Having been one of the early evangelists of VoIP and launching the first magazine in the space – Internet Telephony and longest-running conference , etc – I think I need to take a moment and point out that one of the challenges of consumer VoIP is the need for external power. This past weekend, the northeast just endured a nor’easter where I saw massive trees buckle like dandelion stalks in the hurricane-force winds
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Nor’easters Remind us why the PSTN is Useful
Voxeo’s Dan York shows Skype released the source code to its SILK super wideband audio codec to the ” CODEC Working Group ” of the Internet Engineering Task Force , one the Internet’s standards bodies. SILK is one of the things that make Skype calls sound so rich and vivid. And now SILK is available for everyone.
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Why did Skype publish SILK’s source code?
Skype hit a new high watermark for user activity today: 23 million people logged in to the Skype network at the same time. Skype should reach 26 million concurrent by the end of the year, barring any major improvements in distribution or marketing. Dialtone is the most useful measure we have of Skype’s capacity.
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23 million Skype users log in at the same time
Dan Hubbard, CTO, is speaking this morning at the Cloud Security Alliance Summit at RSA ( http://www.cloudsecurityalliance.org/rsa2010.html ). His presentation reviews the top threats in the cloud, impacts, and mitigation and defense strategies. On Wednesday Stephan Chenette, Principal Security Researcher, will present a session titled “Down the Rabbit Hole: Linking the Malicious Web through statistical modeling”
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Websense Security Labs presents today at RSA 2010
Jeff Kunins , Senior Director, Social Networking (Windows Live) at Microsoft (and Tellme alumnus), blogged some Live Messenger facts and figures . Monthly user behavior: Status updates: 1 billion Profile picture updates: tens of millions monthly Emoticon packs: millions purchased monthly Web traffic from Messenger to Windows Live Profile , Home , and SkyDrive : 300 million unique tags: microsoft , stats , statistics , trends , charts , messenger Call me at +1-510-316-9773 , Skype me , follow @skypejournal and @Phil
A new partnership between Verizon Wireless and Skype will soon allow certain Verizon’s subscribers to use the Internet calling service. Starting late March, 3G smartphone owners who are using a voice and data plan will be able to make free Skype-to-Skype voice calls on the carrier’s 3G network. Skype is a software application that lets users make voice calls over the Internet
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Verizon to Bring Skype Calling to its 3G Smartphones
Guest post by Dave Michels , Verge1 CEO, @DaveMichels Want to know where enterprise UC is headed, take a look at Skype now. It seems counter-intuitive at first, but Skype is consistently ahead of the enterprise pack. Skype discovered IM before the enterprise, as well as softphones, presence, and desktop video
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Skype’s All Business
In the fall some of our Business students had the opportunity to talk with Jason Shellen about entrepreneurship, starting a business, and the high-tech field. Jason is currently CEO of Thing Labs , makers of the Twitter/Facebook app Brizzly . Previously he was an employee of Pyra Labs and worked on Blogger as it was acquired by Google, and he was the founding product manager of Google Reader
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Conversation with Jason Schellen
My Math Department is building a website with resources to help incoming (and existing) freshmen with some of the math skills that will help them be successful in high school mathematics. At this time, they are focusing on three areas: Fractions (adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing) Integers (adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing) Order of Operations We would really appreciate it if you would share websites (either explanatory or skills practice, or both) that you think are helpful for students in these areas. If you have a website you think would be really helpful that doesn’t fall into one of these areas, feel free to add that as well, as they hope to expand on this site in the future
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What Are Your Best Pre-Algebra Websites?
Are you interested in effective collaboration and communication practices to help you build a framework for change in your school or district? Then please join us for the 2010 TIE Colorado/ISTE Leadership Bootcamp . The physical event will be held prior to the ISTE 2010 conference in Denver on Saturday, June 26th from 8 AM – 5 PM at the Denver Hyatt Regency Hotel , with an additional gathering on Friday evening, June 25th from 5-7 PM.
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ISTE + TIE Leadership Bootcamp
Projection: Skype could hit a $1Billion Run Rate in 2010 , originally uploaded by PhilWolff . Skype could have their first $250 million quarter between 2010q3 and 2011q2 based on simple linear and polynomial trend lines.
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Projection: Skype could hit a $1Billion Run Rate in 2010
Skype ‘s Linda Summers told Monday ‘s Mobile Monday London audience that Hutchison ‘s 3 mobile network served one billion Skype minutes on its 3 Skypephones and other Skype-enabled phones in the UK, Sweden, Italy, Austria, Australia and Hong Kong. Those Skype calls run through Skype’s Skype Lite servers, a potential Skype as a Web Service Platform
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Three: One Billion Skype Minutes Served
Hi guys- Does anyone know if Skype still only allows 50 calls per day when dialing with a country subscription? The reason I’m asking is that I’ve tried using Skype with predictive dialing (small call center), and basically could only use the subscription for half a shift before Skype started deducting from our business control panel balance.
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Still Only 50 Calls/Day for Subscriptions?
We reviewed the latest version of AVG Free back in October 2009 , and found it to be a decent successor to the previous version, 8.5. AVG Free 9 is currently the most popular app on Download.com by a long shot , and this version bolsters its security offerings with the integrated LinkScanner and free identity protection for users in the United States.
