It’s hilarious that the mainstream media is saying that using Adobe’s Flash and Apple’s Safari is “hacking” in the recent matter of my calling Laptop’s News Editor Joanna Stern via Phweet and TringMe “hacking.” If that’s hacking, I guess Apple and Adobe make hacker tools? Somehow I don’t think so. For the record, I offered … Read more
I was turned on to TripIt by pal Jonathan Greene the other day. All I can say, for someone who is Working Anywhere and regularly traveling the reports are a blessing, especially for those that need to share the information. Based in two days of use, TripIt is a real Trip!
Joe Brancatelli, the world’s best business travel writer, has a very candid perspective about Aircell. I call it candid because Joe pulled no punches and gave the in flight WiFi provider an opportunity to respond. They chose not to. I too have asked to speak to their CEO or CTO as I have some questions … Read more
Today’s Wall Street Journal has a story highlighting client Truphone and a few others in the alternative mobile Long Distance biz. Jajah, Mobivox, Gizmo project and a few others are mentioned in the well researched and thorough must read on the subject of Mobile VoIP. From my position Truphone is really much akin to being … Read more
A Robert Half sponsored survey’s results shows that 16% of CIO’s plan to adopt Video Conferencing in the next five years in the same survey that says 13% plan to adopt Collaborative workspaces. This is huge boon to web cam companies and any of the firms in the video conferencing and web based collaboration space. … Read more
Rob Evans, a highly respected exIBMer, who now is the UK Telecoms Sourcing Manager for the Orange FT Group in the UK. has been writing a series of posts describing how client Truphone has been saving the day for him, on his blog called Rob’s Digital Life. His most recent one talks about being somewhere … Read more
3, my favorite carrier when I’m in the UK, has launched the SkypePhone Version 2 and does it look mighty tasty. First their offering includes both post paid/contract as well as Pay as You Go. The fact that they make this available for Pay As You Go, and their data plans are are low as … Read more
3, my favorite carrier when I’m in the UK, has launched the SkypePhone Version 2 and does it look mighty tasty. First their offering includes both post paid/contract as well as Pay as You Go. The fact that they make this available for Pay As You Go, and their data plans are are low as … Read more
A few years back, about the time I first got into blogging, circa 2003, I had a chat with a good friend at Business Wire where I forecasted the demise of them due to the use of RSS feeds in the blogosphere. The recent SEC decision, in my mind, shows that my I wasn’t far … Read more
A quick read of a press release from Campbell, CA based research and analyst firm Infonetics shows that VoIP usage and uptake continues to grow the world over. It also points out who the big players are. Comcast in the USA leads the pick up here in the States. Orange in France is selling VoIP … Read more
