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Can this man build the video PSTN?

Skype rolled out Skype 4.0 too much fanfare about its improved video quality, but improved voice quality won’t matter much if your video buddy isn’t running Skype. Scott Wharton thinks he might have just the solution. The former marketing mastermind behind Broadsoft, spun out to start Vidtel last year. The...

Tags: Phone, Skype Technologies S.A., Video, Endpoint, Service, PSTN, Scott Wharton, Vidtel Video Service, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Dave Greenfield

Blog posts 2009-02-09

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Broadcasters fume as FCC moves forward on white spaces

We won't have nationwide wireless without a fight. The National Association of Broadcasters came out swinging against the FCC report passing white spaces devices. "It would appear that the FCC is misinterpreting the actual data collected by their own engineers," said...

Tags: FCC, Federal Government, Government, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-10-17

Knowledge@Wharton interview with Kevin Lynch

Kendall Whitehouse has an interview up with Kevin Lynch at Knowledge@Wharton in which he discusses everything from Adobe AIR to the Open Screen Project. It's one of the better interviews I've seen and gets into a lot of aspects of Adobe's strategy around RIAs. They also talk about Kevin's new...

Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Adobe AIR, Knowledge@Wharton, Kendall Whitehouse, Desktop Application, Desktops, Hardware, Ryan Stewart

Blog posts 2008-05-29

Knowledge@Wharton interview with Scott Guthrie on everything

Knowledge@Wharton interview with Scott Guthrie on everythingI don't understand 1 comment by GuthrieIn [url=http://tinyurl.com/2vynnv]the interview[/url], Scott Guthrie said the following:[i]Downloading an application and running it fully trusted for business-to-consumers scenarios -- I just don't see as big an opportunity for it. There will certainly be some places where you do...

Tags: Web site development, Web technology, Channel management, Scott Guthrie, Web site, Web, Knowledge@Wharton

Discussion threads 2008-03-20

Knowledge@Wharton interview with Scott Guthrie on everything

Kendall Whitehouse has a really fantastic interview up with Scott Guthrie, the man helping to lead Microsoft's charge into rich Internet applications. The interview covers a ton of ground including Microsoft's plan to make money off of Silverlight and Scott Guthrie's thoughts on AIR. Kendall has been following the space...

Tags: Microsoft Silverlight, Knowledge@Wharton, Microsoft Corp., Web Browser, Kendall Whitehouse, Kendall, Scott, Flash, Web Browsers, Microsoft Windows, Desktops, Web Site Development, Internet, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Ryan Stewart

Blog posts 2008-03-19

No Prvcy 4 U

Wharton professor Shawndra Hill has co-authored a study showing that targeting the network of friends surrounding a customer can be an extremely effective marketing tactic. Professor Hill used traffic analysis of call data from a large telco to determine customers social networks, then watched conversion rates as a new DSL...

Tags: Text messaging/SMS/MMS, Telephony, Cellular phones, SMS

Blog posts 2007-03-16

Broadband over powerlines: It may take awhile

Broadband over powerline technology may be coming to your home, but first electric companies need to read your meter in real time. Thats the takeaway from a roundtable that focused Current Communications, a startup that is selling electric utilities on the...

Tags: General, IT Management, Hardware Infrastructure, Telecommunications, Broadband

Blog posts 2007-02-23

The 100 Greatest Short Stories 1.0 (Mobile)

Now you can enjoy these "byte-sized" masterpieces any time and anywhere with The 100 Greatest Short Stories. A timeless collection of the world's greatest short stories, it includes the works of authors such as O. Henry, Mark Twain, Rudyard Kipling, Edgar Allan Poe, Joseph Conrad, Arthur Conan Doyle, and Guy...

Tags: Mobile, Rampart Software Development, Maupassant, Adventure, Packletide, E-books, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2007-02-21

Universal Desktop Daily - Friday, January 05, 2007

Hey, look at this, the first UDD of the new year. Im sorry Ive been slacking this week with these but Ive been swamped with work. I still have a lot of fun doing them so hopefully you enjoy a few of the links from time to time. ...

Tags: Rich Internet Applications, Microsoft, Flex, Windows Presentation Foundation, Windows Presentation Foundation/Everywhere, Universal Desktop Daily, Rich Media, Mix07, WPF

Blog posts 2007-01-05

Universal Desktop Daily - Monday, September 25, 2006

I apologize for the lack of UDDs last week. I was in San Francisco Thursday and Friday where I got to have some great conversations with folks at Adobe about their products. I have a lot that I want to cover here about that visit, so check back over the...

Tags: RIA

Blog posts 2006-09-25

100 Greatest Short Stories (Mobile)

Now you can enjoy these "byte-sized" masterpieces any time and anywhere with The 100 Greatest Short Stories. A timeless collection of the world's greatest short stories, it includes the works of authors such as O. Henry, Mark Twain, Rudyard Kipling, Edgar Allan Poe, Joseph Conrad, Arthur Conan Doyle, and Guy...

Tags: Phone, Mobile, Maupassant, Adventure, Packletide, E-books, Telecom & Utilities, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2005-06-23