The answer, in my article over at GigaOM.com, is resoundingly NO. But there’s more to it than that. My argument in this piece was largely an economic one, not as much a dissertation on the independent merits of the protocols in play. I do think that the issues...
Skype launched an iPhone client this week, everywhere except for Canada. According to a Skype representative interviewed by Tom Keating, “There are some patent-licensing issues which prevent us from offering it there.” Translation: This is a...
Last week I penned a column for GigaOm which has been picked up by BusinessWeek. Here’s an excerpt: “VoIP is dead,†Skype General Manager of Voice and Video Jonathan Christensen declared at an industry conference a few weeks ago. He spoke...
Ian Andrew Bell has been bending bits into business since 1993. He created Tingle, RosterBot, RingCentral, and other things celebrated and ignominious.
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