Andy Abramson I’ll admit, I’m a gadget guy, and the kind of person who just has to have the latest and greatest, then push the limits of it to the nth degree immediately upon purchase. I did that once with my Nissan 300zx back in 1995 when I bought my Z, getting to the 350 mile mark … Read more
Let me start off by saying that in flight WiFi can’t be beat, but lousy customer service for a new product can kill it off. This past Wednesday I boarded Virgin America flight 404 from LAX for JFK and after we crossed the 10,000 foot mark on our ascent out of Los Angeles opened up … Read more
I’m representing Vringo, one of the companies whose advisory boards I sit on next week at what is shaping up to be a very talent filled conference in Los Angeles. Dubbed, the Israel Conference, it is all about bringing the companies and technologies whom are both known and under the radar, which are looking to … Read more
I spent a large part of the early morning here in New York City watching the demo of the developer preview for Google’s new Wave. I’ll refer to Wave as transformational, as its not revolutionary, but moves work flow from asymmetrical to both symmetrical and asymmetrical universes simultaneously, changing how you work both in real … Read more
This week I learned an old friend from my hockey era (1976-96) had passed away at the age of 44. The former Flyer, Peter Zezel was someone I first met at his first training camp. I had taken a few players to the hospital following a spirited practice one late summer day back in 1984. … Read more
Pal Eric Quanstrom has joined Sorenson Media, making this the fourth of my draft picks to be nabbed this year. Eric joins fellow SightSpeed alumnus Peter Csathy at Sorenson Media. Having worked with both, they make an ideal 1-2 tag team. This is a very strong hire for Peter and for Eric it means SURFS … Read more
One of the challenges of growing my business is being everywhere at once. Sometimes its at conferences and other times its being with clients working on the next big thing. Last week when Jeff Pulver held his first HD Voice Summit i was locked away for two days and a half in San Francisco with … Read more
AT&T is bullish on the netbooks. So bullish that they and the manufacturers are taking very aggressive pricing to the streets with the opportunity to buy in for $50.00, and a multi-year contract. As someone who has the Acer Aspire One and the AT&T data service inside of it, I can attest to how snappy … Read more
The potential merger announced last last night Bharti Airtel of India and the MTN Group of South Africa may have shocked some folks, but not me. I’m a big believer that just like with cable television and telephony here in the USA we’re going to be seeing more and more consolidation in the mobile world. … Read more
Well it seems that just like in the gaming world, where Microsoft’s X Box Live has been racking up voice minutes for years, has seen Second Life roll out voice services to a point where 15 million minutes were consumed last year, at a rate of 700,000 users per month signing up. That’s faster than … Read more
