First we had “offshore banking,” the places the wealthy put their money. Then we had “offshore wagering,” the establishment of gaming operations in countries who were happy to have the business to improve their tax base so gamblers could place bets without oversight from the government and taxing authorities. Well now in the UK, if … Read more
Venture Beat pointed me to a new service called Qwitter. It lets you monitor your followers and see who quit. Neat. Very neat.
Twitter had some changes at the top this past week, and now that the economy is in the toilet, more and more times each day, people are going to be asking the painful question of “how are you going to make money?” Honestly, I started out as a non-fan, but I’m now seeing things in … Read more
This new travel router has a difference. It works with a 3’s 3G data stick. In many ways this is like Cradlepoint, the device I use to share my Sprint or ATT mobile broadband USB devices. These make sharing your Internet connection very easy. Try one. You never know who you’ll meet sharing the Net … Read more
I have to credit TMC’s Greg Galitzine with finding this story yesterday about the growth of residential VoIP. What’s becoming obvious and what has been for some time is that the baby Bells are really chasing the cable guys in moving their customers to VoIP. And the reason is they didn’t need to as their … Read more
Windows Mobile devices are one of the more popular platforms here in the USA so the new Global IP Solutions (GIPS) Video Engine announcement is a call for video and VoIP developers to get outside the box and begin thinking how they can bring real video to the mobile phone. CNET’s Crave blog also jumped … Read more
MaxRoam’s founder, Pat Phelan, picks up on my thread of how to be a better road warrior/Global Nomad with his recession busting travel tips. In many ways Pat picks up on some of my earlier tips, including client Boingo for hotel WiFi where he writes: Finally and most importantly get a Boingo account, Boingo were … Read more
A new service out of Dublin Ireland’s Active Online called BookMeetingRoom.com looks appealing to those who have to manage and organize meeting rooms and conference rooms. While it’s a tad pricey, the concept is very useful, and I can see the application of this with online web conferences, video conferences and audio conference booking. As … Read more
Dean Bubley has some insightful commentary about HSUPA and what it means to VoIP over 3G in his latest posting. I’ve used HSUPA on my Novatel Data Card via AT&T’s 3G network and clearly see the difference, especially with mobile video conferencing. There’s a major quality advantage with HSUPA over HSDPA as the upload seems … Read more
Over the past few months my agency has had the good fortune of working with Irv Shapiro and his team at ifByPhone. Based in the northern suburbs of Chicago the company has customers, lots of customers, and is quietly rolling out app after app that solves real world problems. They have a whopper of an … Read more
