Andy Abramson Normally when I’m at San Diego’s Lindbergh Field for a flight I’m used to amazingly fast download speeds. Not so today as I was waiting for Virgin America’s flight to SFO this morning. My download speeds were just pitiful, indicating either the network is overloaded or they airport is rate limiting the users. If it’s … Read more
Rafe Blandford, of All About Symbian, is someone I’ve gotten to know as a result of the Nokia Blogger Relations efforts over the past few years. He’s someone whose perspective on what is happening on Nokia Symbian based devices combines the understanding of a user, with the insight of an analyst and the why it … Read more
In what should NOT be considered “Free” WiFi, Meraki, the makers of a lightweight mesh networking platform, have sponsored the deployment of WiFi inside San Francisco’s City Hall, reports MuniWireless.com To me there is a huge difference between “free” and “sponsored” even if the general public perceives it to be “free.” The rationales are quite … Read more
In what should NOT be considered “Free” WiFi, Meraki, the makers of a lightweight mesh networking platform, have sponsored the deployment of WiFi inside San Francisco’s City Hall, reports MuniWireless.com To me there is a huge difference between “free” and “sponsored” even if the general public perceives it to be “free.” The rationales are quite … Read more
It looks like Cisco is pulling out all the stops to make people in general more aware of their push for Telepresence, aka, video conferencing for the big corporate set. They have just launched a contest for>everyone to tell them they want “Telepresence.” I have to wonder if they have heard of Skype? With Skype … Read more
Trendstream, a research group that focuses on global web trends has issued a report that was picked up by the folks at the BIG FAT MARKETING BLOG, that shows the emergence of online video as more than just YOUTUBE and HULU. Basically this is exciting news for companies like BrightCove, Sorenson Media, ShoZu, Livestream (both … Read more
In what may be a controversial post with some pundits, Lee Dryburgh has gone out on a limb, picking up on a Phil Wolff meme to describe his passionate viewpoints and perspectives about what’s up with Skype in the future. Phil in turn captured Lee’s views and put them up on SkypeJournal. Dryburgh (whose event, … Read more
The fast pass program known as Clear has had its bubble burst. As Om points out in his post, the service has gone away and in my mind it traveled much the same way as Metricom’s Ricochet, a service that was also ahead of its time. As a true road warrior (I spent less than … Read more
He may no longer be a daily blogger, as he does have to think seriously on how to keep food on the table and a roof over his family’s heads, but from a perspective of insight, understanding and reality, there are few in the telco blogging fraternity (aka “The Cabal”) who are as switched on … Read more
Back in the days of my sports era, one of the most colorful people in The Spectrum was “Joe, the Beerman.” Joe would walk the aisles of the arena shouting, “beer, beer, get your cold beer here.” He also led cheers in the stands, walked around with signs, and became a bit of a cult … Read more
