GoGo Boingo

Users of Boingo who fly will enjoy the added access to GoGO when in the air. While the deal is great for the not so frequent flier who has an account with Boingo they can log in with one set of credentials. However, for the very frequent flier who only flies where they can surf, … Read more

Video in The Clouds

Image via CrunchBase A report has Polycom working on an iPad client for cloud based video with tests slated to start in October in Australia. This will likely be long after a native iPad Skype client comes out for the Apple tablet, and smart money has Skype including video in that version, as it's a logical extension for them. Polycom's … Read more

Skype Firings

I was going to write a post about the firing of multiple Skype VP’s some of whom I have dealt with in the past for a variety of clients, interviewed or heard speak but between the GigaOm, Skype Journal, and Bloomberg pieces there’s enough speculation. The one guy of the bunch who I can single … Read more

Clarence Clemons –R.I.P. Big Man

I don’t know where to begin. All I know is how to end it. So I’ll start there. R.I.P. Big Man. May Baby always be with you. Clarence Clemons was “The Big Man.” And while many of you know my tech world work, back in the day, with the Celebrity All Star Hockey team, I … Read more

iPad + Jambox = Next Generation Polycom

  Image via Wikipedia I’ve been a fan of Polycom and their logstanding history of making just about the best darn speakerphone on the planet for many, many years. To me, they have been the “gold standard” in quality and reliabilty, so much so, that when we have remote conference meetings in various Regus locations … Read more

Unlocked iPhones In USA-Just in Time for Summer Travel

Image by wwphotos via Flickr Apple’s timing in launching unlocked iPhones here in the USA is just in time–for summer, and the heavy summer international travel season. Reports are the Apple online store now is selling them. I’ve owned a legally unlocked iPhone 4 since last December, and used it heavily since purchasing it at … Read more

New Companies in Voice To Watch

I’m always on the hunt for new companies to keep an eye on and a few have caught my eye, largely because at least some of them will be at this years’ eComm conference the last week of June in San Francisco. Vox.io-a very cool consumer facing browser based calling company. Voxer.com-the next generation of … Read more

Still No Xoom Upgrade in Sight for Verizon Wireless Customers

Image via Wikipedia Android, Motorola and Verizon Wireless are about to have some egg on their face. Unlike Apple which underpromises, heck, they don't even promise, they just deliver, the trio are the force behind Android 3.0 and LTE here in the USA. Earlier this month, I noted how it was looking like the promised … Read more