If you’re heading to the UAE anytime soon expect to lose use of Skype and likely other VoIP type services. A report this morning in Arabian Business advises that local operators are using proxy servers and packet filtering to block the use of Skype and other PC to phone services. Update–Skype has respnded to my … Read more
Lot’s of rumors continue to fly around about the pending release of a new Apple iPhone. One question in my mind remains if there will be a native iChat client. It’s the one core Mac feature that never came out for the original iPhone because it would be cutting into the most lucrative aspect of … Read more
As part of an overall comprehensive approach in attacking the unified office services market Adobe has launched their latest flavor of Acrobat and the launch of Acrobat.com which begins to take the shape of an office suite but moves the PDF from a static document to a living creative canvas for collaboration with video and … Read more
Since December I’ve now been in Madrid, Barcelona, London and Paris and as much as I try to find a FON, none of them seem to be anywhere. I don’t mean casually traveling through, but spending enough time to feel like a resident or at least a semi-resident. I mean, I wander the streets, dine … Read more
Since December I’ve now been in Madrid, Barcelona, London and Paris and as much as I try to find a FON, none of them seem to be anywhere. I don’t mean casually traveling through, but spending enough time to feel like a resident or at least a semi-resident. I mean, I wander the streets, dine … Read more
Esme Vos, Ms. Muni Wireless, has chronicled, a mutual experience earlier today that we had. Basically, a properly engineered WiFi network, with proper backhaul is as good as a mobile network. Well at least today it was.
Vonage has a problem and its getting worse. Long ridiculed for poor customer service and lousy quality now they’ve chosen to take the non-comment approach when they get asked about that by a writer from the New York Times of all places. Last I recall Vonage was based in the metro New York City area….If … Read more
Pal Paul Kapustka has updated his killer report on the state of WiMax to include analysis of the post sale of Clearwire Sprint and the roll-up with the cablecos Motorola and Google. Even if you read the original, you’ll want to read the new one.
Taking a page out of my roots in hockey and the famous line in Philadelphia that went like this: “Only the Lord Saves More Than Bernie Parent” I couldn’t resist the comparison to my good friend Pat Phelan’s company, MaxRoam, when I read his post today about just how much money MaxRoam customers are saving. … Read more
Alec Saunders, client at iotum, friend and fellow wine lover has one of the best posts he’s written since the Voice 2.0 Manifesto on his blog today. It clearly lays out a roadmap that tells me the biggest smashup that is coming is the “TALKIFICATION of the Web”, and how it will come to be. … Read more
