I spoke briefly this evening with Sue Orchant, Marc’s wife, and at length with Ed Bott who just left the hospital after a visit with Marc and Sue. Marc’s physical body seems to be healing with good vitals and today he has been moving his head… Read More »
from the heart
People the world over are anxiously awaiting every update on Marc Orchant’s condition and this is the latest posted by Michael Sampson in a comment here. Thursday December 6, 3.45pm PacificI called the hospital for an update, and spoke with Ed, Marc’s brotherfrom the East Coast.… Read More »
As you have no doubt heard by now good friend Marc Orchant had a heart attack last Sunday morning. A lot of people are contacting me asking for updates on Marc’s status so I wanted to share what I know about his condition. Marc has… Read More »
My very good friend Marc Orchant suffered a massive heart attack yesterday and is currently in critical care. He is not expected to recover consciousness for a while and I will post any updates as soon as I get them. I am posting this here as… Read More »
Countries with little copper legacy are doing their best to bypass the centuries old access methodology and going straight to fiber, stringing it right to their citizens’ doorsteps. This is especially true in the case of smaller nations – like Slovenia and now Lithuania, one… Read More »
All you Red Sox Fans, we have some good news for you, especially if you have a Comcast cable connection. Pretty soon, your set-top box will get a TiVo makeover, which means it will be easier than ever to record your league leading Sox pound… Read More »
We hadn’t talked to the Cyworld US team in awhile, so we stopped by their San Francisco offices this week to play catch up. The South Korean social network that launched in the U.S. last August, told us they are planning on launching a mobile… Read More »
Some city-wide Wi-Fi networks are being launched and few residents are using them. And then there are the planned muniFi networks that are stuck in the purgatory of logistics and bureacracy — perpetually ‘in the works’ but with missed deadlines and unsure futures. The Palo Alto… Read More »
There might be a lot of money flowing in Silicon Valley right now — four startups announced that they’ve been acquired just today. But for some of the big tech companies, and their employees, times aren’t so good. Motorola said today its going to cut another… Read More »
It’s a good morning to be a social media web startup. First Fox Interactive Media sends out a release officially announcing it’s buying both photo sharing site Photobucket and slide show widget creator Flektor. Then CBS announces that it’s bought music… Read More »
It is not the first time I have indulged in navel gazing about what is broadband, how much bandwidth is enough, and what are you really going to do with it. Business Week is having a similar moment, wondering what will you… Read More »
First Fon, then Whisher and now WeFi – the start-ups focused on sharing of Wi-Fi connections keep on coming. Of course, each one has their own twist. FON does this through their own hardware (or by partnering with carriers), Whisher is a software… Read More »
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