Squawk Box August 28 – How communications technology is changing politics
This morning we talked about some of the stories that are emerging about the use of technology in politics. Barack Obama’s use of SMS to announce Joe Biden as his running mate, Microsoft’s deployment of a voter registration application on XBOX, and the novel ways that cellular phones are being used on the convention floor.
The other topic? Tomorrow is Skype’s 5th anniversary. How has Skype changed your world? the communications industry?
On the conference call today: Dan York, James Body, Jim Courtney, Bill Volk, Jonathan Jensen, Sheryl Breuker, Jeanette Fisher, Dave Brown
August 29th, 2008 at 2:18 pm
Skype’s 5 years of disruption… (Happy Birthday, Skype!)…
Five years ago today, the first public beta of Skype launched, and in a blog post today new Skype CEO Josh Silverman celebrates with “Five Years of Wow”. It’s a bit of the “Ra-Ra” celebratory kind of post I would…