Motorola Zoom – A Tale of Two Posts

Image via Wikipedia If you are thinking of buying a Motorola Zoom, required reading are two very different style reviews of the new Honeycomb OS based Android tablet from Motorola that debuts today. First is Walt Mossberg, who in his Wall Street Journal review today, has made numerous comparison to the established holder of the … Read more

Amtrak To Add More Wi-Fi to Trains

Amtrak is getting it right. After a successful deployment on the Acela trains in the Northeastern USA and up in the Pacific Northwest on the Cascades line, they have decided to add Wi-Fi to 450 rail cars using technology from UK based Nomad Digital. This is a huge plus for the riders of the rails … Read more

Amtrak To Add More Wi-Fi to Trains

Amtrak is getting it right. After a successful deployment on the Acela trains in the Northeastern USA and up in the Pacific Northwest on the Cascades line, they have decided to add Wi-Fi to 450 rail cars using technology from UK based Nomad Digital. This is a huge plus for the riders of the rails … Read more

Wi-Fi and the Art of Working Where One Dines

Image via Wikipedia I'm a nomad, and I admit it. Put me on the road and I'll find what my heart lusts for. Wine, food and Wi-Fi. And the more time I spend in Europe, especially Spain, the more I find Wi-Fi in coffee shops, retaurants and gastro bars. And it's basically free. Sure, you … Read more

Dinner at Serge Arola in Madrid

In a word, amazing. I’ve been to his famed La Brioche four times before but Serge Arola’s new gastro restaurant is one to not miss on any visit to Madrid. Wines paired were perfectly matched up and none that I have ever had before, which was the plan of the wine director.

Tech Accelerator Goes Hip and Cool

Image via CrunchBase In San Diego we have inclubator EvoNexus, home to client Independa, while the Bay Area has places like Plug N' Play Tech Center, Y Combinator and other startup accelerator venues that provide a very vibrant development scene. But one that has caught my eye is the Summit, which was featured in the … Read more

Giving Gets Easier-FundRazr on the iPhone

Image via Wikipedia Somewhat dormant due to eBayization, PayPal has gotten more aggressive of late, especially in mobile, and one idea I'm very high on is the work by third party app developer, FundRazr.com on the iPhone that's become enabled by PayPal Mobile.  Basically, if you're raising money for a cause, their platform allows you to promote … Read more

WiFi Access + Free Calling = TriBair

Image via Wikipedia Former Mobivox founder Eric Reiher quietly launched TriBair back in January. The concept is rather simple. Marry up free calling with WiFi. Ok, nothing exactly new as Truphone and Gizmo both debuted that way years ago, and initially the news came at a time when I was too busy with CES to … Read more