- November 20th, 2006 | Business, Soft VoIP
Peter Csathy continues in his fascinating analyses of the use of video calling by giving several brief example case studies of how SightSpeed’s video-based click-to-call functionality can be used on e-commerce websites to inject a human element to transactions. Examples are online mortgage sites, tutoring - especially for language learning, and even customer support.
Now take [...]
- November 20th, 2006 | Regulations
On the European citizen blog Agoravox (love that name), Mark Evans, a Canadian VoIP blogger, gives his analysis of the recent decision by the current Conservative government to deregulate the VoIP market in the country. Although his comment that the “regulation of the traditional local phone market will likely disappear soon” confuses me. To my [...]
- November 18th, 2006 | Business, Security
Garrett Smith crucifies Red Herring on their brow raising article about VoIP security risks, saying “it mis-represents, mis-informs, and is filled with half-truths.” He ends his post with links to three websites about VoIP security. It reveals to me how much I still have to learn about IP telephony and security, but I have believed [...]
- November 17th, 2006 | Phones
The rumor mill just keeps on churning out the Apple iPhone rumors, and it’s only set to get worse as the January MacWorld approaches. There have been interviews with bloggers on CNBC, hypothetical design mockups and now reports that the manufacturing contract has been signed and handed over to Foxconn Electronics who will ship [...]
- November 17th, 2006 | Skype VoIP
UK mobile network 3 have announced a new X-Series phone that comes loaded with the Symbian OS and is packed with a whole host of features, one of which is Skype. While running Skype off a mobile device is nothing new, it is interesting to see 3 use the ability to call for free [...]