Image via Wikipedia With every airplane ticket I purchase, included in the total price is the "Passenger Facility Charge." But more times than not, I often don't feel very facilitated. For example, have you ever gone into the rest room at the airport and had any of the following experiences: 1. Broken stall or toilet … Read more
My friend Larry Lisser, with whom we’ve helped exit Mobivox to Sabse and have collaborated on a few other startups together directly and indirectly (Momentum Telecom, IfByPhone and Fonolo) had a big idea a bit more than a year ago when he came up with the concept of Startup Camp Telephony, that would be run … Read more
Image of Domaine Combier via Snooth At the 2009 Decouverte du Rhone one one of the last few days of the weeklong tasting event than was held in and around Avignon, one of the wines I fell head over heels in love with was the 2006 Domaine Combier Crozes Hermitage, as well as their St. … Read more
Image via Wikipedia Every once in a while I get alerted to some fun events. Three are coming to mind right now, and one is just around the corner. Rhone Discovery Week, or in French, Decouvertes du Vallee du Rhone, is March 1-6 and starts this time in the Northern Rhone town of Ampuis. That … Read more
Image via Wikipedia The new Apple iPhone for Verizon is going to cause a shift in the the collaboration market, as services from Citrix's GoToMeeting, Cisco's WebEx and pal Alec Saunders company, Calliflower all have been building what the future needs, not living in the past. One of the major FUDs being spread by GSM … Read more
Image via CrunchBase One of the things I love about my friend Peter Csathy, a reformed Harvard Law School grad, is that he never forgot how to build his case and tell it so he can go out and sell it. After working with Peter for four years on SightSpeed, where he led them to … Read more
Image via CrunchBase No one has spilled the beans but here's a SWAG before flying off for CES this week. Skype, Verizon and Samsung could announce Video on the Galaxy Tab-LTE edition at CES whenever it's convenient, likely on Wednesday or possibly Thursday. Here's what leads me to that conclusion. 1. Skype has been working … Read more
Image via Wikipedia We're heading into the annual trade show season, where events seem to come up and out of nowhere for some, and for others are part of the business of their business. For me the seasons starts with the AT&T Developer Summit which is just one day before CES, moves to IT Expo which includes … Read more
Today, Skype has joined Apple’s FaceTime and Tango at making video mobile on the iPhone and other iOS 4 device from Apple. After a week or more of rumors, Skype has set the stage for a different announcement at CES next week by making their news today in Engadget and elsewhere. With the availability of … Read more
I travel a lot, and for the past few years the Apple Airport Express has been my favorite travel router, and in some cases it may still be. But for the past few months I’ve also been totting around a very small and full featured travel router from D-Link. And I love it. The tiny … Read more
