November 2008

Squawk Box November 11: iNum

November 12, 2008

This morning we talked with Voxbone CEO Rod Ullens about the launch of their iNum service that provides a single country agnostic number under the +883 country code. An iNum number takes advantage of Voxbone’s IP-based intercontinental network such that calls from any location worldwide are either free or at a very low cost. Rod [...]

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VoxBone rolls out first iNum service

November 11, 2008

iNum is the world’s first global telephone number standard.  Sanctioned by the ITU, it’s a global phone number beginning with the +883 prefix.  Essentially, it allows any business to establish a global presence at low or no cost to the calling party.  Think of it as an 800 number for the world. VoxBone has announced [...]

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$6K per gigabyte? No thanks, Ted.

November 10, 2008

On Friday, before leaving for San Francisco and the Under the Radar conference, my business partner Howard made a call to Rogers to inquire about US roaming rates for his iPhone.  The good news?  You can buy roaming voice minutes from Rogers.  And, they’ve recently reduced their data roaming charges as well.  How much you [...]

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Active Conversations

November 9, 2008

“What did you say I know I saw you saying it My ears won’t stop ringing Long enough to hear Those sweet words What did you say” Norah Jones Nose jammed deep into a bowl of salty sweet udon, and listening to Norah Jones on my iPhone, I’ve been reflecting on the nature of conversations.  [...]

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Why WebKit make sense for MSFT

November 7, 2008

Speculation that Microsoft might replace the IE rendering with WebKit is running high this morning after remarks made by Steve Ballmer in Australia.  Although hardly a ringing endorsement of WebKit, here’s why Steve (and Steve Sinofsky, Mr. Windows) should consider this: The battle to own the presentation layer of the Web was lost long ago.  [...]

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Comrade Rogers’ Soviet contracts

November 4, 2008

It goes without saying that cellular contracts are consumer unfriendly with their myriads of coercive clauses designed to lock customers into long term relationships. Every so often the byzantine array of rules they ask  you to sign up for, however, reaches new heights of absurdity. Case in point: This weekend I took my 18 year [...]

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MoveOn’s very clever election video

November 3, 2008

One of the hallmarks of this US Presidential Election has been the incredibly effective use of the internet by the Obama campaign.  This particular video, by moveon.org, lets you send a customized message out to your slacker friends… the ones who might not be planning to vote. Viral video is nothing new of course.  However, [...]

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Calliflower conference calls discovered by youth political campaigns

November 3, 2008

Over the last week we’ve had several large (100+ participants), but private, conference calls happen on Calliflower.  Without violating the privacy of the parties involved (no, I won’t say whether it was Democrats, or Republicans, where they were calling from or when), it appears that youth campaigns in this presidential election have discovered Calliflower conference [...]

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