Out of the Office
Blogging has been a little light lately due to an unforeseen event involving my MacBook and a cup of coffee. I now know how incredibly …
Year: 2012
Back to School Biz Apps: Our Favorite SMB Tools
We had a year’s worth of apps to look at for our semi-regular posting on useful small-medium biz tools. And after lots of espressos and …
Your Party Hub Gets it Started
After just returning from a few days of vacationing, I can attest to the powerful health benefits of a good party. It relieves stress, lowers …
Back at the Intertoobz: Vint Cerf on the ITU and the Internet
There’s been much scare-mongering about the upcoming ITU conference in which our Internet regulations will be up for debate. That’s not to say there is …
Ivy Entrepreneurship: Princeton’s eLab Demo Day
They do have ambitious plans at Princeton. Yesterday I attended presentations made by the first graduates of the Keller Center‘s eLab, which is a student …
It’s About The Bike and Coding
Over the weekend, an email from the NY ALT.NET group, a local meetup devoted to out-of-the-box thinking on software, caught our attention. They received a …
Six Questions for Visual.ly’s Stew Langille
Stew Langille hatched the idea for Visual.ly while pondering a better way to display consumer spending data during the waning days of his marketing stint …
Newspapers Are Dying. Can PressReader Save Them?
Browsing through all the local newspapers listed in the PressReader app on my iPad, I was impressed by the remaining practitioners of this 19-century technology. …
Samsung Galaxy S III: What’s Not to Like?
At my favorite barbecue joint near where I live, a customer complimented the owner on his pulled chicken sandwich combo. ‘What’s not to like,’ I …
eLab Demo Day at Princeton!
Princeton University’s eLab is a technology incubator at the Keller Center. Students apply for a 10-week program in which they are teamed with a faculty …
Samsung Galaxy S III Supports VoIP Very Nicely
TvB recently managed to wangle a review version of the newest Samsung Galaxy phone, the cool S3 loaded with Android 4.0 (“Ice Cream Sandwich)”. We’ll …
Visual.ly to Launch Infographics Marketplace
You can spend a lazy summer afternoon in Visual.ly’s virtual gallery of infographics. This San Francisco-based startup is building a veritable info-Louvre. And there already …
Biotech in NYC? Yes, it exists.
I was in Manhattan yesterday at NYU-Poly’s incubator space on Varick Street attending a meetup organized by NYC Bio. They have the modest goal of …
Matrix Audio’s Bluetooth Speakerphone Makes a Difference
While I was wandering the aisles of CEA last month, I was attracted to Matrix Audio’s booth and their collection of shiny baubles. What at …
Travel Apps Battle for Tourist’s Soul: Tripl vs. Spotted by Locals
As part of my planning for a trip to an iconic European city in the fall, I’ve also been examining some travel apps. It’s peak …
BetterCloud’s FlashPanel Available in Apps Marketplace
Back in May, we got to try out FlashPanel, an email and user provisioning app for the Google Apps environment. We liked the Googley feel …
Energy Comparison Shopping Comes to NJ
Before the July 4th break and the ensuing heat-wave, I had the good fortune to talk with Phil Nevels, co-founder of Chicago-based Power2Switch. While at …
Back at the FCC: VoIP Slamming is Still Legal
You remember slamming? That’s the practice of switching a landline subscriber’s phone service without permission. While this carrier thievery still goes on, there are Federal …
NJ-based iSpeech Has a Great Speech Platform
iSpeech is a Newark-based–yes, you read that right–startup that has created a very useable and practical cloud-based text-to-speech and speech-rec platform. I hadn’t really thought …
What to See at CEA Line Show this Week
Last night I was at the CEA Line Show’s sneak-peek for VIPs, wandering the aisles of this AV-centric event. Held at Manhattan’s Altman Building and …