Image via Wikipedia I’ll admit, that I love to go to Starbucks as my “get away” from the home office office. Meeting are easy to arrange at their locations, as most people in the technology world know where one is. So of late, after returning from my exhaustive 6 week European business trip and mini-vacation, … Read more
Image via Wikipedia I'll admit, that I love to go to Starbucks as my "get away" from the home office office. Meeting are easy to arrange at their locations, as most people in the technology world know where one is. So of late, after returning from my exhaustive 6 week European business trip and mini-vacation, … Read more
Jaunted is reporting that Skype is testing phone booths in Estonia. But it sounds like it’s part of a more involved plan to further disintermediate the traditional telcos who have seen their revenues from coin operated telephones erode at airports, as most of that traffic has moved to cellular/mobile phones. With Skype Access agreements in … Read more
Image via Wikipedia So my Verizon LTE Samsung 4G LTE modem arrived today. Unlike my iPad2, the "need it now, want it all the time" feeling isn't quite here with the new way to "stay connected." While I have no "buyers remorse" my initial feelings are sorta like, this. "It's nice. It's faster than 3G. … Read more
Being at CTIA I was looking for a story that was overlooked by yours truely last week. Well pal Jon Arnold tells us that Canadian cable and mobile phone leader Rogers has launched a Wi-Fi calling service aimed at business, aptly named Wi-Fi Calling for Business. Basically, its the same UMA based solution that T-Mobile … Read more
Today, hundreds of thousands of iPad2s will be sold in all kinds of flavors. WiFi only, WiFi + 3G on AT&T or WiFi + EVDO/3G from Verizon. And like many people who are somewhat frustrated with their experience on AT&T in some markets in the USA, there will be some thought given to buying a … Read more
Amtrak is getting it right. After a successful deployment on the Acela trains in the Northeastern USA and up in the Pacific Northwest on the Cascades line, they have decided to add Wi-Fi to 450 rail cars using technology from UK based Nomad Digital. This is a huge plus for the riders of the rails … Read more
Amtrak is getting it right. After a successful deployment on the Acela trains in the Northeastern USA and up in the Pacific Northwest on the Cascades line, they have decided to add Wi-Fi to 450 rail cars using technology from UK based Nomad Digital. This is a huge plus for the riders of the rails … Read more
Image via Wikipedia I'm a nomad, and I admit it. Put me on the road and I'll find what my heart lusts for. Wine, food and Wi-Fi. And the more time I spend in Europe, especially Spain, the more I find Wi-Fi in coffee shops, retaurants and gastro bars. And it's basically free. Sure, you … Read more
Image via Wikipedia Former Mobivox founder Eric Reiher quietly launched TriBair back in January. The concept is rather simple. Marry up free calling with WiFi. Ok, nothing exactly new as Truphone and Gizmo both debuted that way years ago, and initially the news came at a time when I was too busy with CES to … Read more
