My all time favorite Travel Critic of All Time, the venerable Joe Brancatelli, who pulls no punches, and always calls them like he see’s them, has a two page story in Portfolio Magazine about WiFi in the Sky. In the story, Joe basically says that the flying public is cheap, and to his credit, he’s … Read more
With Logitech buying LifeSize today, that makes for a very interesting development in the war in the desktop video market. Cisco owns the high end market with Telepresence. While one would say that HALO is a competitor, offered by H-P, it’s really not, and HP has nothing below it, making them also an ideal buyer … Read more
Last year about this time, Logitech purchased client SightSpeed to move more deeply into the consumer video space. Today the news came out that the Swiss company has purchased LifeSize. This puts a company like Vidyo in play in my opinion. Vidyo, which has some of it’s own Intellectual Property may be a good alternative … Read more
It’s time not to put the hammer down, but to throw it up again. Yesterday Nimbuzz made noise via GigaOm’s Om Malik, with news of their client now offering what is called Nimbuzz Out, which is in many ways a clone of Fring, Skype Out and Truphone combined, as the new feature it allows calls … Read more
I’ve now had the good fortune or misfortune to have my hands on three different Android devices. Given I adopt early, I expect some disappointment, and was with the G1, so while I saw promise, the delivery was short, but the potential was clearly visible. Next was the recently released MyTouch3 from T-Mobile. While it … Read more
As a true road warrior I’m always keen to find tips from others like me. One of my favorite travel industry writers to read is Joe Brancatelli who besides his must read JoeSentMe.com newsletter, also authors a business travel column for Portfolio Magazine. In the most recent issue JB shares what he considers his “essentials” … Read more
As a true road warrior I’m always keen to find tips from others like me. One of my favorite travel industry writers to read is Joe Brancatelli who besides his must read JoeSentMe.com newsletter, also authors a business travel column for Portfolio Magazine. In the most recent issue JB shares what he considers his “essentials” … Read more
I’m just glad the suit is settled between ebay and Skype. Now a lot of things that have been held back can finally move forward. In many ways the settlement is a good thing. The return of the original founders means disruption will continue, and new ideas will flourish. It also means Skype as a … Read more
Yesterday, on Monday around 1230 PM I was in Silicon Valley and couldn’t call any of my staff on their T-Mobile phones. What I was getting was “sorry, all circuits are busy.” Well it seems by today, the problem I first detected had gotten much, much worse. I tried calling from my T-Mobile phone, then … Read more
Looks like Ribbit is chasing the GoogleVoice market with their launch of Ribbit Mobile, in beta, today. Ribbit Mobile is built on the Ribbit Platform, that BT paid over 100 million dollars for. Key point is the service is free (for now) but has a monthly value of $30.00. From the announcement the key feature … Read more
