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Google announced that it will build its gigabit fiber network in Kansas City, Kansas. Pending approvals, service is planned for 2012.

With plans to be in New York City yesterday, I ended my day in Manhattan a little later by attending a two-hour pitch-fest at NYU’s Stern School of Business. CrowdPitch’s concept is simple enough: an audience (students, would-be entrepreneurs, startup … Continue reading →

Last week, the HBR blog turned its attention to the recent infestation of daily deal sites that are causing great harm to businesses. After much study and multi-regression analysis, they’ve decided that sites like Groupon and LevelUp, are really offering … Continue reading →

There were all the signs of a long weekend of coding at the Converge Coworking space on the Kean University campus (Union, NJ). Stacks of empty pizza boxes, coffee cups, wireframe sketches scattered on desks, and developers staring at screen emulators … Continue reading →

Missed Aspen Institute’s IDEA Plenary (“a transatlantic dialogue to address common interests in a free and open Internet capable of enhancing economic growth”) held in Brussels, Belgium yesterday? Not to worry, FCC Chairman Genachowski was there to address the gathered … Continue reading →

Startup Weekend  NYC is back in town next month (April 15-17). I’ll be attending the final presentations on Sunday. I visited SWNYC  last June, which was held at my alma mater,  NYU’s Courant Institute, and I definitely felt the creative … Continue reading →

I recently received a gentle reminder that Kikin, a browser plugin that brings additional relevant content to Google search results has been updated and is accomplishing more than, as some blogger put it, filling in feature holes. That blogger would … Continue reading →

I had a lot of fun listening to Craig Kanarick, the co-founder of Razorfish, the proto-interactive agency, at last night’s Hoboken Tech Meetup. I could definitely envision him pitching Fortune 500 companies during the dot-com years and explaining the Web … Continue reading →

On Friday, I dropped by the Apple Store on the Upper West Side of NYC near Lincoln Center to touch the feathery light iPad 2. As I approached and looked through the plate glass storefront, the interior was less than … Continue reading →

My curiosity got the better of me.  While I’m completely content to use turn-key cloud telephony–OnSIP, in my case—the lure of DIY telecom is sometimes too enticing to resist. This led me to SIPfoundry’s sipXecs, an open-source PBX that many … Continue reading →