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!
Unlike Denver or Philadelphia International Airports, the Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport gets speeds right. How right? Try 10 megs down and over 18 megs up. That’s a Working Anywhere Approved Airport. Add in the very cool Southwest Work and Power Stations and you have a perfect layover location to get things done.
I grew up in Philadelphia and was saddened to see how bad the WiFi was. How bad? Less than 300k. What’s more a few of the power outlets in the Southwest Concourse D weren’t working either. Luckily I carry the Novatel 950 and an AT&T 3G card. That worked fine with over 1.5 megs down … Read more
All of a sudden, over the last 24 hours, once again, GMAIL is not working on the iPhone via the native Mail app. The problem is IMAP authentication and its not fun. The last time this happened, it was a Google change to the authentication process, and it impacted the PAID Google APPS mail accounts … Read more
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
This post is dedicated to my father, the late Master Sergeant Bernard Abramson, who in the USMC fashion taught me that “the impossible we do right away, but miracles take a little longer.” He would be proud. Tonight I got an email from Laptop Magazine’s new News Editor (recently promoted) Joanna Stern, asking me to … Read more
This post is dedicated to my father, the late Master Sergeant Bernard Abramson, who in the USMC fashion taught me that “the impossible we do right away, but miracles take a little longer.” He would be proud. Tonight I got an email from Laptop Magazine’s new News Editor (recently promoted) Joanna Stern, asking me to … Read more
A few weeks after BT grabbed Silicon Valley startup, Ribbit, Voxeo, located out of the usual tech belt in Florida, has shown us once again that the business of VoIP is on the way up, not down. In his post, Voxeo resident social media maven, Dan York, highlights details of the way things are going … 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
Even though the Chicago Tribune says cellular phones and VoIP won’t be allowed on the Aircell network on American Airlines, and singled out Skype, have no fear. Skype Instant Messaging will still be allowed. It’s just the voice traffic that will be “filtered” or “blocked.”
