When Content Filtering Doesn’t Work
Pal Dean Bubley was working in a cafe using is new Novatel MiFi and ran into some content filtering that prevented him from visiting a series of web sites that Vodafone is censoring.
Shozu and Truphone Nominated for Euro Tech Awards
The TechCrunch European Tech Awards nominations are out and the voting is open, and two of my clients plus a company we worked with for a year, Palringo, giving us three are in the running which in hockey terms gives us the Hat Trick! Shozu and Truphone have hit the list in different categories. Truphone … Read more
I Dub Thee POCKETSPOTS
I’ve been trying to come up with a name for the cool, pocket size WiFi hotspot creators that are rapidly coming to market, starting with the Novatel Wirless MiFis (of which I now have both CDMA and GSM version-unlocked to boot). Then it hit me..the term is POCKETSPOT. I claim first use of the term, … Read more
Free WiFi @ San Diego International Hits a Speed Bump
Normally when I’m at San Diego’s Lindbergh Field for a flight I’m used to amazingly fast download speeds. Not so today as I was waiting for Virgin America’s flight to SFO this morning. My download speeds were just pitiful, indicating either the network is overloaded or they airport is rate limiting the users. If it’s … Read more
All About Symbian Provides Spot On Insight on Truphone and Nokia
Rafe Blandford, of All About Symbian, is someone I’ve gotten to know as a result of the Nokia Blogger Relations efforts over the past few years. He’s someone whose perspective on what is happening on Nokia Symbian based devices combines the understanding of a user, with the insight of an analyst and the why it … Read more
Meraki Sponsors WiFi Access At San Francisco City Hall Chambers
In what should NOT be considered “Free” WiFi, Meraki, the makers of a lightweight mesh networking platform, have sponsored the deployment of WiFi inside San Francisco’s City Hall, reports MuniWireless.com To me there is a huge difference between “free” and “sponsored” even if the general public perceives it to be “free.” The rationales are quite … Read more
Meraki Sponsors WiFi Access At San Francisco City Hall Chambers
In what should NOT be considered “Free” WiFi, Meraki, the makers of a lightweight mesh networking platform, have sponsored the deployment of WiFi inside San Francisco’s City Hall, reports MuniWireless.com To me there is a huge difference between “free” and “sponsored” even if the general public perceives it to be “free.” The rationales are quite … Read more
Cisco Really Pushing Telepresnce-Why Don’t They Just Buy Skype
It looks like Cisco is pulling out all the stops to make people in general more aware of their push for Telepresence, aka, video conferencing for the big corporate set. They have just launched a contest for>everyone to tell them they want “Telepresence.” I have to wonder if they have heard of Skype? With Skype … Read more
Online Video Growing
Trendstream, a research group that focuses on global web trends has issued a report that was picked up by the folks at the BIG FAT MARKETING BLOG, that shows the emergence of online video as more than just YOUTUBE and HULU. Basically this is exciting news for companies like BrightCove, Sorenson Media, ShoZu, Livestream (both … Read more
Lee Dryburgh’s View Of Skype and a Changing Landscape
In what may be a controversial post with some pundits, Lee Dryburgh has gone out on a limb, picking up on a Phil Wolff meme to describe his passionate viewpoints and perspectives about what’s up with Skype in the future. Phil in turn captured Lee’s views and put them up on SkypeJournal. Dryburgh (whose event, … Read more