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Will Google Wave Transform Communications?
Google Wave is an ambitious project from Google which allows true real-time communications by integrating chat, email, a wiki, social networking tools and more. In many ways it competes with other services such as Facebook and as such it really...
Get Your VoIP Avatar Ready
Even before it was trendy, I was a fan of 3D HD voice - In fact back in 2004 I featured DiamondWare onstage at ITEXPO in Miami as a killer app. Over the years DiamondWare began integrating its technology into...
Don't Cut Customer Outreach in a Recession
It is fascinating to hear industry execs speak of how most of their customers are cutting back on their spending so in response they reduce their spending on new customer acquisition by cutting PR, marketing and sales budgets. Of course...
Surgeries Move to Twitter
In a world where it has become commonplace to digitally detail the events of our daily lives, it should come as no surprise that operations are being Twittered live. Most recently Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center announced it will will...
Too Much User Generation, Not Enough Monetization
YouTube will lose just under a half a billion dollars in 2009 and the problem is the massive volumes of user-generated content which are difficult if not impossible to monetize. Going forward, YouTube may need to change business models where...
Twitter More Important than Jennifer Aniston?
I am not really a celebrity watcher but I just learned that Jennifer Aniston broke up with John Mayer because he spent time Twittering while he told her he was too busy to be with her. Wow. It is really...
Tango Networks Improves FMC and Corporate Texting
I scan over 1,000 news headlines a day when I am not traveling and without a doubt the most popular tech topic in the mainstream media these days is Twitter. David Pogue from the New York Times has even devoted...
Grandstream GXV3140 IP Phone
One of the most feature-rich phones around has to be the Grandstream GXV3140 IP Multimedia Phone. Grandstream was initially known as a low-cost provider of communications solutions but over time they have proven that they make low-cost solutions with solid...
TMCnet Blogs Add New Social Networking Features
Great news for readers of TMCnet blogs. As you know we now have 40 bloggers and continue to innovate with technology and integration additions to our blogs which allow you to use your social networking login to comment on our...
TMCnet Adds 40th Blogger, Keeps Growing
TMC has been aggressively adding new bloggers to its arsenal of content which attracts 2-3 million communications and tech decision makers worldwide each month. We are now at blogger number 40 and counting. We are still aggressively recruiting many more...
(Tech) Change is Here
If you had to rank the technological savvy of the White House you would probably put them at a three out of ten at best. If you ever read my post about the White House email controversy you might rank...
Why Are Orders up 25% at ECI Telecom?
During the presidential inauguration yesterday, I was on a call with Laura Howard the CMO of ECI Telecom where I learned her company grew 25% on order intake growth from last year. This may surprise you as the company competes...
Is There a Need for Telco 2.0?
Recently good friend and PR 2.0 guru Andy Abramson commented on which people would be the ideal heads of a Telco 2.0 companies. I thought the post was quite intriguing as it got me thinking about the various people I...
Tech Lets Babies Twitter
As crazy as it sounds, twittering babies (in the womb) will soon be commonplace. There are medical reasons why you want your healthcare providers to know how often your baby kicks but in the world of tomorrow, expect younger parents...
Yahoo Adds Social Features to Mail
In a promising move, Yahoo will add social features to its mail service and increase the "sociability" of many of its services. In addition, you will now be able to turn the electronic mail service into a "scrapbook for your...
Let's Ban Friend Collecting
Social networks have great potential but there are some things that bother me about them. Recently I accepted an invite from someone who is in the industry. The next day I received an email from a childhood friend asking...
Next Generation Communications Resource Launched
If there is one certainly it is that technology seems to evolve at a faster clip today than at any other time in our lifetimes. Moore's Law is part of this evolution but just as important is convergence. And...
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President Obama And The Coming Tech Revolution
I will admit it is difficult to put the words tech and revolution together less than 24 hours after John Chambers cratered confidence in technology with a conference call which mentioned that the next quarter will likely see revenues...
Election Technology News
One of the most fascinating advances in political systems worldwide is the advent of technology like blogs and other web 2.0 initiatives such as social networking and video. But even the old technologies like SMS are coming into play as...
Yahoo Mash: Smashed
Here's a really good CNET article detailing the death of Yahoo's social network Mash and further analysis of the social networking landscape. It would seem we have a saturated market and if you are looking to break into the space...
Spam, Microsoft Search, American Airlines WiFi and More
I have so much to write about today that I just don't have the time for separate blog entries so if you excuse me, here is a list of unrelated but important topics.Spam ArrestI get too much spam. I get...
How Social Networking is Transforming Politics
Social networking does well when it plays on people's passions. If you agree, then you will further agree that politics is one of those areas that makes people extremely passionate. Having said that, I should further point out the similarities...
Facebook Benefits Obama Most
As candidates embrace more and more web 2.0 concepts, they begin to outpace many companies in their use of new age tools. Recently in fact the McCain campaign emailed a series of videos which let his supporters choose which video...
Dalcom's Under the Radar IP Communications Network
The IP communications space has so many players and I wonder if it isn't a problem that many of us in the press and blogging community spend so much time talking about the well-known companies at the expense of...
Video Changing Presidential Campaigns
Video is becoming a strong campaign tool. Recently I wrote about how John McCain used it coupled with web 2.0 techniques to generate interest. Today, the Obama campaign sent out Barack Obama's Germany speech which was obviously written to generate...
