My my. How AOL has changed! Apart from copying Digg, opening up all their content and buying into a blog network, AOL are now looking for developers to build applications around their new IM-based VoIP service using the new AIM APIs. The program, called Open AIM already has some 50,000 developers on board. I justContinue Reading
A casual browse through various VoIP websites will show you every type of VoIP client, service, and phone. But this one’s a first: a so called mobile VoIP phone called Busta that basically runs from a web browser. So it’s not really a phone per se, more like a virtual phone. It’s used by addingContinue Reading
The much talked about US$100 OLPC (One Laptop Per Child) not only has a name, 2B1, but has some fascinating features. These include being preloaded with VoIP software and the ability to form a wireless mesh network, provided one computer has an Internet connection. [via VoIP Weblog] I think that the idea is brilliant, givenContinue Reading
Safa rashtchy, an analyst working for Piper Jaffray, has maintained his “outperform” rating after Yahoo announced it’s recent VoIP service. Yahoo will be competing head on with Skype and Vonage in the rapidly growing VoIP marketplace. Rashtchy said that although the Yahoo VoIP service is similar to Skype’s in many ways, it differs in oneContinue Reading
As had been rumoured previously, Yahoo announced it’s new fee-based VoIP services (called Phone Out & Phone In) that allows users to make and receive calls on a PC. Yahoo’s VoIP service also allows the user to call non-VoIP landline phones. Yahoo’s Phone Out VoIP service will let users make calls from their PC toContinue Reading