ernational Corporation has confirmed the completion of its acquisition of the personal navigation device (PND) operations of Brunswick New Technologies at a purchase price of US$16 million, including Navman Europe Ltd., Naviart Ltd. (Hong Kong) and Naviart Information Technology (Shanghai).
Brunswick International aqcuired New Zealand-based Navman NZ Limited in June 2004. MiTAC’s current businesses encompass […]

Another service has been announced by Skype and this is called Send Money. Under this service Skype users will be able to undertake money transactions using PayPal. Niklas Zennstrom stated:The new service is a mash-up of Skype VOIP and eBay Inc. ecommerce application PayPal. Together the two make something like Western Union for the VOIP […]

Now you can avail International Virtual Direct Inbound Dial numbers with area codes from nine European countries, courtesy Packet8. As a result you will be able to create a virtual presence in various countries. Given below is the list of countries where one can use this number:Denmark, France, Finland, Ireland, Italy, Norway, Sweden, Netherlands and […]

The initial reviews on Apple TV are pretty impressive, and I’ll just cite two posts - Om Malik and Cynthia Brumfield’s IP Democracy. You can go from there and follow all the good press and reviews Apple TV is getting.
So what does Cisco have to do with this? Plenty, in my view. It’s been all […]

I noted yesterday how I’d like to be at Spring VON, but it’s not working out for me this time around. Doesn’t mean I can’t experience it vicariously, and it’s never been easier. It’s not hard to find blog accounts of what’s happening there, and I’ll steer you to Andy’s posts. He’s got a great […]

Microsoft has revealed a small business IP phone system and it has been code named Response Point. Available in easy to install box, the new system is supporting both VoIP and traditional phone lines and has a voice activated user interface. As of now it is in beta and three models will be made available […]

Starting in Anaheim, EarthLink will be testing a custom Accton VoIP over Wi-Fi phone on their metro scale networks. During the testing stage the service and the phone is free but remember you can just make domestic calls only. Customers of Anaheim can get in touch with the company

and sign up for testing. You don't […]

Jaxtr public beta is replacing the private beta so now you can simply sign up for a free Jaxtr account in order to link your phone to a social networking site or a blog. All you need to do is add a Jaxtr widget to your blog or online profile and get in touch with […]

Yes.
That’s my short answer, and here are 8 reasons why.
Before I start, I’m not saying that VoIP is dead - far from it. Having an analyst’s perspective, I see a lot of things, and it just strikes me that a lot of stars have lined up now that collectively tell me that the winds of […]

Very interesting post from colleague Thomas Howe this morning about why he’s not attending Spring VON this week. I know a number of people who will be missing this show as well, myself included.
I’ll be missing the show - both figuratively and literally. It’s always been the show where I have the most interaction with […]