March 2009

Howe goes to Jaduka

March 2, 2009

A brief flirtation with the prepaid calling card world introduced me to NetworkIP and their CEO Pete Patullo in 2002. Historically a player that has shunned the limelight, NetworkIP nevertheless built a solid business – 6 billion minutes of traffic annual — on providing hosted calling card services to vendors wishing to develop retail products [...]

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Calliflower conference call network adds Belgium, Czech Republic, expands in UK and Canada

March 2, 2009

Last week saw the expansion of the Calliflower international conference calling network again. In response to requests from customers, we added numbers in Brussels Belgium, Prague in the Czech Republic, Glasgow Scotland, and Victoria Canada. For our premium customers, Calliflower is now available as a local call in 15 countries, and 64 cities worldwide.

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Squawk Box Feb 27 – Small Computers vs. Big Phones: The Coming War

March 1, 2009

The title of Friday’s call was Small Computers vs. Big Phones, and the impetus was an issue of Mark Anderson’s Strategic News Service by the same name. We talked about the coming “war” between smartphones and netbooks, computing in the cloud, and where the intersection between these devices might occur. Many people expressed the opinion [...]