Skype at 5

It seems to have been here Since Time Began. But no, it’s just five short years since Skype first appeared. And it’s just over four short years since I first started using Skype, in August 2004. Skype has made a big impact for millions of people in enabling those people…

Bank holiday links

It’s late August bank holiday weekend in the UK, which often means traffic jams, rock festivals, iffy weather and maybe a strike. It’s all of that so a usual bank holiday experience :) So as I’m in the holiday spirit too, and not writing much in this blog before Tuesday,…

Disrupting mobile data costs

I twittered the other day about my most recent Vodafone bill for mobile phone service that included a charge of £80 for data use. ‘Ouch’ was the polite epithet I used. Although the costs for using a mobile phone to make phone calls are within general acceptable limits, costs for…

Disruptive is good for 3

I spent an interesting and enjoyable couple of hours at mobile operator 3‘s UK headquarters in Maidenhead last week in the company of a handful of bloggers and some executives from 3. Arranged by Parys Communications, one of 3’s PR agencies, the meeting was an informal get-together to exchange some…

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