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Odds and ends: Cisco acquires Latigent; DivX and Yahoo; Jaxtr

A few odds and ends from the likes of Cisco, Yahoo and Jaxtr this morning. Cisco still loves Web 2.0 Cisco Systems made its 123rd acquisition buying Latigent, a Web-based business intelligence and analytics company, for an undisclosed sum. Latigent provides call center software and reporting...

Tags: Web, DivXNetworks, Yahoo! Inc., Statement, Skype Technologies S.A., Cisco Systems Inc., Latigent, Jaxtr, Web 2.0, Channel Management, Internet, Marketing, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2007-09-27

Instant e-mail message form: Contactify

Instant e-mail message form: ContactifyLooks great.Just created an account.Have you looked at JaxtrScoble interviewed the the Jaxtr (Jaxtr.com) CEO on the ScobleShow recently, which I finally watched over the weekend. Jaxtr does a similar thing, thought it also allows people to call you on the phone. This give...

Tags: e-mail, Jaxtr

Discussion threads 2007-04-21

Jaxtr brings VoIP to MySpace

Jaxtr, which launched a private Beta today, is a VoIP based service that brings free voice calls to social networks and blogs. The company is based in Palo Alto, CA and was founded just over a year ago by Philip Mobin and Touraj Parang.Once a user has registered their phone...

Tags: social networking, Social Networks, MySpace, Widgets

Blog posts 2006-12-14

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Lithium Technologies raises $12 million; social network for enterprises will invest in innovation

June appears to be the month for social networks to announce new funding. The latest is Lithium Technologies, which today announced that it has closed a $12 million series B round. Lithium is in good company this month, with LinkedIn, Twitter, Jaxtr and others creating a splash with their respective...

Tags: Advertising & Promotion, Benchmark Capital, Innovation, Jennifer Leggio, Lithium Technologies Inc., Marketing, Network, Online Communications, Social Networking

Blog posts 2008-06-30

With friends like these... how can Seesmic fail?

Having secured $5.5 million of funding from investment group Atomico (Skype's Niklas Zennstrom, Janus Friis and co.), Loic Le Meur admits he didn't need the money. And yet he's enlisted a further twelve individual backers for his new startup Seesmic -- which has been described as "Twitter for video" --...

Tags: Board, Connection, Image, Investor, Seesmic, Pendants, VC, Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Steve O'Hear

Blog posts 2008-02-18

MySpaceIM and Skype hook up

MySpace and Skype have announced a partnership that will see the two companies' IM clients interoperate. Scheduled to roll out in November, the new version of MySpaceIM, dubbed MySpaceIM with Skype, will enable users to place and receive VoIP calls through Skype's network, either to other MySpaceIM users or those...

Tags: Skype Technologies S.A., MySpaceIM, Instant Messaging, Business Structures, Telephony, VOIP, Social Networking, Telecommunications, Internet, Online Communications, Finance, Networking, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Steve O'Hear

Blog posts 2007-10-17

Jaxtr Call Control 1 (Windows)

Jaxtr Call Control is a simple gadget to manage your jaxtr account. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.

Tags: Account, Gadget, Anand Tomar, Jaxtr Call Control, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2007-09-10

News to know: Wither desktop OS; Mozilla naps on flaw; iPhone stats due; YouTube politics

Notable headlines:David Berlind: By 2010, will Windows ‘Seven’ or any desktop OS really matter? Mary Jo Foley: Drawing more Microsoft roadmaps.  Ryan Stewart: The desktop OS will still matter, just not which one. Techmeme.Ryan Naraine: Mozilla caught napping on URL protocol handling flaw.Larry Dignan: Apple's third quarter: All eyes on...

Tags: General, News to know

Blog posts 2007-07-24

Vote for your favorite communications/VoIP app

Webware, which is one of our sister CNET sites, is getting ready to close off voting for the best 100 websites and apps.Voting closes at 9 a.m. PT- just a few hours from the time this post is going up.There's a section for Communications- which includes VoIP.Here's a list of...

Tags: General

Blog posts 2007-06-11

Facebook: The social Web utility company

The suspense is nearly over. In about an hour, Facebook will lift the veil on its plans to turn its social networking site into a platform with what is hopes becomes a pervasive ecosystem. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg calls this latest interation of the service a “social utility,” which...

Tags: General, Social networking, Web Technology

Blog posts 2007-05-24

Stanford student posts her number on Net

Girl urges globe-trotters to give a callMegan Zoback, a senior at Stanford University, has come up with her own rendition of the Luke Johnson phone experiment by posting her contact information on popular video-hosting site YouTube. Zoback has kept her privacy by using a service called Jaxtr, which allows anyone...

Tags: Megan Zoback, Stanford

Videos 2007-05-17

Why Yahoo should buy LinkedIn

While much of the attention has been focused on Yahoos alleged pursuit of Facebook the company would be better served in the long run by buying LinkedIn. Why? A few reasons.1. LinkedIn could be receptive. LinkedIn co-founder Konstantin Guericke joined Jaxtr as CEO today. And yes his LinkedIn profile is...

Tags: LinkedIn, Yahoo, Web Technology, General

Blog posts 2006-12-14

News to know: WGA; Gates blogger fest; Core wars

Afternoon happenings of note:Can Microsoft stay a step ahead of the Vista pirates? Mary Jo Foley revisits the dreaded WGA issue. Microsofts target: Frankenbuilds.Ryan Stewart on Microsofts blogger fest. More observations at Techmeme.ZDNetters are debating the merits of AMDs Core Wars a mistake comments.LinkedIn co-founder quits, joins Jaxtr.David Berlinds Testbed:...

Tags: WGA, Microsofts, General

Blog posts 2006-12-14