Pal Jonathan Greene reported that he’s now able to experience Cablevisions’ Optimum WiFi in his neck of the woods, Westchester County. While it is not the same on the train like T-Mobile offers in London, the area wide WiFi service serves as a model of what cable companies should be doing to keep their subscribers … Read more
In what I thought was a very good move, Google decided to remove the just released SMS feature in GMAIL due to some bugs in the system. Many companies will let the consumer be their beta lab, and the frustration will mount. Not in Big G’s case. The Mountain View folks played it smart, deciding … Read more
Yesterday the news was about iPhone users getting free access to AT&T hotspots. Now today, I spotted that CrunchGear has a report about free BlackBerry access too for those with WiFi enabled Berries. That spells BOLD. Looks like I’m buying my wife a new Bold for the holidays 🙂
Yesterday the news was about iPhone users getting free access to AT&T hotspots. Now today, I spotted that CrunchGear has a report about free BlackBerry access too for those with WiFi enabled Berries. That spells BOLD. Looks like I’m buying my wife a new Bold for the holidays 🙂
AT&T is rolling out more benefits to Apple iPhone users all the time, as the war with T-Mobile and Verizon Wireless gets rolling with new devices (the Google Android G-1 and Blackberry Storm.) What they are doing is offering all iPhone users free AT&T Hotspot access in their WiFi locations. This means for the most … Read more
AT&T is rolling out more benefits to Apple iPhone users all the time, as the war with T-Mobile and Verizon Wireless gets rolling with new devices (the Google Android G-1 and Blackberry Storm.) What they are doing is offering all iPhone users free AT&T Hotspot access in their WiFi locations. This means for the most … Read more
A study by two university professors has raised some doubts about the effectiveness of video conferencing. I politely disagree. The participation in a video conference, once you get the hang of it, is for me just like having a quick face to face chat with a colleague, and cuts down on driving, carbon emissions and … Read more
If you thought this would never happen because it would take hell to freeze over, it must have. Well at least that’s the rumor. What I’m hearing is that long time VON business brain-trust, Scott Kargman, and VON Conference impresario, Carl Ford have teamed up with TMC’s Rich Tehrani to produce the 4G Wireless Evolution … Read more
An eagle eyed pal pointed out that CounterPath, makers of the EyeBeam and Bria softphones for Macs and PC’s had some job cuts. I’m a fan of their products and have been in trials with their latest Beta release on the Mac that was supposed to have improved echo cancellation. Now I wonder who to … Read more
2009 may really be the year for video conferencing. I know, we’ve heard this all before, but due to a few factors that are all converging, video conferencing may be in for a very big year next year. Here’s why I feel that way. 1) The gas crisis isn’t going away. 2) The economy is … Read more
