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Truphone Brings Skype To iPhone & iTouch I have been a frequent user of Truphone since it launched its mobile VoIP service over two years ago. What started as a simple VoIP client for Nokia Symbian S60 devices is fast becoming a unified client that does it all. You can make low-cost calls using Wi-Fi networks, utilize the wireless networks for call-back [...] Motorola Captures 3 Trends for 2009 in One Device As part of a CES related briefing, I was turned on to a product Motorola is pushing that combines a CDMA femotocell with a software-based phone and a digital picture frame. The femotocell will connect with a user’s existing broadband connection and boost cellular coverage in the home. The picture frame shows pictures and also [...] Need Help Planning Your Macworld Itinerary? With literally hundreds of events, presentations, keynotes and parties, it can be pretty hard to keep up with everything you’d like to see and do at Macworld this year. But fear not, this year, TheAppleBlog has teamed up with SCHED to bring you the Macworld SCHED. Use it to plan out your entire Macworld schedule [...] Comcast Can Now Slow Bandwidth Hogs Across Its Network Comcast, which got in trouble with the FCC for its P2P-throttling approach to network management, has now completed its plan that deals with bandwidth hogs by slowing all broadband traffic for heavy Internet users during times of network congestion. The nation’s largest cable provider has posted a chart on its network management page showing that, [...] With Microsoft in Sight, Cisco invests in Xobni Xobni, a San Francisco-based maker of software for email services, has raised $7 million in fresh funding led by Cisco Systems. Existing investors Khosla Ventures, First Round Capital, Baseline Ventures and Atomico also invested in this round of founding. In a blog posting, the company said that their Outlook add-on software has been downloaded more [...] Steve?s Dilemma, Apple?s Quandary Apple co-founder and CEO Steve Jobs today issued a letter that outlines why he is skipping the Macworld: He has a hormonal imbalance that caused him to drastically lose weight, and he needs to take care of it ASAP. His weight loss had led to rampant speculation that he is dying, and the news has [...] The Incredible Shrinking CES As the Consumer Electronics shows opens in Las Vegas this week, the papers are awash in stories about CES being smaller this year, by about 11,000 attendees (about an 8 percent decline) and 300 exhibitors (a 10 percent decline.) Given that the Dow Jones Index has fallen about 30 percent, and the S&P 500 has [...] VoicePHP: Indian Startup Marries Voice with PHP Marrying web applications with voice has long been seen as the proverbial pot of gold: easy to dream about but hard to actually find. A few startups (and some large companies) are trying to solve the problem; some are using Voice XML, while others are betting on Adobe?s Flash. Today, TringMe, a Bangalore, India-based startup [...] Confirmed: Turin, Force 10 Networks to Merge Updated with press release and confirmation from the two companies at the end of the post. The current economic downturn has put a chill on telecom spending, forcing everyone from Alcatel-Lucent to Ciena Corp. to run for cover. The situation is even more precarious for startups that find themselves in desperate competition for business. Against [...] Here Come Broadband TVs Ever since I sat down with Reed Hastings, the CEO of Netflix, at our NewTeeVee Live conference this past November, I have a new-found appreciation for the Los Gatos, Calif.-based company and its plans to capture the video-over-broadband market. (Watch his conversation with Chris Albrecht and me, in which he talks about the broadband [...] GigaOM Interview: Broadcom CEO Scott McGregor Heading into 2009, web-connected consumer electronics are finally on the horizon, and players from Cisco to AT&T are salivating at the opportunity. But in the welter of wires connecting our devices, Broadcom sees an opportunity to offer chips that can connect devices to each other, the home network and even back out to the web [...] At CES 2009, Ooma Hopes For a Second Act Ooma, the Palo Alto, Calif.-based VoIP phone hardware and services platform that has been struggling to live up to its initial hype is going to take a second run at mainstream success. At CES 2009, the company is launching the Ooma Telo, a wireless handset that wraps the original Ooma phone system in a [...] A GigaOM Podcast: the First of Many? A new year brings new opportunities and new beginnings. For nearly a year we have focused exclusively on blogging (though on occasion we have interspersed it with video), we have not really explored podcasts. Thanks to our gentle persuasion, Om will participate in a podcast where we will bring together Om and other bloggers from The GigaOM [...] Jan 4: The Weekend Reader Elsewhere: Fewer Bars in more places for AT&T customers. [OFB] In Chicago, WiMAX will arrive a year late. [Chicago Tribune.] Comcast mum on new bandwidth tracker. [DSL Reports.] The ultimate guide to hacking CES. [Swooshing] On GigaOM network: 5 video innovations we would love to see at Macworld. [NewTeeVee] Obama Calls for Doubling Renewable Energy Production for Green Jobs. [Earth2Tech] The inherent danger [...] Will CES 2009 Weather the Economic Storm? Technology?s biggest consumer technology show, CES, will kick off in a few days, and it will be worth watching — not just to see what products and services are unveiled, but to see how the show itself is adjusting to the turmoil in the economy. For even before the financial meltdown kicked into high gear [...] 2009 May Smile on Disruptive Startups By now, most agree that this recession is likely be longer, deeper and fiercer than those in the past, rendering smaller, newer companies especially vulnerable. Such vulnerability is already playing out in the public markets: Over the past three months, the Russell 2000 has fallen much further than the Dow. There is, however, a way for [...]

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