The fast pass program known as Clear has had its bubble burst. As Om points out in his post, the service has gone away and in my mind it traveled much the same way as Metricom’s Ricochet, a service that was also ahead of its time. As a true road warrior (I spent less than … Read more
He may no longer be a daily blogger, as he does have to think seriously on how to keep food on the table and a roof over his family’s heads, but from a perspective of insight, understanding and reality, there are few in the telco blogging fraternity (aka “The Cabal”) who are as switched on … Read more
Back in the days of my sports era, one of the most colorful people in The Spectrum was “Joe, the Beerman.” Joe would walk the aisles of the arena shouting, “beer, beer, get your cold beer here.” He also led cheers in the stands, walked around with signs, and became a bit of a cult … Read more
Chris Albrecht over at NewTeeVee has penned a piece on the plans of the cable giants to start to charge for online video. In a nutshell, they want to treat online video as premium channel like HBO, which means you pay more per month. This is not a surprise to me at all, as back … Read more
Techcrunch reports that Ooma raised more money. Again.
Wow..Just after I’ve been in three Orange powered nations (UK, France and Spain) out they come with a travel data offered geared for multinationals. While no pricing details were disclosed, the concept tells me that today it’s a corporate plan only, but I would expect that in a year or so, their Internet Everywhere plan, … Read more
I’m a fan of the Novatel Wireless MiFi, but now are even more excited about the possibilities, as the GSM version is now available. This video shows just what it can do. With an unlocked one of these and prepaid data, you can wander the world and stay connected.
I’m a fan of the Novatel Wireless MiFi, but now are even more excited about the possibilities, as the GSM version is now available. This video shows just what it can do. With an unlocked one of these and prepaid data, you can wander the world and stay connected.
According to Network World, the service previously known as GrandCentral is about to sprout wings, with reportedly 1 million numbers being reserved for use by the recently minted GoogleVoice platform. The timing could be welcome news for many CallVantage customers of AT&T as they’re all going to be losing their service, which has as one … Read more
Client Truphone’s CEO Geraldine Wilson demonstrates the wide array of Truphone services, including the Apple iPod Touch, for Sky News. The interview is running at the right time, as Truphpone has just updated both of their iPod and iPhone applications to be 3.0 ready.
