I realized over the weekend that I've been silent too long on the subject of working anywhere, something I pioneered pretty much at the age of 14 when I was pulled into the world of sports, sports marketing, public relations, game and event operations and more. So I guess, now 40 years later it's time … Read more
Pal Alec Saunders has written a very complete review of the Yamaha Sound Gadget which is available on the Skype Store for $199.00 here in the USA and is available around the globe. The reason I bring this up, is that now more than ever, the expression of GIGO-Garbage In, Garbage Out, could never be … Read more
My agency has represented Boingo for 18 months or so now, and long before that I was a Boingo customer, a happy customer, who found that using it on my Nokia N & E Series devices and my laptops was always something that allowed for easy connectivity. One of the missing pieces, more due to … Read more
In what should NOT be considered “Free” WiFi, Meraki, the makers of a lightweight mesh networking platform, have sponsored the deployment of WiFi inside San Francisco’s City Hall, reports MuniWireless.com To me there is a huge difference between “free” and “sponsored” even if the general public perceives it to be “free.” The rationales are quite … Read more
Martin Suter of Bel-Air Networks has penned a very strong case for why Wi-Fi is really in my view the baseline that 4G should be measured with. One point that Martin left out of his well written and very factual account as to why WiFi is so important and a better performer than Mobile 3G … Read more
As a regular road warrior I can’t stress enough the importance of having really solid bandwidth and decent access when you’re traveling. It may seem like a broken record, but for those of us who actually work on the road and consider hotels, coffee shops, remote work sites and friends’ houses an extension of our … Read more
In France mobile operator Orange has launched a true pay as you go data plan named appropriately “Internet Everywhere” that combines WiFi access to their nationwide network of hotspots with 3G data over their cutting edge HSUPA/HSDPA network. How it works is very easy. You buy one 3G data USB stick at a mobile retailer, … Read more
For those of us who travel, access to proper Internet connectivity is not a luxury item. It’s not an amenity like a bathrobe in the room, nor is it something to be taken lightly. Let’s face it. We have wine snobs (guilty here), water snobs (guilty here too) and travel snobs (guilty as charged) so … Read more
BT (British Telecom) is providing a method to business broadband customers to easily create a hotspot that they can provide to their customers for free or via the sale of BT OpenZone Vouchers. This is one more way people can stay connected but from a business perspective it provides one more reason for UK customers … Read more
It looks like the folks who run the Regus Business Center operations around the world know that a discerning and informed business person is someone to highlight. Just this week they issued a press release about one of their new, and very useful business person’s essentials for types like me who need to be Working … Read more
