Apple iPhone Dev Camp @ Adobe
It sure sound like iPhoneDevCamp is a real hit.
VoIP and Wi-FI
Laying The Blame and Giving Credit
Let’s all give Tom Keating a round of applause for his up to the minute coverage around the Packet 8 outage this past week. Tom’s dogged determination drove to the bottom of the story that concluded in his reporting to be a database server of Packet8’s that caused the issue. The fact that it was … Read more
Two Million and Counting
Call this the reason Verizon has made New York City and the surrounding suburbs a key “must win” market for Fios and is starting to crank up the PR, Advertising and sales efforts. Cablevision is one of the largest cable operators in the country, but focuses only on the New York area, unlike the others … Read more
The Telco 2.0 Manifesto
One of the semi-annual conferences I love to attend is held twice a year in London and organized by my friends at the STL Group, where Martin Geddes is found hanging his hat and providing very keen insight. Today in their newsletter I spied a posting entitled the Telco 2.0 Manifesto, a take off of … Read more
Can I Show You My House?
The Wall Street Journal has a story on Webcams being used in inventive ways. One is to keep an eye on a person’s vacation home, another is tied to a home alarm system. I’ve been doing something like that with the auto-answer feature of SightSpeed during the never ending phase of my house’s reconstruction. I … Read more
Ribbit Sold!
The sale of Ribbit to British Telecom, which was delayed for sometime for reasons likely having to do with internal matters, has apparently closed. 105 million is a pretty price, and I expect to see some other companies grabbed in the next few months as M&A activity is heating up. In the case of Ribbit … Read more
Telstra Clear Offers VoIP For Business in NZ
Telstra Clear looks very interesting from afar. It’s a hosted VoIP service designed for the five or more type offices. What I find interesting though is it is woven over the fabric of the telco network in New Zealand. This means integration from the core to the edge, and a single source provider. It’s what … Read more
More Tools For Global Nomads at Working Anywhere
For those of you who are mobile and just can’t stay in the office, I’ve posted my second in series of “Tools for Global Nomads” on my OTHER blog, called “Working Anywhere.” If you missed the first one, it can be found here. Why another blog some have asked? That’s simple. The nature of blogging … Read more
Berry Me or Be Cool and Bold
Jim Courtney has the lowdown on the rumored BlackBerry Bold and what it means to the UK customers of 3, my favorite UK mobile operator.
San Diego Airport Broadband Part Two
I’m on my way to the Bay Area for a week’s worth of meetings, meet up and to also assist winemaker friend Sylvain Fadat of Domaine d’Aupilhac on Monday at the annual Kermit Lynch Client event that starts tonight. As I await my slightly delayed Southwest flight to SFO I ran a fast speed test. … Read more