eComm conference: Skype speaker says VOIP on cell phones coming
Jonathan Christensen opened the eComm (emerging communications) conference at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, Calif., with the prediction that free Internet calling will make its way to mobile handsets and complete the revolution that began with computer calling.
“To me, this is the most interesting time for us,” said Christensen, general manager of audio and video at eBay’s Skype division. “The phone is dead.”
He didn’t, however, give an exact time for the death of… Continue Reading
Web 2.0 Summit: MadeIt, Nokia’s new phone, and Zennstrom’s disappearance
Web 2.0 Summit, co-hosted by O’Reilly Media and CMP, kicks off this Wednesday at San Francisco’s Palace Hotel. A who’s who list of Web 2.0 digerati will converge for three days of deal making, partying and more deal making.
If you didn’t have the budget to nab one of the $3,595 tickets for the event, fret not – VentureBeat reporters will be on hand to bring you frontline dispatches.
In preparation for the event, here’s a quick… Continue Reading
EBay pulls all its advertising from Google’s network
EBay, in a surprisingly defensive move, has yanked all of its advertising from Google’s network (a story that has been widely covered).
The action came after Google planned a fun party — with free drinks, food and massages — to pitch its online payment service, Google Checkout in Boston during eBay’s user conference there.
This was a direct attack on eBay’s PayPal service, and surprisingly aggressive given Google chief executive Eric Schmidt’s insistence that Google Checkout… Continue Reading
eBay’s Meg Whitman – “eBay is the last business job I will ever have”
Meg Whitman says she’ll never leave eBay for another company. “eBay is the last business job I will ever have, for sure,” said Whitman, answering an audience question this morning at her keynote presentation on the final day of the TiECON 2007 entrepreneurs conference here in Santa Clara.
The audience member wanted to know – considering her considerable professional and personal financial success at eBay – if she’d consider leaving for another company. After all, as… Continue Reading
Yahoo just needs to fix one thing: Monetization
Everyone seems to be chapping Yahoo’s hide these days, including even Yahoo itself — or at least one very audible Jerry Maguire over there. However while many large companies could benefit from more focus and cost-cutting, neither issue is really at the core of the company’s problems. Yahoo is still #1 in both users and page views, and will remain a leading internet property for the foreseeable future. And though some critics contend Yahoo is spread… Continue Reading