Google is making a bid to build a San Francisco-wide free wifi network, according to company officials. The company today filed documents in response to San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom’s request for information for the city wide network. Google’s WiFi plans were first reported by… Read More »
Archive for September 2005
Microsoft-Google spat is so yesterday. The latest flare up in Silicon Valley is between Yahoo and Nuance Communications. Nuance is accusing Yahoo of stealing trade secrets in the VoIP business. As you might know, Yahoo is pretty serious about this whole VoIP thing, and wants… Read More »
Verizon VoiceWing fine-print on unlimited plans. Verizon reserves the right to monitor usage for possible abuse of service. For packages with unlimited calling, more than 5,000 minutes a month is considered beyond normal residential use and may be investigated, resulting in potential termination of service.… Read More »
San Francisco (CTIA Wireless IT and Entertainment Exposition) September 27, 2005 – SplashData, Inc., the leading developer of “virtual wallet” applications for mobile devices, announced that its award winning SplashBlog photoblogging solution is now available for additional mobile devices—Windows Mobile and Symbian Series 60… Read More »
There is nothing worse for me than running out of battery juice when I am mobile. To help prevent that I have two standard batteries for my HP tc1100 Tablet PC which gets me between 6 and 7 hours of total battery life with power management… Read More »
I am having a blast at the MVP Summit in Redmond this week and have seen some really cool stuff. The very best part of the Summit for me is finally getting a chance to meet so many people I have been talking to online and… Read More »
I am taking rest of the day today and tomorrow off…. writing for the magazine and also plan to have a lot of drinks this evening… starting my 365 day countdown to 40….. Update: Thank you all for kind and warm wishes. Russell sent me a… Read More »
Since the release of the black iPod nano, there has been much talk among mac zealots about the fact that Apple chose not to include black headphones with the device. People have taken such drastic steps as to spray paint regular iPod headphones black. To me,… Read More »
There were some curious movements in the eBay stock just before the Skype deal was announced. Hitchhiker’s Guide to 650 points out When the rumors came out last thursday on the Skype acquisition, eBay stock dropped 3.8%. With 1.35B shares outstanding and each share losing… Read More »
Gizmondo, the gaming device maker is not selling many devices, has a questionable future, but that hasn’t stopped company’s executives to get fat-off-the-company’s coffers. Mob Happy has the latest skinny, but I leave you with this little something about the extracurricular activities of some… Read More »
Folks Skype 1.4 for Windows is available for download, and among the new features include much improved call forwarding to your land/mobile numbers. Think of it as a way to boost Skype’s SkypeOut sales. There are many more personalization options, including ability to add ringtones… Read More »
The F2K FlashPhone is a “personal communicator” that allows you to make VoIP calls from a little USB memory stick. Just plug the F2K into any computer’s USB port and instantly make calls with Google Talk, MSN, SIP or Skype. The F2K has the following… Read More »
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