Apple has made a bold move in the world of privacy. They are cutting off the IDFA at the knees. Some may call it digital castration, as John Koetsier points out in his Forbes story. But I think there's more to this. While Apple does sell ads inside the app store, Apple is really the … Read more
2020 was supposed to be the breakout year for the Ventoux wine region of France in the USA. The region, that has lived in the shadow of the Rhone Valley, was poised to be at the April Hospice du Rhone, the trendsetting wine event, held every other year in Paso Robles California. While a lesser … Read more
I've been on WhatsApp for so long, I can't remember my first message or call on it. As someone who was traveling the globe on a regular basis from 2004 until early this year, overtime I found more and more people I was coming into contact with outside the USA were on the free app … Read more
Google just redefined sharing in a very powerful. It's called text fragment linking, and it works really well for a first time out of the box. For me, it's like having a highlighter and sharing the copy of the page with others in color. With the text fragment linking extension added to my Chrome browser … Read more
Sad news department —I was about to write a few overdue wine notes today, but I wanted to catch up on things about ClueCon and Dangerous Demos with long time Truphone exec turned Not Spot maven James Body in the UK. While VoIPWatch is not the obituary column, it is a mode of communication for now … Read more
When the news broke yesterday about the pending Microsoft acquisition of MetaSwitch I was going to write a post outlining why, but pal Rich Tehrani did such a good job with his, by providing a first glance analysis, I decided to hit pause and let my thoughts settle in. Pain and Suffering First, I … Read more
I wake up and pop on my morning Pandora station. Club Des Belugas. It's a great mix everyday. And, it's getting better. The more I thumbs up a track, or thumbs down it, the better and better the mix gets. After a month of this the number of downs is to about one per session…Maybe. … Read more
With boom times for ZOOM and more using DUO, MEET, UberConference, GoToMeeting, and all those Instagram, Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp and Skype calls being scheduled, it was only time before reminder apps for those who are logging in challenged arrived. Both apps do the same thing. First is Meeter. It requires you to either be on … Read more
I have been intrigued through time with the idea off virtual performances. For years the comment has been that until a concert can be streamed so the audience feels like they are there, it won't happen. Well, in the "new normal" we need to accept the reality that virtual may be where the money is … Read more
I traded in three aging MacBooks today, after spending a good part of Sunday wiping the hard drives of my 2012 Mac Book Pro, a 2013 Mac Book Air and my workhorse and faithful travel companion, the 2015 Mac Book. In many ways the 2015 is a collectors item, but having had two battery replacements … Read more
