Andy Abramson All of a sudden, over the last 24 hours, once again, GMAIL is not working on the iPhone via the native Mail app. The problem is IMAP authentication and its not fun. The last time this happened, it was a Google change to the authentication process, and it impacted the PAID Google APPS mail accounts … Read more
Joe Brancatelli, the world’s best business travel writer, has a very candid perspective about Aircell. I call it candid because Joe pulled no punches and gave the in flight WiFi provider an opportunity to respond. They chose not to. I too have asked to speak to their CEO or CTO as I have some questions … Read more
This post is dedicated to my father, the late Master Sergeant Bernard Abramson, who in the USMC fashion taught me that “the impossible we do right away, but miracles take a little longer.” He would be proud. Tonight I got an email from Laptop Magazine’s new News Editor (recently promoted) Joanna Stern, asking me to … Read more
This post is dedicated to my father, the late Master Sergeant Bernard Abramson, who in the USMC fashion taught me that “the impossible we do right away, but miracles take a little longer.” He would be proud. Tonight I got an email from Laptop Magazine’s new News Editor (recently promoted) Joanna Stern, asking me to … Read more
A few weeks after BT grabbed Silicon Valley startup, Ribbit, Voxeo, located out of the usual tech belt in Florida, has shown us once again that the business of VoIP is on the way up, not down. In his post, Voxeo resident social media maven, Dan York, highlights details of the way things are going … Read more
Today’s Wall Street Journal has a story highlighting client Truphone and a few others in the alternative mobile Long Distance biz. Jajah, Mobivox, Gizmo project and a few others are mentioned in the well researched and thorough must read on the subject of Mobile VoIP. From my position Truphone is really much akin to being … Read more
Even though the Chicago Tribune says cellular phones and VoIP won’t be allowed on the Aircell network on American Airlines, and singled out Skype, have no fear. Skype Instant Messaging will still be allowed. It’s just the voice traffic that will be “filtered” or “blocked.”
This acquisition by SalesForce.com shows how far reaching their efforts to bring cloud computing to the epicenter of business really is. For companies and developers in the Mashup and Voice XML space this will provide a lot of opportunities, and mean that SalesForce.com’s AppExchange becomes a key driver and promotional vehicle for companies that can … Read more
A Robert Half sponsored survey’s results shows that 16% of CIO’s plan to adopt Video Conferencing in the next five years in the same survey that says 13% plan to adopt Collaborative workspaces. This is huge boon to web cam companies and any of the firms in the video conferencing and web based collaboration space. … Read more
TechCrunch reports that Aircell is launching WiFi in the Sky today. As a person who used to choose his flights by which airlines had Airfone and later which airlines offered the ill fated Boeing Connexion service for International travel, I’m happy to hear this service is now a reality. So, while there’s no VoIP allowed, … Read more
