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Unknown VOIP service a failure, says GigaOm

Clue phoneAn actual headline from Om Malik at GigaOm today: "Like Gaboogie, Foonz Losing Its Voice Too." The extra "too" really clears things up, doesn't it? TechCrunch picked up the story with a sardonic cliche: "News flash. There's just no money in giving people free calls." The actual news flash: There's just no money in drawing conclusions about technology from the failures of startups no one has even heard of.

2:20 PM on Wed Dec 26 2007
By Owen Thomas
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