Glenn at WiFi Net News posts about FON and some of the issues he has with the social WiFi service that says “you share me your’s and I’ll share you mine.” On paper the concept is very good, but in reality broadband varies by installation and FON is thus a “free and best efforts” type … Read more
Video Conferencing is hot. White hot. It’s in the news and its all being driven by the big boys. HP Cisco Polycom More and more news about the space keeps pouring out all over the place. Here are some stories that have caught my eye. Los Angeles Times-Using a video camera to monitor elderly folks … Read more
Broadsoft is one of the big players that has been growing their business. As a competitor to Comverse, Alcatel, Nortel and others, they have been making strides and seem to be entering a growth phase. Pal Jon Arnold is heading towards Phoenix and is promising coverage of their Connections event that starts this weekend. Jon’s … Read more
I’m a big fan of blogs that make the traveler’s life easier so when I spotted the TechTraveler I had to start reading. Now I see the author has taken a liking to a client of my agency (smile), Mobivox. Mobivox is a unique new calling service that uses the power of voice to make … Read more
I’m a big fan of blogs that make the traveler’s life easier so when I spotted the TechTraveler I had to start reading. Now I see the author has taken a liking to a client of my agency (smile), Mobivox. Mobivox is a unique new calling service that uses the power of voice to make … Read more
According to some friends in the business Skype has made massive changes to their codecs since hiring some folks and weaning away GIPS with more of a home brew approach. Over the past week my experience with Skype here in France and in London was far better than what I’m was used to seeing. As … Read more
I just received an email about the improvements SouthWest is making to their boarding process. Okay, for some of us that’s old news. It will sure give business travelers another reason to LUV Southwest. I know I sure do. Living in SoCal and being a regular flier to Silicon Valley, Phoenix and elsewhere they fly, … Read more
Wed 10/10/2007 18:55 10102007010 Everybody loves a winner, and in the case of client Jon Medved, co-founder and CEO of VRINGO, winning seems to a habit. Oliver Starr, now of BlogNation, has the very insightful details. Oliver summed up the key point about this award when he wrote how far the mobile content sector has … Read more
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The nations number five mobile operator, Alltel, will begin bundling in WiFi with their EVDO service packs. This is a step in the right direction. What I liked about this story is it told me that AT&T has made WiFi free with mobile data plans, with a catch. I didn’t know that, and candidly, as … Read more
