Over the past year or so, a lot of words have been written about “Cloud computing.”  And while the growth of the cloud as a service has been big, many companies still haven’t taken the time to figure it out.  The bad economy may be forcing some companies into giving it some thought sooner rather [...]

There seems to be a lack of fiscal responsibility among many large companies in these trying economic times.  In spite of huge losses, some companies continue to reward those who have led them astray – all the while providing less for customers, employees, and shareholders. Sprint Nextel has had a rough couple of years.  2008 [...]

After a long slow period for everyone’s favorite VoIP company, Skype is finally announcing some news items which might just help push the service into more users hands.   Skype is one of those cool companies that people really want to love.  However, their lack of evolution lately has made that a difficult task for [...]

How would you like to make calls and SMS for free? Would giving out a single phone number for all your landlines and cell phones make your life easier? Would having your voicemail automatically transcribed and emailed to you be a nice perk? And if all of the above were available for free, would the [...]

Money is in the air and the big cash sharks are circling.  Last month President Obama signed into law a $787 billion economic stimulus package which contained $7.2 billion worth of broadband grants and loan programs. Advocates of universal broadband access are interpreting the large allocation of funds toward broadband development as a clear indication [...]

It will be a long wait, but sometime this summer Apple intends to roll out a huge update to the iPhone software.  For developers, the fun starts now, with over 1,000 new API’s in the updated developers kit.   But it is the 100 new features announced at the Apple developers conference, which created the [...]

We’ve only just begun to use our new “Faster” 3G wireless networks and already the attention has moved to the next big thing . . . 4G.  So what’s the rush and all the hype about?  Speed!  The runaway success of smart phones and their data consuming applications, video, streaming, downloads, etc has consumer advocates [...]

Am I the only one muttering expletives as yet another fax fails to transmit via Fax Over Internet Protocol?  Is anyone else out there in techno-geek-land perplexed as to why we are STILL living in a world of imperfect IP faxing in 2009? The fact of the matter is that although much improvement has been [...]

For something with a name that indicates nothing, “White space” sure does have a few folks upset. The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) and the Association for Maximum Service Television (AMST) have initiated action in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia in hopes of overturning the November 2008 FCC ruling allowing [...]

Julius Genachowski, 46 year old former Harvard Law School classmate of Barak Obama, has been nominated for the top post at the Federal Communication Commission.  During the presidential campaign, he served as top technology adviser for then candidate Obama. Genachowski was responsible for putting together a detailed technology and innovation plan for the Obama campaign [...]