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Two Pops In One Day

Today was a great day. My company was recognized by Paul Gillin in an Ad Age article, then Olga Kharif at Business Week recognized my FON post as being meritorious. Paul recognized us for our work that we’re doing with GrandCentral and Nokia and how our innovative approach at blending bloggers into outreach is shaping … Read more

FON Inks Deal With Time Warner Cable

Since 2001 I’ve had WiFi in my home office and been a heavy user of public and private hotspot operator’s networks the world over. That’s why I was always surprised to see the cable MSO’s so invisible when it comes to WiFi in public places. With cable strands running beneath the ground, and access already … Read more

CounterPath Doesn’t Have a Windows Mobile SIP Client

Second Update: It appears the company marketing the X-PDA software for Pocket PC’s is Global IP Communications, a company that is based in Pennsylvania. On their “About” page they state “we’re now Preferred Development Partner of CounterPath Solutions with customers all over the world, developing ground-breaking software for the VoIP industry and our hardware is … Read more

Skype Not Supporting Users?

When I was in London a very well connected telecom executive I know shared a tale of woe about the lack of support he’s finding with problems associated to Skype and his account. It seems his Skype In numbers just “vanished.” While we were chatting he pointed me to a series of similar comments inside … Read more

Jeff Has FIOS

Jeff Pulver reports that FIOS is now in his house and tells us that broadband experience is to dial-up as to FIOS is to Broadband. UPDATE–It seems the Verizon Policy Blog has caught on. Now, if they wouldn’t mind, can they work on explaining why they cut Jeff’s copper wires, please.

More From Mr. Blog

David is a on a roll this week with his usual witty insight and upfront candor. What is even more compelling here is that the more you read what he wrote, the more clear why he invented PhoneGnome.

eBay May Have Stumbled Onto Something Big

With the widening audience of users that eBay, Skype and PayPal all have, and while those users may become more casual customers than rabid early adopters, the recent addition of StumbleUpon to the eBay family may be a key that holds the keys to even more treasure in the chests. Basically StumbleUpon is a 2.0 … Read more