Yesterday Skype announced an upgrade of their Android client (2.6). The three main features added were: The new features include most of all extended battery life, on top of file sending of photos and videos. These features likely come from some of the technology acquired when they picked off QIK just before the sale to … Read more
This news is a week or more old but if nothing more, it's clever and immaginative. A few airlines flying out of Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport will use Skype to enable passengers to check in and then print their boarding pass. Passengers will be able to call Sheremetyevo and then do all the same things they normally do … Read more
Image via Wikipedia AT&T and T-Mobile have been playing chicken with the opposition regarding their wireless merger for sometime, so yesterday's move to pull their application from FCC review is simply both a negotiation tactic and a way to prevent potential shareholder litigation. Clearly the AT&T lawyers and accountants had a strong say in this. The … Read more
Last night a buddy and I went to our usual and always reliable Pamplemousse Grille to plan a few upcoming events with chef extroidanaire, Jeffrey Strauss, who is clearly the best chef to plan a party with in San Diego, especially when wine is involved. Last night Ray McKewon, founder of the XCeptional Music Company and I … Read more
Image via Wikipedia To be upfront and transparent, my view is the merger between AT&T and T-Mobile will eventually happen and all the details will get worked out between all the waring factions. Will the merger look the same as the way it did when announced. In the words of former WWE Superstar wrestler, "Stone … Read more
Commercializing and combining some technology, the people behind eFax/jFax, J2 Communications, have slickly pulled together eVoice, a new unified calling service. Basically, this is a decendent, though not related to Webley that was introduced in the late 90s if you look at it seriously, so it's not really, new new. With eVoice goes J2 is … Read more
The more I travel internationally and across the USA the more aware I am of why we lag, and why our broadband access to the Internet is challenging. In the USA we really have a patchwork of connectivity ranging from ISPs, to cable operators and the telcos all connecting their version of broadband to the … Read more
This post was supposed to be about the hassles of Android but with the looming arrival of Ice Cream Sandwich I figured I'd just point out the issues and explain what may be changing. Right now I have Android devices running the following Android Operating Systems: Android 2.1 –Huawei IDEOS 7" Tablet (Unlocked) Android 2.2 … Read more
A lot of people think of Skype as their phone company. Many, like me, who have Skype In and Skype Out use it as a way to replace, or as an alternative, to their landline with devices that are far more universal (not to mention more atractive) that the old fashioned telephone that connects to … Read more
Make no mistake about it. With the announcement of the deprication of the Gmail App for BB's Google is decaling war on RIM and the users of Blackberries who want to make use of a GMAIL client (which works very well) on their Blackberries. The reason is so simple. RIM competes with Android. So why … Read more
