Oh how I love the wines of the Languedoc, especially wines from the L’Herault Valley. The 2009 vintage is showing me just how fine it was as the legendary wine producer of Mas Dumas de Gassac’s second label, Reserve de Gassac Blanc is a stunning blend of juicy, mouth filling Viognier and young, tongue tingling … Read more
A comment from inside Verizon made to me casually recently was that Verizon has really stopped further development and expansion of FIOS. We’ve seen this before with them. Some years back they experimented with WiFi around Manhattan using the phone booths as hotspots. The idea was killed. Now I’m hearing the word about FIOS. Well … Read more
I always enjoyed the writing of Bruce Stewart when he was at O’Reilly and now I’m very happy to see he’s back in the saddle over at IT ToolBox where he penned a short piece about client CounterPath’s new Bria iPhone Edition joining in on the positive acclaim from: Alec Saunders Tom Keating Michael Graves … Read more
The analysis today by Voyces pal Thomas Howe about the new Twilio Open VBX is spot on. What really resonates, from an insiders perspective is why he feels client IfByPhone is safe here, and why Digium really error’d along the way. What was shocking was his feeling that this made Twilio a threat to Voxeo, … Read more
It’s great to see pal Jason Harris of Techcraver breaking out and doing some broadcast work with Rudy Maxa, and Rudy’s very savvy travel show, Rudy Maxa’s World radio broadcast. Jason profiles some very cool new gadgets and gizmos, as well as highlighted two longtime clients of mine, Boingo and Truphone, as must have’s for … Read more
It’s great to see pal Jason Harris of Techcraver breaking out and doing some broadcast work with Rudy Maxa, and Rudy’s very savvy travel show, Rudy Maxa’s World radio broadcast. Jason profiles some very cool new gadgets and gizmos, as well as highlighted two longtime clients of mine, Boingo and Truphone, as must have’s for … Read more
It’s more than about making calls on your mobile phone these days. Apps are playing a big role in how you manage things. Here are two new ones: Phone.com has launched their mobile office application. Client Ringio has a new Android application too that gives you a call center like experience on your Android Nexus … Read more
In reading this story about the Indian broadband situation I can’t help but think that a war for customers in one of the most populated countries, India, is about to erupt. While third world nations have been lacking in some aspects of communications, countries like India, Vietnam, South Korea and Singapore have all been making … Read more
I was looking through the VoIP app section inside the Apple iPhone store and I found something I had missed. It seems somewhere along the way Acrobits released an authorized iPhone/iPod touch and iPad compatible application for Gizmo5. Basically, what it does is give you a softclient that works on the iPhone that connects to … Read more
Asus remains bullish on the prospect of WiMax around the globe, according to DigiTimes. I tend to agree. While we in the USA are getting LTE’d to death, and where we’re beginning to see more clearly what the Clear strategy is, in other parts of the world WiMax is growing and manufacturers are supporting it. … Read more
