Culture misalignment may have hurt Skype during the eBay years. Is Microsoft a better cultural fit? [...]
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Microsoft | platformers | platforming | Skype | SkypeExtras | SkypeKit | Strategy | TokBox | twilio | Voxeo Without Jonathan Christensen, none of Skype’s execs are championing a platform strategy. [...] More than five thousand people work in over-the-top realtime communication. The largest telecom labor union could organize them for a younger, higher growth membership. [...] Who dressed YOU? [...] Google is building WebRTC into Chrome. WebRTC code and standards will let web developers and designers build realtime IM, voice and video into web apps and browser plug-ins. This milestone means we could see WebRTC apps in Chrome in the next few months. Nimbuzz and others are working on it. This removes one obstacle to [...] Nearly Optimal Sparse Fourier Transform [...] Skype stats: 200 million average monthly connected users make 300 billion minutes of calls yearly, half those minutes on video, and half those minutes across international borders. People spend about half the time in Skype calls that people spend on Facebook. One in four international minutes are on Skype. [...] Congrats to Urban Airship, the mobile platform-as-a-service company, on landing former Skype strategy and bizdev czar Christopher Dean as their chief revenue officer. Skype bought two mobile app companies last year: GroupMe for its group SMS service and Qik for its live mobile video streaming and sharing. GroupMe stripped out its voice conferencing as of 1 January 2012, they say for lack of use. Taking them at their word, why weren’t people using their voice chat? Self-selection, [...] BI reports Cisco’s telepresence unit is ending Umi, a webcam and set-top box for living room video calls. No patience for consumers to learn about it, no chance to iterate and find what works. Why is Cisco giving up on consumer products when the consumerization of corporate IT is at an all time high? 15 things I hope Skype does this year. [...] Every year I see into Skype’s future, foretelling with unconvincing accuracy, cynicism and hope. Platform: SkypeKit licenses open up for servers. Blue Jeans Network already cut a private deal to run Skype on their servers. Skype will open this up widely, with a few strings. Skype launches SkypeKit hosting. Why set up your own [...] Skype is no longer revolutionary or disruptive. Boring can be healthy, if uninspiring. Can Skype inspire again? Capture passion? Define a moral conviction for users to love and support? [...] TEDxCMU — Luis von Ahn — Duolingo: The Next Chapter in Human Computation [...] We’re reaching for mental cognition many times an hour, perhaps more often than we think of sex. A quick look at the value, the risks, and a test. [...] |
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