The recent acquisition of Telogis by Verizon is one more indication of the company actively working in the tracking business. The move further strengthens Verizon in the fleet management and enterprise mobile device management sector, with an eye into how the technology can be used in IoT activities.
Small batch producers are the rage in Santa Barbara County, with Habit holding the top spot in my book of those who are breaking new ground. Workman/Ayer is another one of them who are bringing more of that Garagiste mentality to the region. 2014 Workman/Ayer ipso facto Viognier, Central Coast The first of three wines … Read more
The 2015 Orin Swift Fragile Rose from the Côte Catalanes D66, Roussillon is not just another Rose. Fragile, is anything but what it's name would imply. This is not a lightweight Provencal wanna be. No way. It’s a full bodied red wine masquerading in the pink robe. If served at room temperature you would think that … Read more
According to the S-1 filing by Twilio, they have over 900,000 developers who have registered to use their APIs. Nexmo, according to a Vonage company spokesperson in the IR Department has registered over 114,000 devs and 350 "enterprise" accounts compared to Twilio's 28,000 Active Customer Accounts that are not broken out by category. And if you … Read more
A few years back I was a lucky visitor a to Anima Negra, as part of a five winery tour I organized when visiting Palma de Mallorca one spring week. Of the five, Anima Negra and Jaume Mesquida were the two standout wineries as they were willing to go well beyond traditional, and make wines that were modern in style, … Read more
Last month, pal Dean Bubley had a blog post about the rising tide of non-traditional telcos. I tend to agree with Dean (as usual), but not for all the same reasons. The reason telecom is changing is because of where the brain drain is going. In the past getting hired by AT&T, Verizon, BT, France … Read more
I've long been a fan of the wines of Herve Bizeul and his tiny winery in the Roussillion, Clos des Fees. The winery turns out incredible and age worthy wines, which have always been well regarded by wine insiders, and at the same time, massively overlooked by the wine buying public. It's a sad state where … Read more
As a lover of all things Rhone over the past few years I've found myself drifting away from wines that are Cotes du Rhone reds to the more expensive Chateauneuf du Pape's and Gigondas wines from the south and the more intricate, and age worthy Cote-Roties, Cornas', St. Joseph and Crozes-Hermitage reds from the North. … Read more
My ongoing quest for which Rose rings the bell best continued the other evening as friends descended on my place for a small cheese, shrimp and Rose wine night, followed by a few reds too. The three Rose wines from the Languedoc included the NV Cote Mas Rose Aurore, the 2015 Domaine Magellan Le Fruit Defendu … Read more
Google already has Google +, but it's rolling out Spaces. They have GoogleVoice, Chat and Hangouts, but are rolling out Allo and Duo. While it's confusing to the general market, it's really a way to say that they are coming out with something totally new and not just upgrading what they had. The reason "NEW" … Read more
