Skype is just getting better and better

To use Skype for calling over Internet is nothing new. However, now they have the solved the problem of people not being online. The introduction of a voicemail service solves that beautifully.
Click here for more info.

Not surprisingly that OECD in a report see Skype (and other VoIP) as a threat to fixed-line carries.

The next thing?

Imaging having your sales people sitting in a client meeting, having a deal on the line, the client ask for the contract, your guy just ask for a blank paper and do this... Click here  (wait for the video clip to start on their first page)

The hype in Skype

A Swede to be proud of. Niklas Zennström, and his Danish collegue Janus Friis, created Skype, got hold of 54 million customer (adding 150 000 a day!) and sold it to eBay for $2,6 billion.

The news --> 'eBay to nab Skype'  CNET article, 12th september
The tribute --> 'The tribute to Niklas'  

Still have to wait a few months

Finally, the manufactures have started to listen to the audince. To create a 'online PDA/phone' (3G and WLAN) with a QWERTY keyboard small enough to carry in your pocket.

In the latest number of the Swedish gadget magazine RADAR, 2005 edition 2, there was a picture of a new device from Qtek. Looks promising. 

The future of Internet revieled

Wan't something to think about?
Read this article --> Free Wi-Fi? Get ready for GoogleNet
A Business2.0 article, 12th august 2005

Then watch this movie ---> EPIC & Internet in 2014  (An 8 minute flashmovie)
Museum of Media History, Tampa Bay Florida

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