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Communications and Technology Stories August 14, 2008

Please enjoy some communications and technology stories while having your morning (or evening) tea or coffee. My thoughts in brief -- Extreme is smart to jump on the energy efficient bandwagon, Jajah claims to have over 10 million users in...

Posted on August 14, 2008 9:00 PM

Audrey Audix on CNBC

I am a huge CNBC and Larry Kudlow fan (he should be president IMHO) so when I heard that Audrey Audix otherwise known as Lorraine Nelson will be the voice behind a bunch of CNBC Larry Kudlow ads, I thought...

Posted on August 12, 2008 9:52 AM

CNBC Plus Sucks

I never ever thought I would be one of those bloggers who wrote a post with the word "sucks" in the title.  I am not sure why but I just didn't think I would get so upset about something that...

Posted on June 14, 2008 5:36 PM

Jamie Siminoff on The Big Idea

Before I met Jamie Siminoff the CEO of SimulScribe the visual voicemail company, I would get emails from people in the industry telling me I should meet him as he was a great guy. Jamie does come across as a...

Posted on February 21, 2008 12:25 PM

Motorola Explores Spinning off Handset Business

Word is according to CNBC is that Motorola is looking for strategic alternatives for its mobile phone business. I wonder if this move makes sense for the company as this product line is where everyone seems to want to be....

Posted on January 31, 2008 4:54 PM

Sprint Turns Down $5 Billion Offer

Sprint Turns Down $5 Billion Offer CNBC is reporting Sprint Nextel turned down a 5 billion dollar offer (according to RTTNews.com). It is not clear who made this offer as of yet. As you may recall I wrote a blog...

Posted on November 29, 2007 4:11 PM

FCC: Worry about TVoIP not Cable

As the FCC vs. Cable struggle continues, I can’t help but wonder if Chairman Kevin Martin isn’t spending too much time worrying about a problem which will be irrelevant at some point in the future.   Martin is trying to...

Posted on November 29, 2007 10:49 AM

Black Monday For Yahoo! Merchant Services

According to CNBC there is a problem with the Yahoo! merchant services and some merchants haven’t seen a single transaction go through since six this morning. Obviously this is not good news for Yahoo! or the companies depending on...

Posted on November 26, 2007 3:32 PM

Google Phone OS

CNBC reports Wind River is rumored to be supplying the OS for the upcoming Google phone. On a separate note, some analysts have said the new mobile gadget will be unveiled today.   One would imagine Google would chose...

Posted on November 5, 2007 10:12 AM

Apple, Google and ITEXPO

I was up pretty early today and had a chance to take in lots of news while listening to CNBC, Bloomberg, reading Barons and any website I could get my hands on. Perhaps the biggest news in the telecom space...

Posted on September 10, 2007 11:50 AM

A CNBC Morning

This morning on CNBC I woke up to talk about net neutrality and an analyst who said Google makes a good buy regardless of what happens with net neutrality. From net neutrality the program went on to Comcast customer service...

Posted on June 27, 2006 9:03 AM

The Value of Magazines

I was just reading BusinessWeek and came across a column by Maria Bartiromo and started to think. For those of you who don't know, Maria is the host of CNBC's Closing Bell. She seems very knowledgeable in her position but...

Posted on June 4, 2006 9:20 AM

CNBC on Vonage IPO

CNBC had a report on Vonage this morning and mentioned the shares should price tonight. There were a few people being interviewed fro the segment and both seemed bullish on the prospects. The anchor related Vonage’s strategy of losing money...

Posted on May 23, 2006 8:19 AM

Do Banner Ads Work?

This morning on CNBC there was a market researcher from ACNielsen explaining that graphical banner ads don't work. Joe Kernan was interviewing the researcher and was almost ranting about how banner ads don't work. He was agreeing 100%. He says...

Posted on March 31, 2006 12:32 PM

ITEXPO Can't Miss Events

The worst thing you can do at an industry event is miss one of the most important things that are happening. At Internet Telephony Conference & Expo next week for example there is just so much happening that you will...

Posted on January 21, 2006 10:25 PM

Google Video and Pack

Google VideoWith all the talk of Google taking on Microsoft, what may be overlooked is a slew of other companies who will lose large amounts of share to the company best known for sifting through the world’s information and categorizing...

Posted on January 5, 2006 9:02 AM

Top VoIP Investments/Trends

Reprinted from the January 2006 issue of Internet Telephony Magazine.Last year in response to many requests I started a Top 10 investments list in which I outlined some of the best investments for 2005. Here is an update on last...

Posted on December 20, 2005 6:30 PM

Ron Insana

I just had a chance to speak with Ron Insana today and am very impressed with him. He really knows his stuff. If you aren’t aware, Mr. Insana is an anchor for CNBC and is one of the most well-known...

Posted on December 20, 2005 4:24 PM

ITEXPO Gets More Press

There was a great article in the South Florida Business Journal (Alexa 1,170) about the keynotes at Internet Telephony Conference & Expo. In particular there was a mention of Tom Ridge and his participation in the conference. A nice mention...

Posted on December 2, 2005 11:21 AM