Less than 100 hours from Europe ruling on the Microsoft-Skype purchase, Skype?s Jean-Jacques Sahel shared a Plum report on the economic value of an ?open Internet.? (pdf). It?s an argument for net neutrality, including mobile net neutrality. Sahel?s post is Skype asking regulators to protect Skype?s access to the Internet from companies [...]
Chromebook http://snapvoip.blogspot.com/
Unlike most notebooks and the likes, Chromebook keeps itself fresh, every time you turn the Chromebook on, which only takes 8 seconds to be ready, updates itself. It does this with Apps, and the Chrome OS.
When there is an update; this wrench icon will appear on the browser toolbar. If you see this change it is very…
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Apple vs Samsung http://snapvoip.blogspot.com/
Apple vs Samsung is entering another phase with the introduction of the new (old) iphone 4S, which even sent Apple stocks down.
Samsung has already filed a claim in USA regarding the WCDMA patents it holds and Apple violates. France and Italy both uses GSM networks and according to existing law, companies can seek and courts can order a ban on…
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I have been looking for the pricing on Unlocked iPhone 0.5, oops unlocked iPhone 4S but I could not find anywhere. But after reading Apple’s iPhone FAQ, it looks like there will be unlocked iPhone 4S. I do not like to mess around with my carrier and since the phone is dual mode, I do not want to be locked in to AT&T for another two years (But the stories of AT&T improving it’s network has…
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Apple down after no iPhone 5 News http://snapvoip.blogspot.com/
Investors did not like the Tim Cook style and no iPhone 5 even less. So the stocks were down and with after hours trading standing at Exxon at the top with Market Cap of 354.11B versus Apple’s Market Cap standing at 345.34B.
So Apple is not the most valuable company in the world. It looks Tim Cook is not Steve Jobs (Duh), and lacks…
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It seems there are no end to patent trolls these days. The latest is a firm with 31 patents related to WiFi but which does not produce or market anything related to WiFi going around suing small business like coffee shops and hotels providing WiFi. Unlike other patent trolls, Innovatio is at least innovative in the way they sue these people. They sue for small lump sum amounts that is much…
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Skype is too big to slip under regulatory radar again. If the EU commission requires Microsoft to comply with a short list of demands, Skype can be a better corporate citizen, a more competitive platform provider, and literally save lives. Here’s how. [...]
The European Commission will make a statement on the Microsoft-Skype deal on or before this Friday, 7 October 2011. Skype is too big to slip under regulatory radar. Skype was all promise in 2003. Now it is achievement. They are no longer the tiny underdog fighting the phone companies. They are a [...]
iPhone 5 http://snapvoip.blogspot.com/
With ever increasing Android phones, looking and doing better or equal to what iPhone does, there are so much that iPhone 5 can bring us.
Just without thinking much deeper, two enhancements that iPhone 5 could bring are NFC and a Front facing camera. But those to have existed on Android phones for ages. So only thing Apple could do is to make…
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BlackBerry RIM Reboot http://snapvoip.blogspot.com/
I came across this fine article on Deccan Herald about RIM need to reboot itself to avoid RIM RIP. We all have seen where the Smartphone Market Share is going. Big players like NOKIA and RIM took places behind new stars Google Android and Apple iPhone. The article discusses the success of Google Android platform and Apple iPhone against…
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