Live from Showstoppers Media Event at MacWorld 2009 5 January 2009
Posted by Steve Blum in Tellus Venture Associates.Tags: boingo, drobo, macworld, newber, showstoppers, skype, stellar information systems, truphone, uclick
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Last to first, realtime tweets from Showstoppers event at MacWorld in San Francisco, 5 January 2009…
• Advice to Truphone: go ahead, stick it to The Man!
• Truphone guy sez he’s heard about something called hacking somewhere but doesn’t know what it means. Really…
• I will try Truphone next week from New Zealand, if I can figure out how to load it on my hacked iphone.
• Drobo showing usual data back up stuff, it’s good but expensive, now offering a Linux NAS.
• Truphone, Skype potentially very disruptive to mobile model, Newber just seems complicated.
• Newber at Showstoppers again, integrates iPhone with landline service, adds biz line.
• Stellar Info Systems intros media content-specialized data recovery utility.
• Uclick might save editorial cartoonists. What have you done for the planet lately?
• Uclick has neat app, puts newspaper cartoons, crossword puzzles on iPhone.
• Skype introducing screen sharing app, shares videos, powerpoints, spreadsheets, whatever.
• Skype now selling Boingo wifi access by the minute, paid via Skype account.
• Skype at MacWorld & Showstoppers too, Skype guy regarding iPhone app: “watch this space”.
• Truphone runs on other smartphones but first hop is via regular cellular network.
• Truphone only works via wifi connection, 3G blocked ’cause the The Man say so.
• At ShowStoppers, truphone is voip app & service for iphone, free or way cheap calls.
• One kid in line for tomorrow’s MacWorld keynote, being interviewed by 3 reporters.
