Andy Abramson Last night a buddy and I went to our usual and always reliable Pamplemousse Grille to plan a few upcoming events with chef extroidanaire, Jeffrey Strauss, who is clearly the best chef to plan a party with in San Diego, especially when wine is involved. Last night Ray McKewon, founder of the XCeptional Music Company and I … Read more
Image via Wikipedia To be upfront and transparent, my view is the merger between AT&T and T-Mobile will eventually happen and all the details will get worked out between all the waring factions. Will the merger look the same as the way it did when announced. In the words of former WWE Superstar wrestler, "Stone … Read more
Commercializing and combining some technology, the people behind eFax/jFax, J2 Communications, have slickly pulled together eVoice, a new unified calling service. Basically, this is a decendent, though not related to Webley that was introduced in the late 90s if you look at it seriously, so it's not really, new new. With eVoice goes J2 is … Read more
The more I travel internationally and across the USA the more aware I am of why we lag, and why our broadband access to the Internet is challenging. In the USA we really have a patchwork of connectivity ranging from ISPs, to cable operators and the telcos all connecting their version of broadband to the … Read more
This post was supposed to be about the hassles of Android but with the looming arrival of Ice Cream Sandwich I figured I'd just point out the issues and explain what may be changing. Right now I have Android devices running the following Android Operating Systems: Android 2.1 –Huawei IDEOS 7" Tablet (Unlocked) Android 2.2 … Read more
A lot of people think of Skype as their phone company. Many, like me, who have Skype In and Skype Out use it as a way to replace, or as an alternative, to their landline with devices that are far more universal (not to mention more atractive) that the old fashioned telephone that connects to … Read more
Make no mistake about it. With the announcement of the deprication of the Gmail App for BB's Google is decaling war on RIM and the users of Blackberries who want to make use of a GMAIL client (which works very well) on their Blackberries. The reason is so simple. RIM competes with Android. So why … Read more
Image via CrunchBase There are four parts to marketing that we learned in Marketing 101. They are called the four P’s. Price. Product. Promotion and Place. As long as I’ve been working in technology, one of the most misunderstood and weakest areas of effort is place. And place = distribution and distribution = sales. Many … Read more
Image via Wikipedia The last month has been meeting filled, travel filled, hotel filled, wine filled and friend filled. I've been in six cities, four countries. I've flown four different airlines, rented a car, taken trains, ridden in local cabs, and walked. I've also again stayed connected. How? My legally unlocked iPhone used a local … Read more
This infographic about mobile coupon consumption reveals a lot…Japan which is highly mobile and where mobile devices already have replaced the wallet shows high use of mCoupons. When you look at the preference that shows QR codes (updated and advanced barcodes) as a way to locate and have coupons sent to a mobile device one … Read more
