A little birdie, who has been always right before, has whispered in my ear that Verizon Wireless customers with the Motorola Xoom will be able to upgrade them on August 11. That said, the lateness of the upgrade is as my source said is “Inexcusable.”
Image via Wikipedia Late yesterday (well for me as I’m in Philadelphia this week) Om Malik sent a note to Alec Saunders and me to give him our perspective on the Skype – Facebook video news of yesterday (another deal likely led by the recently exiled Christopher Dean of Skype) for his email essay newsletter … Read more
Image via Wikipedia Let's face it. In the era of the Internet, a promise is a promise, unless of course it comes from your telco carrier. Back in the winter months Verizon Wireless let all Zoom owners and potential buyers know that their state of the art Android tablet, made by Motorola would be upgradeable … Read more
Here’s a very visual way to see the cost of mobile calling when you travel and how to save some money. Infographic by EssentialTravel.co.uk
Here’s a very visual way to see the cost of mobile calling when you travel and how to save some money. Infographic by EssentialTravel.co.uk
Image via Wikipedia Since it's launch, GoGo has steadily been growing and adding more and more planes in North America with their airline partners. Their rollout has been actually smoother than the rollout of hotel broadband back in the late 90's and early 2000's. Those who were online back then will recall the what the … Read more
The new Skype for Android is out, but…and it's a very big, BUT. The BUT is the big problem with Android that developers face. Device fragmentation. The problem here is that not all Android devices are created equal, and that means that some apps only work on some devices, making adoption, espeically virally driven adoption … Read more
Users of Boingo who fly will enjoy the added access to GoGO when in the air. While the deal is great for the not so frequent flier who has an account with Boingo they can log in with one set of credentials. However, for the very frequent flier who only flies where they can surf, … Read more
Image via CrunchBase A report has Polycom working on an iPad client for cloud based video with tests slated to start in October in Australia. This will likely be long after a native iPad Skype client comes out for the Apple tablet, and smart money has Skype including video in that version, as it's a logical extension for them. Polycom's … Read more
I was going to write a post about the firing of multiple Skype VP’s some of whom I have dealt with in the past for a variety of clients, interviewed or heard speak but between the GigaOm, Skype Journal, and Bloomberg pieces there’s enough speculation. The one guy of the bunch who I can single … Read more
