Over the summer many a reporter and newsroom writer has been offered a package to leave. Some weren’t so lucky, getting a good-bye hand shake and a few weeks pay. Now today comes word came to me that one of the more established analyst firms, The Yankee Group has laid off 20 or so analysts, … Read more
The Federal Computer Weekly has news about the FCC and E911. While this story isn’t exactly new, I think it’s safe to say that by this time next year we’ll be seeing more new rules that VoIP operators have to comply with to keep people safe and in touch. That said, one has to wonder … Read more
As a resident of San Diego County, I was excited to hear that the region is on tap to be covered with T-Mobile’s flavor of 1700 mhz 3G data in the fourth quarter. With the service live in Dallas and elsewhere now, all we need are devices that are able to work on that portion … Read more
September is already shaping up to be a very busy month. The early part of the month has me on the road meeting with some clients, gearing up for 2009 efforts as well as Q4 launches. That’s week one. Week two is DEMO in San Diego on the 7th, 8th and 9th for me, while … Read more
I’d hate for AT&T to simply cut off CallVantage for those of us who have it. Today Network World recaps something I wrote earlier in the month, and which has been on DSLReports/BroadbandReports as well. Simply put, AT&T is not putting any new customers on the CallVantage platform. This comes at a time when the … Read more
Unlike Denver or Philadelphia International Airports, the Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport gets speeds right. How right? Try 10 megs down and over 18 megs up. That’s a Working Anywhere Approved Airport. Add in the very cool Southwest Work and Power Stations and you have a perfect layover location to get things done.
I grew up in Philadelphia and was saddened to see how bad the WiFi was. How bad? Less than 300k. What’s more a few of the power outlets in the Southwest Concourse D weren’t working either. Luckily I carry the Novatel 950 and an AT&T 3G card. That worked fine with over 1.5 megs down … Read more
All of a sudden, over the last 24 hours, once again, GMAIL is not working on the iPhone via the native Mail app. The problem is IMAP authentication and its not fun. The last time this happened, it was a Google change to the authentication process, and it impacted the PAID Google APPS mail accounts … Read more
This post is dedicated to my father, the late Master Sergeant Bernard Abramson, who in the USMC fashion taught me that “the impossible we do right away, but miracles take a little longer.” He would be proud. Tonight I got an email from Laptop Magazine’s new News Editor (recently promoted) Joanna Stern, asking me to … Read more
This post is dedicated to my father, the late Master Sergeant Bernard Abramson, who in the USMC fashion taught me that “the impossible we do right away, but miracles take a little longer.” He would be proud. Tonight I got an email from Laptop Magazine’s new News Editor (recently promoted) Joanna Stern, asking me to … Read more
