Archive for July, 2010

Dear Supernova: When should Network Neutrality apply at the app level?

Friday, July 30th, 2010

Today is Supernova Perestroika. Wishing I could be there.
Don’t use the content of my bits to treat my bits differently than anyone else’s bits. That’s the general thrust of network neutrality. Common carriage, that the companies moving my phone call or video call or email shouldn’t know or care about who I’m speaking with or [...]

Hudson Barton: Skype census growth slows

Wednesday, July 28th, 2010

Skype‘s rate of growth is slowing, says Hudson Barton, who tracks Skype user long term activity. "At this point in ’09, Skype ‘Real Users’ was up 18% YTD.  This year it is up 13%." Barton adjusts the number of Skype accounts logged in at each moment for regions and common behavior,  like logging in during [...]

Should your political party put data portability on its platform?

Wednesday, July 28th, 2010

Internet access, privacy, media diversity (@MediaDiversity), and net neutrality are on the California Democratic Party‘s 2010 platform. Why not data portability?
Internet, Free Speech and Communications
California Democrats, in order to promote vigorous free speech, a vibrant business community, and unfettered access to all information on the Internet, support policies to preserve an open, neutral and [...]
Fuente [...]

Legal iPhone JailBreaking, What do we really Get?

Tuesday, July 27th, 2010

Legal iPhone JailBreaking, http://snapvoip.blogspot.com/
I too was very happy to hear the new about the new US Government rules making unlocking and jailbreaking iPhones or any other phone not a crime Even after Apple told them that jailbroken iPhones could crash cell towers ( Apple has told government(PDF) that jailbroken iPhones could crash cell towers). But [...]

Asterisk PBX 1.4.34 Now Available

Friday, July 23rd, 2010

The Asterisk Development Team has announced the release of Asterisk 1.4.34. This release is available for immediate download athttp://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/telephony/asterisk/
The release of Asterisk 1.4.34 resolves several issues reported by the community and would have not been possible without your participation.  Thank you!
The following are a few of the issues resolved by community developers:
 * Allow users to [...]

Asterisk PBX 1.6.2.10 Now Available

Friday, July 23rd, 2010

he Asterisk Development Team has announced the release of Asterisk PBX 1.6.2.10.  This release is available for immediate download athttp://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/telephony/asterisk/
The release of Asterisk 1.6.2.10 resolves several issues reported by the community and would have not been possible without your participation.
The following are a few of the issues resolved by community developers:
 * Allow users to specify [...]

Download: Skype for iPhone 2.0.1

Wednesday, July 21st, 2010

Download. From the iTunes app store: "Run Skype in the background with multitasking in iOS4. Receive Skype calls and IM while other apps are running or when your iPhone is locked. You can also continue your call while you switch to another application. Multitasking is available only with iPhone 4 and iPhone 3GS." Peter Parkes [...]

ThinkFlood RedEye mini, Finally In Stores!

Wednesday, July 21st, 2010

ThinkFlood RedEye mini http://snapvoip.blogspot.com/
After months of waiting, I was, finally the ThinkFlood’s RedEye Mini is in the stores now. RedEye Mini is a Portable Universal Remote for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. I thought and still think it might be a better remote controller than the plethora of controllers that lies around living room, evading [...]

OpenStack. An Open Source Cloud Initiative By RackSpace And NASA.

Monday, July 19th, 2010

OpenStack. An Open Source Cloud Initiative http://snapvoip.blogspot.com/
If you ever wanted to have your own cloud environment, RackSpace, together with NASA is paving the way. Vanting to promote and support interoperability in the cloud, RackSpace is releasing it’s file and server code to the open source. NASA is also joining the initiative by contributing technology that [...]

Droid X May Bring Hope To Some And Moral Happiness To You

Saturday, July 17th, 2010

 Click here to get the free postage paid mailing label(PDF)Droid X May Bring Hope  http://snapvoip.blogspot.com/
With Droid X making waves, Verizon expects to have many new customers purchasing Droid X ( perhaps some from the other camp, dropping the “Not So Perfect” dodgy iPhone 4 for something that is perfect ) and old customers seeking new [...]