Lovely example of Alsatian Pinot Noir that never disappoints. Black raspberry, strawberry, touch of oriental spice and tea, all in a light palate pleasing weight. The winery family also operates the Michelin starred restaurant in Zellenberg, Maximillian.
The last two weeks has taken me to Portugal and Spain on business, and now for a few days to France before more business back in Spain starting next week. While I'm up in the Languedoc-Roussillion I wanted to get all connected in advance of a week's vacation with my wife as we tour the … Read more
Skype announced a “lower bandwidth” version of their mobile client, designed to work with more operators around the globe than their current three they have signed up after being live with Three in the UK for almost three years or so, and Verizon in the USA. While no technical details were announced, it was interesting … Read more
Image via Wikipedia My attempts to make Skype calls on my iPhone 4 via Yoigo are resulting in dropped data connections. Same with using any SIP provider. It feels like the Grinch who stole Christmas has arrived here in the land where mobile is king. Quite possibly the blocking only occurs with pre-paid SIM card customers (pre-pago) … Read more
Image by Getty Images via @daylife Apple doesn't need to be exhibiting at Mobile World Congress to be present. They are, by their show floor absence, there in droves. Apple in 2007 changed the entire mobile phone business with the iPhone and now, every manufacturer tries to out Apple Apple. Perhaps the most envious is … Read more
Image via Wikipedia Telappliant has a rather obvious poke at the misunderstanding of the way the mobile world of communications is going. It's no longer about voice. It's about IP based traffic and you don't need to be a genius to figure that out. What that means with the looming worldwide arrival of LTE is … Read more
Looking at the tealeaves today partnership effort between Nokia and Microsoft is likely the first step towards more that will come from the two giants. Both need a swift kick in the pants, and some housecleaning, and yet at the same time have a very common allie in Yahoo who is ripe to be part … Read more
Image via Wikipedia I've been using Boingo as my Wi-Fi provider of choice for more years than I care to remember, so for those of you in Europe a new pricing plan for unlimited access just arrived. For me, their Global Unlimited plan is all I need, but one thing tha helps is knowing locations … Read more
With AOL buying the Huffington Post we're seeing the start of a media buying media spree. This is all about ad serving, not about content. Don't be deceived. AOL's future is in serving up ads something they are deperately trying to do by aggregating pop-culture content on a global level and with Patch.com on a … Read more
Image via Wikipedia Back in 1999 when I was wet behind the ears, and just getting into voice and VoIP, Jacob Tirosh, then the founder and CEO of Comgates, an Israel based softswitch developer gave me a lesson in protocol. TDM, h.323, Megaco and SIP he proffered all needed to be interoperable, and the softswitch … Read more
