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Skype’s new home Microsoft
Posted by Mark Hewitt in Broadband, Cooperatisim, Economy, Mobile VoIP on May 10th, 2011
Skype
Today’s announcement of the $8.5 Billion dollar cash purchase of Skype by Microsoft will
Microsoft
have the world buzzing with chatter and speculation for weeks to come. Here are my outtakes from today’s announcement.
- Skype founders Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis were (are) team builders; the company succeeded against the giant telecom odds by collaboration and strong leaders that really bonded
- Skype has formed perhaps the largest active peer to peer network in the world; with access to now over 50 million TV’s and other devices Microsoft will soon be expected to add Skype to Xbox, Kinect and perhaps reawaken the seemingly dead Microsoft Mobile platform
- New revenues from advertizing something that has always held back Microsoft in achieving a strong financial model like Google to “Give Away” things in order to generate revenue.
- Skype has become a “Verb” and Microsoft will leverage this across their applications; I see it becoming part of Read the rest of this entry »
Think before you “Post”
Posted by Mark Hewitt in Broadband on August 12th, 2010
by Mark Hewitt
Digital Security
Facebook, Google, Flickr, Picasa, Twitter, all have made the world a smaller place; family’s are able to keep up with each other, events like births, proms, weddings help bring us much closer than ever possible. This is a great thing; that is until you become the target of thieves, stalkers, and identity theft.
Not thinking about a post and a shared event or photo can have devastating effects – see the news about a Facebook post that led to a home robbery; or Adam Salvage of the TV show “Mythbusters” who posted a photo of his jeep in front of his house giving the public his home address by accident.
We can accidentally post pictures that and posts that persons can use to invade our lives – here is a link to a great feature with 12 suggestions for how to protect your privacy and security –> 12 Steps toward privacy and security.
So next time you do a post, photo, event, blog comment; think about it!!