Andy Abramson Image via Wikipedia The Japanese are very inventive and now they're dispensing WiFi via vending machines. And the price, well it's free. What this really is all about is the data in the machines being sent back to the distribution centers over an Internet connection, but the machine at the location can do more than dispense … Read more
According to the U.S. Interior Department, their staff can save millions of dollars avoiding flights to places like Denver, Sacramento and other state capitals. That's not telling people like you and I anything new. We've all know that and likely practice it more and more. So lets get a few definitions on the table.. 1. … Read more
Image via Wikipedia I bought my first Apple in 1984. It was a Mac. For the next tweleve years I was an Apple user. I took the abuse, and one day left for Dell. Six years or so later I came back and while I still own more than a few Windows machines mostly Netbooks, … Read more
In looking at the technology landscape here's what I want for holiday present: 1) The end of security being the excuse not to adopt something. Over the past 11 years I have seen more great ideas and growth stymied under the guise of "security" being the issue. 2) Standards really being standards. If you use … Read more
Image via Wikipedia Already a competitor to Citrix in the GoTo category of support tools with LogMeIn Rescue and LogMeIn as a remote desktop service that gets around firewalls nicely, the folks at LogMeIn are now taking aim at GoToMeeting, GoToTraining, GoToWebinar and of course HiDef Conferencing with the news of VoIP support for Join.Me, … Read more
GoGo, which puts WiFi on airplanes, is going to file an IPO in 2012 in hopes of raising $100 million to support growth according to TechCrunch. The IPO is a way for the investors to get some of their money back faster or to fuel growth. While GoGo is seeing growth, it's currently using proven … Read more
Level3's blog may be tipping us off to more than Microsoft may have liked. In their year end post about voice predictions for 2012 there is a casual reference to the mobile client of their UC product, Lync, but the "tell" is based upon a "one number" solution. So let's speculate. When you think about … Read more
Motor Authority is reporting that OnStar will be introducing in car video chat for the back seat of automobiles at CES. While no carrier was mentioned hopefully the concept is a webcam and a 4G LTE modem so the back seat passengers can choose whichever video calling solution, however given that the carrier is Verizon … Read more
One of the faster moving consumer electronics companies is Archos. They were one of the first into the portable multimedia device sector and have always been just ahead of the bigger brands at releasing new devices that take advantage of the fastest processors, brightest screens and better sound. That's why I'm not surprised to see … Read more
Longtime friend in VoIP Jason Fischl has left Skype as of this past Saturday. The news came out via a Facebook page change. Fischl, who is one of the true experts in SIP and RTC, was heavily involved at Skype in the RTC efforts under Jonathan Rosenberg, as well as being the guy charged with figuring … Read more
