Monthly Archives: October 2006

Web2.0 ideas

Whiteboard 2 social surfing & snail trail. Snail trail – a app that logs all the sites you visit and time, moves your site history to the web. so it’s not on just one computer but lots..so it’s for history … Continue reading

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CPW launches MyMobileLife

TeleBusillis picked up on the launch yesterday of Carphone Warehouses new product MyMobileLife. There was no mention of it on any of the usual web/telco2.0 sites, maybe ‘cos it’s coming out of an already established business as oppossed to a … Continue reading

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Pressure is on NTL/Virgin Mobile

With today’s news of TDC’s earnings from it’s involvement in EasyMobile being only £12.8m and Keith McMahon’s prediction that MVNO’s are going to get squeezed out of the Market, it’s going to be a tough start for NTL/Virgin. I don’t … Continue reading

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3 up for sale

Guy Kewney has a great post on the rumours that the 3 network is up for sale. I wonder exactly how much of the network is up for sale. The actual 3G peice only and the high street shops I’d … Continue reading

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TalkPlus…was the show stealer at the ITExpo

Ken Camp calls TalkPlus the “show stealer” Technorati Tags: TalkPlus, ITExpo, Ken, Camp

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TalkPlus Voice 2.0 app launches

So, after yesterday’s comments from Om, TalkPlus lauches it’s complete app. Based on Om’s comments I’m not sure how much of this is real and available today? If TalkPlus want’s to send me a beta for me to take a … Continue reading

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TalkPlus – two reviews – two different pictures.

TalkPlus announced today that they received $5.5m in funding and there was tow reviews; Om’s and MobileCrunch’s. Here’s a snapshot of Om’s – he gave us a demo of the service, which is essentially a “virtual number” on your mobile … Continue reading

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Will Web 2.0 ultimately kill Windows?

of course not..but it’ll hit sales of more than 50% of MS products, MS Works, Office, Visio etc etc. [via] Technorati Tags: Web2.0, Windows, Ajax

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5 Million Skype Mobile downloads

Om has a post on the news that there has been 5 million Skype Mobile downloads. He’s right to point out that there’s a huge difference between download and actual usage. I wonder how many of those downloads were done … Continue reading

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Video Conferencing… Its’ luke warm again

You have to look at video conferencing from two angles. The first is its ability to increase someone’s revenue through the sale of new kit and a requirement of extra bandwidth which will result in network upgrades and the sale … Continue reading

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Ten years ago, if you went to Europe..

I’m sorry but these sort of statements wind me up. It’s as if Europe was a technology backwater 10 years ago. 10 years ago, Europeans didn’t have to download email as we had SMS. We were busy texting each other! … Continue reading

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only 33 Reasons why VoIP is Destroying Traditional Telecoms

if you didn’t already know, traditional voice is doomed, here‘s 33 reasons as to why. Technorati Tags: Voice, VoIP, Telecom

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T-Mobile Tests Dual Wi-Fi and Cell Service

The informed money was allways on T-Mobile to be the first to launch this sort of service. It’s the only Mobile player with a mature wi-fi business. This new innovative product is a way to keep users on it’s networks, … Continue reading

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Backbone Consolidation Continues – Level 3 buys Broadwing

Om has a great post on Level 3′s purchase of Broadwing. But in the post he states the following.. The way this consolidation is shaping up4, the market is going to be left with six majors: Verizon, AT&T, Level 3, … Continue reading

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Intel and Yahoo see profits slump, but IBM booms

However, IBM’s profits jumped 47% to $2.22 billion (though growth was only 15% if you discount a tax charge), on revenues that grew by 5% to $22.6 billion Interesting news [via] Technorati Tags: IBM, Yahoo, Intel

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