This has not caught a lot of international interest so far - what a bloody shame. ComBOTS is the new company from the people who did web.de, one of the biggest German internet success stories, that was sold to united internet. Citing their website:
Everyday life in the digital world burdens us with thousands of unused photos on our hard drives, SPAM, trojans and viruses. The mix of e-mail, SMS, MMS, Instant Messaging, Voice over IP, web cams, video chat, attachments, online photos, web drives, mobile e-mail, push e-mail and spam protection is far too complex and a long way from being really fun. We are about to change this!
Sounds promising, isn’t it! 50Hz just attended the press conference that precedes the public announcement at 3pm (GMT+1) today. He says (and I am freely translating here):
It is not hardware. It will be a huge mass of infrastructure. It looks cool when you dig manga comics. It makes communication easier, but only if you get all your contacts to use that system.
Well, that indeed sounds interesting. There’s one thing for sure: These guys have both truckloads of money at their hand and a massive knowledge base. I am really looking forward to see what they make of it. [tags]ComBOTS, 50Hz, web.de, united internet[/tags]