Why Verizon Wireless Has Customers

Kevin Tofel of GigaOm and PC Mag's Sacha Segan are having a multi-mode discussion on devices and networks that cross blogs and Twitter tweets. In one rebuttal Segan tweeted "@KevinCTofel I don't see why fixate on the iPhone. Verizon achieved growth in '09-early '10 with Droid." To which Tofel wrote and I quote: "The obvious … Read more

Commentary-So What Happens to Clearwire

Image via CrunchBase Late yesterday (Wednesday August 3) Om Malik at GigaOm wrote a post entitled "So What Happens to ClearWire's WiMax Network?" Well over a lovely pasta dinner tonight (see my Nosh of it on my page over on Google Voice founder Craig Walker's new venture Nosh.me) i got to chomp on Om's post as … Read more

Skype for (some) Androids Get Video

Skype's the Big Blog served as the news outlet letting Android 2.2 users know that their mobile client is now on par with Apple's iOS without saying so, as video, at least one on one video, is now available for most Android mobile phones. That's good news, as Skype calls actually are working on the … Read more

GigaOm On SkypeBook Video

Image via Wikipedia Late yesterday (well for me as I’m in Philadelphia this week) Om Malik sent a note to Alec Saunders and me to give him our perspective on the Skype – Facebook video news of yesterday (another deal likely led by the recently exiled Christopher Dean of Skype) for his email essay newsletter … Read more

Refund Time? When Will That LTE Upgrade Come To the Xoom for Real

Image via Wikipedia Let's face it. In the era of the Internet, a promise is a promise, unless of course it comes from your telco carrier. Back in the winter months Verizon Wireless let all Zoom owners and potential buyers know that their state of the art Android tablet, made by Motorola would be upgradeable … Read more

Going Going With GoGo

Image via Wikipedia Since it's launch, GoGo has steadily been growing and adding more and more planes in North America with their airline partners. Their rollout has been actually smoother than the rollout of hotel broadband back in the late 90's and early 2000's. Those who were online back then will recall the what the … Read more