Monthly Archives: June 2011
What’s Beyond Phone Numbers?
Thursday, June 30th, 2011 at 2:44 PM EST
My good friend Jason Harris wrote today about how some people believe phone numbers are archaic and a thing of the past. Some people believe that with instant messenger (IM), BBM and soon iMessage there is no need for phone numbers any longer. Others believe telco’s should just provide a big fat dumb pipe and [...]
What Extras Do You Take Along On The Road?
Wednesday, June 29th, 2011 at 11:11 AM EST
How important is it for you to be connected? I was recently talking with someone about entrepreneurs that travel and live all over the world while working on their different projects. It ranged from web developers to PR execs that utilize all the current technology to keep in touch. Many of them work from a [...]
To B Or Not To B …
Thursday, June 23rd, 2011 at 11:36 PM EST
…Used to be that when you got a phone in your home, that was about it. You got one phone number, and maybe an extension or two. But, as the song goes, “the times they are a changin’.” These days the “home” phone, especially a VoIP line such as Phone.com’s Home Phone Plus, comes with [...]
Moving Offices With Phone.com Is a Breeze
Friday, June 17th, 2011 at 1:10 PM EST
One of my oldest friends has a medium sized business that’s doing so good he needs to grow, again. 2 years ago they doubled their office space and in the next year they need to do the same again. The problem is that this time they can’t just take over the adjacent office, they have [...]
Thoughts On Roaming With 361 Degrees
Thursday, June 16th, 2011 at 10:08 PM EST
I’m listening to my new favorite podcast called 361 Degrees and in episode 8 they are talking about the issue of international roaming when traveling abroad. The US is a bit of an island compared to Europe where the 3 hosts are from. They are discussing some of the minutia or roaming like should you [...]
Phone.com’s Mobile VOIP App Keeps You Connected Via Wifi
Wednesday, June 15th, 2011 at 11:23 PM EST
I got an email from Alon our CTO this last week talking about some technical stuff and at the bottom he mentioned that he was at the Grand Hyatt New York and had absolutely no cell phone service. No calls in or out, that meant that everybody inside that room and on AT&T (that’s his [...]
iOS or Android – What Do You Prefer?
Friday, June 10th, 2011 at 6:56 PM EST
As I sit at the airport waiting for my flight I am playing with my brand new iPhone 4. I’m very excited to have the phone and looking forward to using it. But I have a real problem, I can’t, I’m not getting much reception here at LAX. I know it’s not my iPhone’s fault [...]
Will Tablets replace PCs and Laptops?
Wednesday, June 8th, 2011 at 11:55 AM EST
Yesterday I read this report in Intomobile about “The post-pc era”. Questioning “will” this happen is probably wrong. The question is more “when” it will happen. We have enough experience now to see how new technology is sometimes (if not all the time) questionable. Even the use of PCs was questionable at first by IBM [...]
What’s Next After iMessage?
Tuesday, June 7th, 2011 at 5:01 PM EST
Yesterday Steve Jobs along with a few other speakers gave a keynote speech about iOS 5 and Lion, both upgrades to their previous operating systems. I was reading transcripts and following along as best I could from my office. One huge thing stuck out in my mind, the new iMessage service for iOS devices. It’s [...]
Upgrading To An iPhone Means Cheaper Calling Abroad With Phone.com
Tuesday, June 7th, 2011 at 10:40 AM EST
My Mom just upgraded to an iPhone from her old dumb phone for so many different reasons. She wanted to have a camera with her all the time, she wants to show pictures off of her grand kids to her friends and mostly she wants to be able to call my sister in Israel from [...]