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AVG Free 9 gives free ID protection
I suggested companies join the RPX patent protection club back in 2008 as I have seen how patent litigation can destroy a company’s profitability and force it to lose focus. RPX as you may remember is a firm whose goal is to allow companies to buy into a pool of patents which can be used to protect them against future lawsuits. The idea is a company will think twice about pursuing a patent lawsuit if you can countersue using a huge pool of patents.
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Patent Pooling Taking Off
We all love our mobile phones, they provide such a high level of convenience that most people do not want to go without them. However, although you may travel well, its most likely that your existing mobile phone provider and contract in your home country will not travel well with you.
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Avoiding Roaming Costs as an International Student
Sony Ericsson have just announced the “Aspen” which looks to be the “Faith” we saw earlier. It’s the first phone to use the new finger-friendly Windows Mobile 6.5.3 and packs a QWERTY, 3.2 megapixel camera, stereo Bluetooth (A2DP), stereo speakers, FM radio with RDS, 3.5mm audio port, aGPS, WiFi and a 2.4″ (240×320 QVGA) screen. The phone is part of the Sony Ericsson “GreenHeart” portfolio to reduce the overall impact on the environment.
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Sony Ericsson launch the Aspen
Greasemonkey scripts are an easy way to create single-serving enhancements for Firefox, and now they work natively on Google Chrome, too. Google Chrome 4 and above now natively supports many Greasemonkey scripts. (Credit: Screenshot by Seth Rosenblatt/CNET) In a blog post Monday , Aaron Boodman, the developer of the Greasemonkey add-on for Firefox, announced that Chrome version 4 and later will support most of the JavaScript-coded Greasemonkey scripts without any additional tweaking necessary
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Greasemonkey comes to Chrome
Firefox usage remained level and Google’s Chrome continued to pull ahead of Apple’s Safari, but the most notable change in January’s browser usage statistics is that the reviled Internet Explorer 6 no longer is the most common. According to Net Applications’ monthly usage share figures , No.
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Tide turns against IE 6 as usage drops
It’s time for the United Kingdom government to scrap Internet Explorer 6, upgrading away from the browser introduced in 2001 and the problems it brings now, according to a petition submitted Monday. “We the undersigned petition the prime minister to encourage government departments to upgrade away from Internet Explorer 6,” according to the petition , submitted by Dan Frydman, a managing director of online publishing contractor Inigo .
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Petition urges U.K. government to dump IE 6
When I am asked the question “Which is more secure, Mac or PC?” I find myself stumbling around for a response because I don’t have a clear-cut answer. I use both. And I use antivirus software with both
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In their words: Experts weigh in on Mac vs. PC security
If you make international business trips and carry a laptop computer than PC-to-Phone service is a great way to stay connected while on the road. As long as you have an INTERNET connection, you can make cheap international calls from any location to other computers or to any phone in the world.
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Stay Connected with PC-to-Phone Service
Anne Smith and Maura Moritz ‘s ninth graders are currently finishing up reading Cory Doctorow ‘s Little Brother . Previously they read 1984 and their task is to look at both books and answer the questions: What have we learned – or what have we not learned – over the past 60 years [from Orwell's time to the present]? What does our future hold for us?
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Discussing Little Brother with Cory Doctorow
This is a guest post by Daniel Tenner, CTO and co-founder of Woobius , a web-based document sharing tool for architects, engineers and designers. Woobius is his second start-up. Daniel spent four years consulting at Accenture with large investment banks.
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Get real, geeks – The iPad is the Apple for Mum, not you
Today Websense® Security Labs™ ThreatSeeker™ Network discovered that the SOHU Digital Channel Web site was compromised with a Xunlei Thunder DapPlayer Exploit that can lead to downloading and executing an Autorun worm that steals users’ online game account information.
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SOHU Digital Channel Web Site Compromised with Xunlei Thunder DapPlayer Exploit
iPad About Well bless my soul and whiskers. This is the first time I’ve joined the congregation at the Church of Apple for a new product launch. I’ve watched all the past ones, downloaded the Quicktime movies and marvelled as Apple’s leader has stood before an ovating faithful and announced the switch to Intel, the birth of iPod, the miniMac, the iTunes Store, OS X, iPhoto, the swan’s neck iMac, the Shuffle, Apple retail stores, the iPhone, the titanium powerbook, Garageband, the App Store and so much more.
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iPad About
I sat down with the DataPortability Project ‘s Elias Bizannes a few months ago to organize the elements of a model portability policy . Your site’s portability policy will be part of your Terms of Service or End User License Agreement. Your portability policy should help your sites and services communicate the data portability parts of your relationship with the people who use them and your business partners
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Icons for a data portability policy – a few thoughts
This week, my team has been busy getting ready to move TMC out of our building at 1 Technology Plaza as we prepare to move down the street to River Park. Our new headquarters will allow us to accommodate our rapid growth and we hope to double our size at our new address. By Monday, we expect to be up and running and look forward to the next phase of our company’s growth
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TMC Moves on Friday
Peter Radizeski of RAD-INFO thinks Wow Mobile is doomed. To be fair, Peter is cynical but then again, he is right most of the time. In this case he thinks a MLM, get-rich scheme which sells mobile service has no chance — especially when you consider the history of MVNO failure in the US
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Is Wow Mobile Doomed Already?
A humble thank you to my followers who came out in support of ITEXPO this past week in Miami. Thank you conferees who braved a tough economic climate and came to the show. I also want to extend appreciation to the speakers, sponsors, exhibitors and attendees at the show
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ITEXPO East 2010 Miami a Great Success Thanks to You