Poll Says Cellphones Still Aren't Killing Political Polls
Published Saturday, October 28, 2006 by Technology Monster.| And every time election day gets near, you can count upon pundits and articles about how the polls might not be reliable this year, because they're missing all of these people that don't have land lines anymore. Not only is the cellphone-only population still not that large, but people who only have cellphones are less likely to be registered to vote, probably due to the fact that this population skews younger. |
Learning Like Kids
Published Friday, October 20, 2006 by Technology Monster.| So the second best thing about being in Bolton yesterday after the amazing group of Year 6 students that were in attendance was that I got to sit in on an introductory Garage Band workshop that and Joe Moretti, and ADE from the UK was giving. We did some blogging yesterday, too, and another highlight from yesterday’s workshop was an impromptu Skype call with Chris Turek from November Learning to ask a question about the software that Bolton was using to support its network. |
Jordan Joins The Axis Of Skype-Banners
Published by Technology Monster.| The latest to jump on board this bandwagon is the country of Jordan, which has been informing ISPs that they must block the service. The reason here seems pretty clear; Skype is threatening the profits of the incumbent carrier, Jordan Telecom. Naturally, this is upsetting many of Skype's users in the country. Amusingly, the above article (from a Jordanian news site) criticizes the government's actions, but not for blocking the service, but for failing to explain its rationale. |
Acme Packet: Almost as Big as Vonage
Published Wednesday, October 18, 2006 by Technology Monster.| Looking at what's been happening with its shares (they are up 6% since the IPO), we can already see that Wall Street is treating the outfit better than Web-calling giant Vonage, whose shares tanked after it went public. Investors, apparently, already value Acme, a little-known company, at $1.13 billion -- nearly as high as Vonage, with a $1.2 billion market cap. As VoIP expert Jon Arnold said in a recent blog entry, "Vonage's revenues are 10-15 times that of Acme's, but look who's making money." |
Network2.tv:The Vonage of TV?
Published Tuesday, October 10, 2006 by Technology Monster.| I just talked with Web-calling pioneer Jeff Pulver about his new venture, Network2.tv. The idea: Pulver has, effectively, compiled a TV guide to Web-only, independently produced episodic video shows. He'd selected more than 100 such shows based on quality and has listed them on his site, Network2.tv. Here's where this gets really interesting: Pulver believes that, in 2007, we'll see the rise of a new TV network that will eventually compete with the likes of NBC, ABC and CNN. |
Where Are The Web 2.0 Audits?
Published Wednesday, October 04, 2006 by Technology Monster.| We've already noted how some of these sites have tried to play the rumor game in the press to make some big, dumb companies think they're worth a lot more than they really are. While all of these sites may not be so interested in an auditing service, it seems like on the "buyer" (and advertiser) side, there should be plenty of demand for a better auditing system of users and traffic on some of these sites. |
But Wait, People Say VoIP Quality Is Getting Better...
Published Monday, October 02, 2006 by Technology Monster.| A few months ago, a firm that has a "Test Your VoIP quality" site put out a report claiming that VoIP quality was getting worse and worse and the explanation must be that the internet was way too congested. Still, though, we keep seeing people use this as the basis of an argument that the internet is collapsing. Harris Interactive and Keynote Systems (who has criticized VoIP in the past) have a new study out, claiming that quality and satisfaction for VoIP have "dramatically improved." |
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