My sources tell me that Google already has the cities lined up that they want to build out their fiber network so why do we keep seeing stories like these? Personally, I’d love to see the city I was born, raised and educated in be awarded some help from Google. We all know, Philadelphia needs … Read more

This post about “payola” in the blogosphere says it all. Much like the book “Hitmen” that shed light into the nasty practice years ago of “paid” promotion in the record industry, the post over at TechCrunch about AppGate was a kick in the pants for me to write a post I’ve been thinking about for … Read more

Fring has updated their Android client. So what’s new with it? Well for starters they have included a new buddy list look, created a brand-new profile screen and added a dialer, “among other improvements” they say. If you want the app for your Android phone, you can easily download it from here.

Vonage received a patent last week on virtual numbers, something that AT&T also used to offer on CallVantage. Basically, they’ve patented the process of using SIP to do what a Foreign Exchange number did for years in the PSTN, that being to have a local number in one place, and have it ring in another. … Read more

Vonage received a patent last week on virtual numbers, something that AT&T also used to offer on CallVantage. Basically, they’ve patented the process of using SIP to do what a Foreign Exchange number did for years in the PSTN, that being to have a local number in one place, and have it ring in another. … Read more

Thomas Howe had asked me to write a forward to his well assembled ebook on Cloud Communications. So here it is…. Read this book. Why is it here, and not in the book? Well simple. You don’t put a comment about cloud communications anywhere, but in the cloud…..

It appears that the Bordeaux wine world has come to their senses and will be stopping the erratic behavior of making wines to pass the “Parker” test. Personally I gave up what the false prophet of Bacchus has said many years ago, choosing to trust my own palate and those of others in the wine … Read more

In reading the news about Nuance pulling the plug on the consumer business of SpinVox (a company I never believed in) the only thing I can say is PHONETAG! The company, recently acquired by Ditech is poised to pick up the wandering customers who relied on speech to text translation regardless of however the translation … Read more

Thanks to Craig Walker and his team at GoogleVoice, the case of the missing Gizmo In numbers has been solved. It seems that a script error caused the numbers to go dark, and not appear. That problem has been resolved and the numbers are now back in their rightful place. With the users. One note … Read more