April 2007

The most expensive VoIP provider?

April 24, 2007

iotum business partner and blogger Moshe Maeir says he wants to be the most expensive VoIP provider, or at least that's what he wants his customers to be buying. Radical idea?  Not really.  Moshe is simply putting new services front and center for his customers.  If minutes are going to be a commodity, then being [...]

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Talk-Now Update adds new features

April 24, 2007

We slipped out another update to Talk-Now, last night.  And, we're particularly proud of it because it's got one of the most asked for features that we've built yet.  For the first time, Talk-Now can not only notify you when the person you wish to speak with becomes available, it can also notify that person [...]

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Free pizza at the Ottawa Tech Wiki meeting

April 23, 2007

At the Ottawa Barcamp last month the Ottawa Tech Wiki announced that they were going to have a usergroup meeting.  Well, it's happening.  The 1st user group meeting for the Ottawa Teck Wiki will be held: Thursday, April 26, 2007, Time: 5:30pm to 7:30pm Room 4359 Mackenzie Building, Carleton University. If you are an individual interested in helping to [...]

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iotum: one of the cool kids!

April 23, 2007

I'm jetting out of here tomorrow to the Gartner Symposium, invited to speak as one of their "cool vendors".  Here's what Gartner had to say about why they picked us: Enterprise users aren't lacking in ways to communicate — with multiple phones, e-mail systems and messaging platforms, users spend too much time managing their communications systems. [...]

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RIM migrates software to Windows Mobile

April 23, 2007

RIM has been slowly expanding its footprint beyond BlackBerry devices.  The company seems to have concluded that its future is in software, and the hosted services that are attached to that software.  BlackBerry Connect is software, which exists today, and allows access to BlackBerry services via a Nokia E-series phone, such as the E-61/62.  News.com [...]

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FON and Time Warner link up

April 23, 2007

It looks as if FON has hit the jackpot with a distribution deal with Time Warner. Time Warner will let its home broadband users turn their connections into WiFi hotspots.  They hope to provide cost effective WiFi hotspots for consumers who just want to check email, or do a little casual surfing. FON USA CEO Joanna Rees has been widely [...]

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Pulver's prior art

April 23, 2007

Jeff Pulver has weighed in on the Vonage / Verizon dispute, asserting that FWD had an implementation that pre-dated the Verizon patent by two years.  Moreover, he also states that it was publicly disclosed in 1996 in a book he published, two months before the Verizon patent was filed. I could have applied for a [...]

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N95 Spring Snapshots

April 22, 2007

One of the things I discovered while shooting photos yesterday was that I had somehow managed to accumulate some dirt on the CCD of my Nikon camera.  Apparently this is an occupational hazard with Digital SLRs… remove the lens, and there’s a strong likelihood that you will, at some point, get some muck inside the [...]

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Not so duh, Rick!

April 21, 2007

My buddy Rick has discovered the virtues of turning notifications on email and BlackBerry off.  In fact, he's manually configuring alerts, now, on a person by person basis so he can be notified when really important calls come in. It's a great idea, and I've been doing it manually for a while too.  Imagine if you [...]

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Spring around Manotick

April 21, 2007

It’s amazing how quickly the weather changes around here.  Earlier this week, we had a massive fall of new snow, followed by rain.  By the end of the week, however, the snow had melted, and the temperature soared into the 20s.  Last night we barbecued hamburgers on the back patio! One of the consequences of [...]

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