According to the S-1 filing by Twilio, they have over 900,000 developers who have registered to use their APIs. Nexmo, according to a Vonage company spokesperson in the IR Department has registered over 114,000 devs and 350 "enterprise" accounts compared to Twilio's 28,000 Active Customer Accounts that are not broken out by category. And if you … Read more
Like many of us, I have an iPad Air2 and an iPad Mini in storage. My current iPad is the 9.7 inch iPad Pro, with the keyboard and I find that in many situations I can do most of what I do on my MacBook with it, especially while traveling or sipping an espresso at … Read more
Over the weekend Tsahi Levent-Levi, penned a contributed article over on Venture Beat about WebRTC which I enjoyed reading. Tsahi, has been deep diving into WebRTC as long as anyone, and perhaps along with Dean Bubley, is one of the better informed blogalysts on the subject, only likely surpassed by long time pal, Counterpath and Hookflash … Read more
Over the past two days I've had the good fortune to try different Rose wines as I have been traversing across Washington, D.C. with friends. Rose wines have been popping up more and more on restaurant lists thanks to a push by various trade groups, a stronger dollar and better representation. Most of what I … Read more
A few years back I was a lucky visitor a to Anima Negra, as part of a five winery tour I organized when visiting Palma de Mallorca one spring week. Of the five, Anima Negra and Jaume Mesquida were the two standout wineries as they were willing to go well beyond traditional, and make wines that were modern in style, … Read more
Last month, pal Dean Bubley had a blog post about the rising tide of non-traditional telcos. I tend to agree with Dean (as usual), but not for all the same reasons. The reason telecom is changing is because of where the brain drain is going. In the past getting hired by AT&T, Verizon, BT, France … Read more
I've long been a fan of the wines of Herve Bizeul and his tiny winery in the Roussillion, Clos des Fees. The winery turns out incredible and age worthy wines, which have always been well regarded by wine insiders, and at the same time, massively overlooked by the wine buying public. It's a sad state where … Read more
As a lover of all things Rhone over the past few years I've found myself drifting away from wines that are Cotes du Rhone reds to the more expensive Chateauneuf du Pape's and Gigondas wines from the south and the more intricate, and age worthy Cote-Roties, Cornas', St. Joseph and Crozes-Hermitage reds from the North. … Read more
My ongoing quest for which Rose rings the bell best continued the other evening as friends descended on my place for a small cheese, shrimp and Rose wine night, followed by a few reds too. The three Rose wines from the Languedoc included the NV Cote Mas Rose Aurore, the 2015 Domaine Magellan Le Fruit Defendu … Read more
Yesterday I had my annual Rose Day party. It's something I started years ago where on Memorial Day weekend my friends and I would welcome Summer's impending arrival with cool, crisp, dry Rose wines from the South of France. As part of the many bottles opened I decided to organize a "Master Class" on Tavel … Read more
