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 »
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 »
Skype is big — today it said its software has been downloaded by 100 million users, and 2.7 million people are online as I type this —- and it’s widely seen as a challenge to the old telephone companies. But could it also topple ICQ and other instant messaging programs? After all, the folk at… Read More »
The SkypeIn thing is really excellent. I was a bit slow to get aboard, mainly because of credit card issues, but now I’m there I’m impressed. It’s great to see a free service adding extra paid services that are really useful, rather than the usual free service later weighed down by sneaky efforts to grab… Read More »