This week was simply a catch up week as I have to make CES videos and post them to TPN.TV. Of course we’re in the middle of the polar vortex and doing anything this week is a lot tougher. iPad365 started back up this week with Call of Duty Strike Team. Also had a great […]
When I was in Vegas in June, I had the opportunity to use a Clear 4G card for the week. It was nice – $50 for the week and I didn’t have to suffer from hotel speeds – especially since the hotel charged $14.95 a day to connect ( Which would have cost $90). Today, […]
Ultimately, wires will be involved with your wireless devices. Bloomberg reports Time-Warner wants to provide some of them: Time Warner Cable Inc., the biggest pay-television provider in New York City, is pitching phone companies including AT&T and Verizon Wireless on a service that uses its underground cables to carry mobile calls and Web downloads — […]
It’s over. The AOL-Time Warner divorce will be final on December 9. At the time of the marriage, I was a loyal AOL customer. I cut my online teeth with Bulletin Boards, so I already knew basic nettiquette when I joined AOL (so I did not pick up some of the habits that made “AOLer” […]
Brought to you by GotoAssist Express – Get a free 30 day trial It was something that people talked about for months, but on August 6, 2008, CEO Jeff Bewkes confirms the rumor. AOL will be split off into it’s own company by the next year (which came to fruition on May 28th, 2009) Other […]
Bloomberg reports that the ill-fated merger of Time Warner and AOL may finally get unraveled. Read the full story here. At the time of the merger, I was still using AOL. I had three reasons: I spent a lot of time in dial-up country in those days; I always felt like AOL, though not the […]
The New York Times looks at the efforts of U. S. ISPs to institute tiered pricing plans. Read the full story here; it appears to be an excellent, unbiased analysis. An excerpt: Cable executives say the issue is not competition but cost. People who watch or download a lot of movies and TV shows use […]
Brought to you by GotoMeeting – Try GoToMeeting free for 30 days – No CC needed: GoToMeeting.com/techpodcasts. MacWorld and CES have been in competition on this week for many years. With that, we have had a lot of great announcements come out of thise week. G4, Mac Mini, the Lisa computer and a lot more […]