AllThingsD is reporting that Boingo is adding two key elements to their software that lets users connect to WiFi hotspots that are part of their growing network and others which are not. VPN Crowdsourced hotspots Both elements are steps forward in the game to help people connect and get better access. The one fine line … Read more
Consumerization of IT (Photo credit: Ross Mayfield) They BYOD (bring your own device) movement is weakening the IT departments ability to manage and if I go Post Hoc Ergo Proctor Hoc (if this, therefore, thenfore that) consumerization of the enterprise (COtE) would be the death star for IT Managers according to Gartner which makes their … Read more
Image via CrunchBase In an Op-Ed type of guest column in Forbes, founder and CEO of Level3 Jim Crowe has called out the FCC, AT&T and Verizon in what could become the firestarter of a battle in Washington, D.C. over wired and wireless access. It's a far reaching but clear "slap in the face" to … Read more
LightSquared my be down for the count. While not a Joe Frazier or Larry Holmes style KO, it's looking more and more that the dream of multi-billionare hedge fund leader Phillip Falcone, may be going the way of Rubin "Hurricane" Carter or or worse, Sonny Liston. Yesterday the FCC said "no way" and now the … Read more
8×8 has a birthday. They're now 25 years old. The company has had a lot of transitions, but the core to their business is a patent portfolio that puts things inside real time communications hardware and software. Here's a list of their milestones: 8×8 Highlights and Milestones: 1987 – 8×8 founded under the name Integrated … Read more
The November 30th report from the Federal Trade Commission in the USA shows that the Do Not Call Registry registration and complaints continue to rise, despite enforcement. Over the past month I've been noticing an increase in the number of calls from UNKNOWN, and have had friends tell me more and more about voice phishing … Read more
Over the last few months I've been watching as the WiFi speeds in the local Starbucks keep going from slow to slower. Today with one other person connected, the speeds were as slow as I have seen in my area in a very, very long time. As someone who has been using the Starbucks Hotspots … Read more
Image via CrunchBase Skype is going to the regulator OFCOM in the UK to ask them to have some of the mobile operators in the UK to stop blocking Skype calls over 3G. While 3 in the UK doesn't stop Skype calling over 3G, and actually had a service that worked much like Verizon' Wireless' … Read more
I won't go into reviewing in depth the Samsung Google Nexus as enough other reviews are out there, but what I will say is if you're a Google centric person, where you make extensive use of Google Apps, Mail, Calendar, Picasa and all that Google has to, then this is the Android phone for you. … Read more
Image via Wikipedia AT&T and T-Mobile have been playing chicken with the opposition regarding their wireless merger for sometime, so yesterday's move to pull their application from FCC review is simply both a negotiation tactic and a way to prevent potential shareholder litigation. Clearly the AT&T lawyers and accountants had a strong say in this. The … Read more
