at Sprint-Nextel’s big bet on next-generation wireless services today in Baltimore, as the service is opened up the general public. And for the time being, this new wireless venture remains a service offering of Sprint, as its divestiture of its WiMAX interests into Clearwire are still being reviewed by [...]
September 25, 2008
Yahoo unveils new advertising platform APT – Does Google have anything to worry about?
Yahoo yesterday announced the launch of its new advertising platform called APT, a system which Yahoo hopes will enable it to continue its leading position in display advertising and over time, provide a solid platform for advertising in new mediums like mobile, and to eventually over time integrate with search in an effort to stem [...]
September 24, 2008
Google Maps adds Transit navigation – An important step in building location-based services
I wrote earlier about Google’s efforts in expanding its Google Maps product to include pedestrian navigation. Now, Google is incorporating adding the Transit Data of the NYC transit system to its maps, which will allow users to plot the best routes between two locations using car,by train, or on foot. This expansion of Google Transit [...]
September 23, 2008
T-Mobile’s Google Android phone in the spotlight
Today, T-Mobile held an event in New York to unveil its Google Android phone which is being built by Taiwanese cell phone company HTC. The “G1″ will be $179 with a 2-year contract (versus $199 for iPhone on AT&T), and the big thing about this phone is that it will be the first real open-source [...]
September 22, 2008
McAfee buying Secure Computing – Is the security industry ripe for consolidation?
Leading security vendor McAfee announced that it was acquiring Secure Computing for roughly $465 million net of cash, and a business which is expected to make around $0.37 in earnings next year. At a takeout price of $5.75, this values the company at around 15.5x next year’s earnings. With the shares trading down from [...]
September 19, 2008
Amazon bringing content distribution services to cloud computing
On its Web Services blog, Amazon announced that it is taking the next step in its cloud computing initiatives, which already include S3 for Web storage and EC2 for on-demand computing capabilities, and will sell content distribution networking (CDN) services that will compete with market leaders Akamai, Limelight, and L3. CDN services enable content publishers [...]
September 18, 2008
Google working with GE to bring about clean technologies and the Smart Grid
At Google’s Zeitgeist conference held at Google headquarters, Google and GE announced that they would be working together to increase the adoption of clean technologies as well as encouraging greater U.S. adoption of the Smart Grid – an intelligent version of today’s antiquated power grid that can make better use of not only existing power [...]
September 17, 2008
Nortel investors jumping ship – Any light at the end of the tunnel?
A short comment on Nortel’s disastrous pre-release today, which has already seen the stock drop by more than 45% to all-time low…
Nortel this morning announced that this quarter is going to much worse than expected. It expects a 14% YoY drop to $2.3B (vs. consensus of $2.66B) in Q3/08 – product delays (pushing some revenues [...]
September 17, 2008
Will an alternative to Apple’s Fairplay digital rights management system… Please stand up?
A key underpinning of Apple’s success in the digital music business has been its digital rights management (DRM) system called FairPlay, which has been able to walk the fine line between keeping content owners happy and providing plenty of freedom to purchasers – enabling them to watch the content on multiple devices such as an [...]
