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CNET has gone on a spelunking expedition into the recent AT&T FCC filing and brought a few things up to the surface. One nugget that caught my attention is from a document written by AT&T’s Chief Technology Officer, John Donovan. … Continue reading →

It’s a slow afternoon here, so I had a little time  to consider one mind-numbing regulatory aspect of the growing number of group messaging and conferencing startups. Eventually when these companies (Fast Society, Group.me, et. al) start charging for their … Continue reading →

If you’ve not ever heard of political scientist Robert Axelrod and his computer modeling of altruism in the early 1980s, immediately go and listen to the podcast of a RadioLab show—public radio’s best hour— entitled “Good.” Do that now. Skip … Continue reading →

You can read excerpts from AT&T filing to the FCC on their website. AT&T claims with the purchase of T-Mobile there’ll be fewer dropped and blocked calls, consumers will be empowered to participate more fully in our broadband society, and … Continue reading →

How could I have missed that birthday? I’ll have to send the CRS-3 a belated card. You may recall that Cisco raised expectations just a little a year ago when it proclaimed that it would reveal a product that would … Continue reading →

Last week the FCC made it official: they’ve opened a new docket—that would be 11-65—for the “proposed transfer of control of T-Mobile USA, Inc. and  its subsidiaries from Deutsche Telekom AG to AT&T Inc.” Let the ex-parte comments and presentations … Continue reading →

I thought I recognized one of the developers at Sunday’s NYC Startup Weekend final presentations. It took an email from Animotion developer Jerry Gabra to refresh my fading neurons. Jerry G. was also one of the creators of Bar None, … Continue reading →

Reuters reports that the Royal Wedding, scheduled for April 29, will be live streamed on YouTube over the The Royal Channel. Remote commoners will be able to watch and even interact with all the pomp and ceremony.

Did I really hear 20 or so presentations in a little over 2 hours at the conclusion of NYC Startup Weekend? According to my barely legible notes, scribbled while standing up in the very crowded kitchen area in General Assembly’s … Continue reading →

They gather at their East Village temple to listen to their leaders chant arcane codes involving greek letters as they attempt to divine the future. I am of course referring to the NYC Predictive Analytics  monthly meetup held at the … Continue reading →