TechCrunch posted an intersting article today regarding a new startup called Yobongo. In a few words, Yobongo is a group messaging app that allows you to stay up to date with a group of folks while on the go. Think of the power of text messaging, but with a group of folks in the same…
I have been a huge fan of Google Voice for years. I’m so old school on Google Voice. In fact, back when first I came to know the service, it was known as GrandCentral and was something new by these two guys Vincent and Craig. Google Voice is a revolutionary VoIP service that allows you…
After today’s little debacle regarding Michael Arrington and Techcrunch’s new stance on embargoes and Marshall Kirkpatrick’s response on ReadWriteWeb, I wanted to take my stance: Without a doubt, I respect and will not break embargoes. So entrepreneurs, startups, and their respective PR firms, please pitch to me at my email address – I’m at jason…
Techmeme is, by and large, a fantastic way to stay up on the present buzz occurring in the tech blogosphere. However, I’m confused at how the system works so I’m hoping to shed some light on the subject with this post and the conversation that ensues. In talking to other blogging friends, I’m not the…
So Apple came out with their new cell phone today – the iPhone 3G, as they’re calling it. For those of you who don’t know, it has: 3G network access A new plastic-ey look built in GPS All these features were known as of last week thanks to the blogosphere. However, the amazing thing to…
According to Michael over at TechCrunch, Flickr will soon be adding support to hold videos. A few weeks ago, I was trying to decide whether to buy a Flickr Pro account. Well I buckled down and bought a yearly subscription. I’m very glad I did, even with flickr’s current feature set. I’m in the same…
This is huge (and great) news! According to Mike Arrington at TechCrunch, Google has acquired Grandcentral, a service I’ve discussed many times before. This would be a big development in the VoIP world, in my opinion. Grandcentral has a great offering and it will complement Google’s other efforts including gmail, gtalk, and VoIP very well….