I’ve long been a fan of the wines from Paso Robles, first getting hooked back in the day with wines from Justin, and then the wines truest of true Rhone Clones, the elegant and always sought after wines from Tablas Creek, which remain to this day some of my favorites. Well to bring the wines … Read more
It seems that MagicJack can’t win for losing. After a glowing review last week by Walt Mossberg in the Wall Street Journal, Mike Masnick over at TechDirt brings to life the small matter of the BoingBoing law suite (something we likely all forgot about) and has brought it back to light.
The New York Times today digs into the high stakes world of chips, and I’m not talking Las Vegas when it comes to SmartPhones. San Diego’s Qualcomm has been at the front of this line for years, and their tie up with Motorola, INQ and others shows that. Now Intel and Nokia are playing the … Read more
A group of winemakers in New Zealand has formed an organization to market and sell wines from New Zealand in the USA market. Named The Specialist Winegrowers of New Zealand (TSWNZ), their plan is to launching shortly in North American markets with five wineries as initial members. Culled from a group of 600 artisan winemakers, … Read more
Om is speculating and talking to his sources about just what aspect of the recently announced Skype & Verizon Wireless tie up is “exclusive.” My take is that it’s the special software that Skype built for Verizon that mimic what we’ve seen in the UK with 3. I don’t believe for a second that Skype’s … Read more
Give Peter Sisson credit for being first, and for TechCrunch breaking the story. Now Line2 offers 3G calling and receiving, with a second number on the iPhone. Reminds me of what Jeff Black and the crew at TalkPlus tried to do.
Walt Mossberg of the Wall Street Journal has come out with a glowing review of MagicJack in the Journal this week. In the story Walt reveals that MJ’s parent is coming out with a Skype like service as well.
Not a week goes by when we don’t hear of yet another company entering into the aggregation of information space. This week we see Jabbin release their 3.0 Beta. This is a space filled with competition from the likes of VoxOx, Meebo, Truphone, Gizmo (when it’s back out) that do various pieces of the IM … Read more
The Skype deal with Verizon Wireless proves the old adage of “what’s old is new again.” Fearing that throngs of Skype users would do to their EVDO network what the iPhone has done to AT+T, Verizon went with a circuit switched solution that is similar to what Three in the UK has had since 2008 … Read more
Let’s face it, Apple changed the game with the App Store and the iPhone. Nokia followed with Ovi (which is improving), RIM with their version and of course Market for Android. You didn’t think that the GSMA and their members and some of their members, both carriers and handset manufacturers would stand around idly, while … Read more
