I reviewed GotoCamera (previously called HomeCamera) in a 2008 article, since then the service has grown from strength to strength. This year an important development has taken place in the market, standalone IP WiFi cameras are now available for less than $100. That is, no PC is required, just plug-it in and you’re monitoring whatever […]
I remain amazed that Telco API standards are still considered seriously. I’ve just returned from a quick trip to the Bay Area were I was talking to people who lead the market in APIs, they consider the Telecom industry’s perverse need to standardize APIs amusing at best and at worst yet another death knell for […]
Finally, someone was prepared to speak on WAC, pity it wasn’t the GSMA or WAC itself before the deal went through to demonstrate respect to the developers they keep talking about. At least Apigee has declared the 5 year odyssey of WAC and JIL dead on arrival (2008-2012). See the article here from TechCrunch, and […]
Here is a link to an article on Web APIs are Transforming Enterprise Communications and Collaboration for No Jitter I was asked to contribute. The article reviews the status of web APIs (Application Programming Interfaces): Why they have become so important for enterprise communications and collaboration; the business strategies web APIs enable; some of the […]
The SDP (Service Delivery Platform) Global Summit 2012 takes place in Rome from the 11th-14th September. On Tuesday the 11th September is the API focus day. I recently founded a Telecom APIs group on Linkedin, its generating some interesting discussions such as: Discussion on “Is WAC Dead?” Survey on “The recently specified OMA RCS APIs?” […]
Previous weblog articles have discussed the importance of Telco APIs across the whole tail, not just the long tail. I find myself repeating the following too often for my liking, “Do not focus on the API, that’s just a piece of technology, an enabler, the key is understanding the value contained within a telco and […]
Here is a link to an article on WebRTC (Web Real Time Communication) for No Jitter I was asked to contribute. Already some great comments on the article, for example from Glen Sykes on the issue of global addressing as mentioned in the article.
Yesterday I made my first WebRTC call to Lance Berks (of HollyConnects fame) using FrisB from the latest Chrome browser, and after that went on the explore a number of services available using WebRTC. So I thought I’d start to compile a list of interesting start-ups with WebRTC-based services. A previous weblog article provides a […]
An API (Application Program Interface) is a great way to expose services or data from your company for use by your company, customers, partners and independent innovators, that is across the tail as discussed in the SDP Asia article. Doing cool stuff isn’t limited to people who code for a living which the term developer […]
Instant messaging is old, it predates the Internet, first appearing on multi-user operating systems like Compatible Time-Sharing System (CTSS) and Multiplexed Information and Computing Service (Multics) in the mid-1960s, its older than me! During the bulletin board system (BBS) phenomenon that peaked during the 1980s, some systems incorporated chat features that were similar to instant […]