The CNET Webware 100 came out yesterday, and in the category of communications apps there were the usual suspects — the AIM, GMail, MSN Messengers and Trillians of the world — plus a couple of VoIP interlopers. Can you guess who they were? Skype was the obvious choice, but the other was none other than Craig Walker and Vince Paquet's Grand Central. Congratulations, guys!
Alec Saunders is the Vice President of Developer Relations for BlackBerry make Research in Motion. This is his personal blog, with his personal viewpoints. Prior to this Alec was the CEO and co-founder of Calliflower — the easiest way to hold a meeting, online, on a conference call, or on the go. A double-decade veteran of product management and marketing, he spent nine years at Microsoft where he helped launch Windows 95, the first two versions of Internet Explorer, the Universal Plug and Play initiative, the push into home markets, opt-in email marketing and what might well go down in history as the very first direct email list ever.





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