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Grenache Isn’t Always Red

For many, Grenache conjures up thoughts of Chateauneuf du Pape as the mind floats to such names as Reyas, Vieux Telegraphe and Marcoux. One dreams of Tempier from Bandol and rich, deep reds from the Roussillon like the ethereal wines from Herve Bezul’s Clos de Fees. But for me the most interesting Grenache wines are … Read more

Back In The World I Love

I have to admit. I have been suffering writers block for months. While I have been composing my thoughts, musing on Facebook and Tweeting away on Twitter, my inability to post, write long form was a bother…It hurt. It was painful and what’s more there’s no way around it. Like a baseball player in a … Read more

Finding Your Way With WebRTC

Pal Dean Bubley gets it. So do a few others. But sadly not everyone does. The "what" is WebRTC and the who are the telcos. Read Dean’s post and get a great lay of the land. Last week at WebRTC World in Atlanta a lot of companies demo’d something’s new, somethings derivative and other concepts and … Read more

The Comunicano Daily for Tuesday May 27, 2014

        The Comunicano Daily       Imagine if Qualcomm or Intel bought out T-Mobile in the USA? That's potentially what's going on in Taiwan where Foxconn is looking to broaden their business interests and vertically consolidate their holdings by putting a stake into a Taiwanese mobile operator. Given their ties to companies … Read more

The Comunicano Daily for Tuesday May 20, 2014

    The Comunicano Daily       There's all kinds of news coming out in all sorts of sectors as the USA warms up for a three day Memorial Day Weekend the our cousins in the UK do the same with a Bank Holiday this weekend. Clearly Apple is in the middle of a make over … Read more

Is The ChromeBook Your Next Desk Phone?

Is the Google ChromeBook about to become your new communications device? Is your slightly older Mac or Windows PC that can run the latest Chrome Browser able to step in and be the new desk phone? What about the Android tablet which runs Chrome and WebRTC rather well these days? While some are predicting the … Read more

Google Voice API Shutdown Saddens Me

Here's the untold story that dates back to 2006 or so when I was working on the social media aspects of GrandCentral, now Google Voice. Back then, I was traveling a lot to the UK and France and wanted to have access in both directions to my incoming calls and voice mail messages, as well … Read more