Google has been not so quietly moving into the mobile domain lately, even working on mobile ads, so that they can offer free cell phones. Microsoft is getting into municipal Wi-Fi so that they can offer localized advertising. Yahoo, too, is going after the mobile ad market. While Google is presumably going for text-based mobile [...]

Microsoft has thrown its hat into the municipal Wi-Fi ring, partnering up with MetroFi, based in Mountain View, California. MetroFi takes the ad-supported free muni Wi-Fi model. Katie Fehrenbacher at GigaOm thinks that Microsoft might have pumped some cash into the deal, but no one is talking. Microsoft plans to utilize location info from Wi-Fi [...]

SunRocket Teams Up With Thompson
News has reached us that SunRocket have teamed up with Thompson to roll out a range of GE-branded cordless phones with built-in support for SunRocket’s VoIP services. That’s great news for SunRocket and great news for consumers. We’ve been wondering when VoIP companies other than Skype will sign deals [...]

In the past we’ve covered a lot of Skype accessories, with everything from mice to the latest in wifi phones.  But as far as I know, we have yet to cover a Skype-enabled remote control.
It’s called the My Voice Remote, and you can pick one up for ~$250.  That sounds a lot, and it is.  [...]

Anyone who knows me knows that I’m a pretty chatty person. It stands me in good stead because I almost never run out of things to write about, except when I’m overly busy. It also actually works for me, if I control myself, when I conduct interviews. Back when I ran my own print magazine, [...]