ClearOne, a Salt Lake City-based company, holds a majority of the global market share in the professional audio conferencing systems category. It should come as no surprise that their conference phone products for the desktop and individuals wouldn’t include significant technology enhancements that set them apart from the “el’cheapo” ...

The Frag Dolls are showing off their gaming skills at CES 2008 and paid a visit to The Reboot. In this episode, host Rio Pesino has a Q-and-A session with Frag Dolls member Roulette at the PodTech Bloghaus. She gives her thoughts on ...

This is a taste of my Saturday on the Podtech BlogHaus bus drive to Las Vegas. On board are A-List bloggers: Dan Farber, Robert Scoble, Luic Le Meur, Marc Canter, Jeremy Toeman, Robert McLaws, plus Valerie Cunningham, Rocky, and many more.

It includes a demo of a Samsung ultramobile device ...

Do you work in noisy conditions? Want to make VoIP systems like Skype work better? Get Noise Free. Here Bill Ribble, VP of marketing at Noise Free, talks to me about how it works.

At RSA 2007 in San Francisco, network security podcaster Martin McKeay headed a series of discussions examining the latest communication tools like Skype, IM, and ICQ and enterprise security. McKeay talks with Cindy Bellefeuille, Security Solutions, Verizon Business; Rich Mogul, Gartner analyst, data security; Atif Yusuf, senior security engineer, Verizon ...

Timothy Chou, author and entrepreneur, is the latest guest in this series of discussions with thought leaders, presented by WebEx. Chou was the president of Oracle’s On-Demand business from 1999 to 2005, the author of the book The End of Software, and he remains an influential figure in ...

John Aguilar, PodTech’s senior director of sales and operations, temporarily picks up a microphone in order to chat with Phil Wolff, managing editor of Skype Journal, about the impact Skype is making on the way people communicate around the world. While on the floor of the PodTech BlogHaus in Las ...

NETGEAR made a big splash at CES with its line of products, including wireless networking, HD multimedia, and Skype phones. PodTech’s Paul Lancour spoke with Doug Hagan, director of Americas marketing for NETGEAR, about his impressions of CES this year.

The crowds at the NETGEAR booth have been large and enthusiastic. PodTech’s Paul Lancour grabbed Prasad Shroff for a few minutes to talk about the Skype phone that NETGEAR introduced at this year’s CES.

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With millions using Internet talk services daily, more and more companies are finding a niche market making headset devices. ChatCable’s device converts your cell phone headset for use with Skype, MSN Messenger, Yahoo Chat, AIM, ICQ, Google Talk, and more. ChatCable President Paul Helmick gave PodTech a demo at ISPCON ...

Roman Scharf, Jajah’s CEO, talks about what Jajah is trying to accomplish - they are one of a handful of companies that let you call overseas for free, or a very low price, with your regular phone. Sorta like Skype, but because they use regular phones more people will ...

At BlogCamp India in Chennai this past weekend, Robert Scoble spoke to a spirited crowd of Indian bloggers, who came from all over India to converge upon a weekend-long hub of activity, ideas and passionate people.

After a few initial snags in the wee hours of the ...

MENLO PARK, August 28, 2006 (PodTech News) — Google today announced a partnership with eBay that makes Google the exclusive provider of text-based advertising for eBay’s international sites. While a similar contract for eBay’s domestic sites went to Yahoo Inc. earlier this year, one component of today’s deal is click-to-call, in which users can click on an advertisement or an eBay listing and talk to the seller via a VOIP call. “This deal is mostly about practicality,” said Gartner Inc. Research Director Andrew Frank. PodTech’s Catherine Girardeau interviewed Frank by phone from his office in New York.

Saul Klein, VP of Marketing for Skype talks with PodTech’s Michael Johnson at Supernova about the new areas Skype users are taking the voice communication software, both on an individual and enterprise level.

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Speakers include: Jonathan Schwartz (Sun Microsystems), Michael Copps (FCC), Werner ...

Polycom announces a Skype client for Skype. The first joint product from this alliance is the Polycom Communicator(TM), a Skype Certified, co-branded USB speakerphone that leverages Polycom’s renowned Acoustic Clarity Technology(TM) to deliver hands- free, natural, two-way voice communication for Skype voice and video conversations, without echoes or feedback. ...

Join PodTech’s Jennifer Jones as she talks with Jim Kruger, VP of Voice Marketing for Polycom, about a game-changing new product, “Polycom Communicator”, the first Skype-certified High Fidelity personal speakerphone that’s the size of a PDA.

PodTech.net’s John Furrier had a chance to speak with Mike McDougall at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas — January 2006.

“Tell a story…don’t just tell a picture.” McDougall shows us Kodak’s innovative V570 the world’s first dual lense digital camera — with an ultra wide angle ...

Bessemer Ventures Rob Chandra General Partner talks about venture capital, Silicon Valley, and startups. Rob and I talk about the mood of Venture, trends that they are tracking, and the recent entrepreneurial activity. Bessemer is the oldest venture capital firm founded in 1911. Bessemer was one of ...