Archive for July, 2008

A quick note on Personal Branding

Wednesday, July 30th, 2008 Posted in Plurk, Social Media, Twitter | Comments

I had a meeting with a smart prospect yesterday.  We had a short talk about  how our companies might work together, got to know each other, complain about the weather.  ... Read more..

Official: Ribbit acquired by BT for $105 mill

Tuesday, July 29th, 2008 Posted in Grand Central, IfByPhone, Ribbit | Comments

Saw the news first on Luca's blog (OFFICIAL: BT acquires Ribbit for 105 Million).  The press release can be found here. I discussed this previously here, mainly agreeing with Thomas ... Read more..

IfByPhone’s Voice Broadcast iPhone Application

Friday, July 25th, 2008 Posted in IfByPhone, Voice 2.0 | Comments

IfByPhone (my employer if you're new here) released it's Voice Broadcast application into the iTunes store.  It's pretty simple actually. You choose some contacts, record a message (IfByPhone will call either ... Read more..

Voice APIs and Revenue

Wednesday, July 16th, 2008 Posted in IfByPhone, Voice 2.0 | Comments

Today was a slightly confusing. Phone Boy wrote a post on GigaOM about Voice APIs, asking "is there money in Voice APIs?" His premise: But is simply providing an ... Read more..

Ribbit acquired by British Telecom

Wednesday, July 9th, 2008 Posted in IfByPhone, Ribbit, Voice 2.0 | Comments

Today, the news hit that Voice 2.0 platform player Ribbit is being bought out for $55 million by British Telecom.  Great work by the Ribbit team. Full disclosure: My employer ... Read more..