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My favorite mixed drink at Hawksmoor in London.

When Peter Csathy was at the helm of SightSpeed the company had vision and direction that included small business. Now under the Logitech leadership the company is moving mostly in the consumer direction. Over in NYC, ooVoo is rapidly growing and moving in the direction that SightSpeed was headed until it was acquired. In reading … Read more

It seems the way Vonage presents their 800 number traffic makes local resident calls to 800 numbers look like their out of market. Since the receiving party pays, faux-pas like this are bound to happen. The radio station uses the ANI (Automatic Number Identification) as a way to verify the caller’s name and address. It … Read more

Right now Comcast isn’t offering a mobile phone service, but they will. And what way better to market to take away the customer from their biggest competitor, AT&T, than with an easy to use, and well thought out iPhone application. What i find so funny here is that Comcast has this app out and running … Read more

A patent from Google that was just announced promise to bring commercials to you on your mobile phone. Unwired View has the details. This patent is going to make life very interesting for all the players in the mobile eco-system. It gives Google, in a word, LEVERAGE. Already they have the sales engine in place. … Read more

I learned today that the latest version of Fring is now offering background notifications, ala what client Truphone has had running since the launch of Truphone 3.0. Fring, Nimbuzz and Truphone are all offering a very complete multi-network and play in the Skype zone very well.

Let’s face it. If your business is built on things like web based technology (SEARCH), cloud based technology (Apps) and advertising from traffic that goes to and through your search engine or when people are looking at their content in the apps, the concept of many app stores has to be very, very scary for … Read more

In what has to be looked as a swap for more reasons than are readily seen on the surface, T-Mobile is going to exit it’s UK operations and swap their UK network to Vodafone for Vodafone’s Turkey operation. There’s more than just financial reasons here and I’m wondering which network TMO will buy back in … Read more

As I’ve been traveling more and more Internationally, one of the tactics I’ve adopted is to blend in more and look “local” and not like a “tourist” or a “foreigner.” Given I work as part of the Net economy, this means fashion covers a broad spectrum from jeans to up-market business wear in London, to … Read more

Andrew Gill had his virgin Femtocell experience, and it didn’t sound very glowing. My experience overall with mobile shops in the UK as been surprisingly better than in the USA, however there is a big knowledge gap when it comes to the very latest technology. I have the same feeling when flying through the USA … Read more