No to headset hair
I was pointed recently towards a blog entry from VoIP phone vendor Snom, entitled "Why desktop phones rule". An entry which really struck a chord, echoing my views (or at least some of them) when it...
View ArticleStill leaving on a jet plane?
With large parts of the world still reeling from the global banking crisis and the cost of doing business sky rocketing, it's not surprising to find companies reining in spending and setting ever...
View ArticleIt's all about the network
"In order to communicate, you need to be adequately connected..." - not sure if that's a real quote or a truism I just made up, either way, there's little point even thinking about unified...
View ArticleFacebook video calling, or maybe not...
Having recently bought a shiny new HD Webcam I thought I'd give the new Facebook video calling service a go. After several fruitless hours, however, I'm still unable to make any video calls, although I...
View ArticleCamera, lights, action
With video becoming all-pervasive, I thought it about time I upgraded my camera equipment. It turned out to be a remarkably easy and affordable exercise. Of course I have Webcams already, built into a...
View ArticleGoogle plus Motorola
So, the big news this week is the proposed acquisition of handset and tablet vendor Motorola Mobility by online giant Google. Lots has been written about the announcement, with some pundits saying it's...
View ArticleWhat next for business in the post-PC era?
According to Steve Jobs, we're entering the "post-PC" era, arguing that, for many of us, tasks previously performed on a PC can now be done on simpler, cheaper, consumer devices, such as smartphones...
View ArticleA juicy problem
Security is a perennial concern, with the explosion in the use of mobile devices adding further to corporate communications worries. But if you thought you had that one nailed down, think again....
View ArticleTDM, dying but not dead yet
With so much being written about Voice over IP and Unified Communications, it's easy to forget that there are still lots of companies who, for various reasons, prefer to stick to traditional...
View ArticleMore mixed messages
Having, apparently, indicated that it wanted to get out of the PC business and having pulled the plug on it newly released tablet and supporting webOS platform, HP seems now to be back-tracking. At...
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