Over the past two months I have flown on nine airlines, visited six countries, crossed a border somewhere, somehow, 10 times, and experienced everything from Upper Class on Virgin Atlantic to a regular seat on United. I've flown the often attacked Ryanair, the Southwest clone known as Easyjet, the Jet Blue like Vueling and others, … Read more
Boingo has pretty much nailed the smartphone and tablet log on experience at Porto Airport in Portugal. Their iOS client did everything and the speeds were more than what was needed.
I can’t say enough about the gang at Luggage Forward, the preeminent baggage handlers in the world. My bag is home from Cascais, Portugal in two days. I won’t be home for another week. After working and living in Europe, traversing four borders–UK, Spain, France, Portugal and back, having my bag show up when I … Read more
When I look at what is available on contract for 4G data here in Portugal where I'm spending two weeks, I'm just about floored at what we're paying in the USA for less speed, data caps and for more money. Imagine 4G spectrum being used, unlimited data, speeds of 100 megs down, 50 megs up, … Read more
There are three or four wireless carriers here in Portugal, all with fast, low cost wireless broadband including Vodafone, Optimus and Portugal Telecom's TMN. Each have comparable pricing but after some four trips here in the past two years or so I've come to the conclusion that: TMN is best for smartphone voice and data, while … Read more
Dear Facebook, I know security is important but…. When I go from 3G in France to Wi-Fi at the airport on my mobile device and you ask me to log on from my computer to verify who I am, that’s not being mobile friendly. With Wi-Fi offload and multiple services now relying on Facebook as … Read more
I spent the afternoon meeting up with Guillhem Soulignac, one of the partners in the Riberach Cave, Hotel and Restaurant project in the town of Belesta high in the Roussillion Valley. It's an ambitious project, taking an old cooperative, turning it into a hotel, a working winery and a very neat cave (wine shop) that … Read more
I don't think anyone needs a crystal ball to know this, but I fully expect AT&T, Verizon Wireless and others in the USA to join in on what is going to be a when, not an if. It's about paying for calling over mobile data networks vs. the free ride we now have. Look at … Read more
Over in Asia Skype has lots of competion, and Engadget is reporting that Line, a service that started in Japan and how is growing nicely, already with 45 million users, is adding some very useful, and social components to their service. When I look back at Skype and their developer relations and API efforts all … Read more
eWeek and others are reporting on the results of the recent Gartner study regarding BYOD (bring your own device). BYOD, not to be confused with BYOB (bring your own bottle-something I'm known to do with wine) is a growing trend that further underscores why Symantec purchased former Comunicano client Nukona. The stats in the Gartner … Read more
