To accompany my column this week on podcasting (which will appear here when it’s out; subscription only I’m afraid), here’s a snippet from an IM interview with Cameron Reilly of The Podcast Network on podcasting: Jeremy: How about the big picture: What might people be using podcasts for in the future? And why has such… Read More »
There’s been quite a bit of hype surrounding the launch last week in the UK of the BT ‘Bluephone’ dualphone, which uses Bluetooth in the home to connect to a VOIP connection, but which switches to a mobile phone elsewhere. (Actually the launch consists of 400 early adopters until September.) There are lots of questions… Read More »
In my AWSJ/WSJ.com column on Skype a few weeks back (subscription only; sorry) I talked about how Skype might change the way we communicate online — in part by introducing lots of interesting new business models. Well, it seems to have started. German website Someonenew.com has today announced it has launched a dating website using… Read More »
Skype is working on a video function which I’m told by beta testers is very good. Skype say it will out later this year. But one company called Dialcom can’t wait, and has already released a plug in called Spontania video4skype: Dialcom’s Spontania video plug-in is designed to be integrated with any 3rd party Internet-based… Read More »
Either I’m even less popular than I thought, or I don’t seem to be getting my Skype voicemail. I know it’s beta, but what do you do when people say they’ve left a message and there’s no record of it?