Month: March 2013

Tech Tuesday: Turn Your iPhone Into a Satellite Phone & Google’s Keep
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Tech Tuesday: Turn Your iPhone Into a Satellite Phone & Google’s Keep

This week on News 1130 radio in Vancouver, I talked about these items: Turn Your iPhone Into A Satellite Phone: A new product from Thuraya called the SatSleeve allows you to turn your iPhone 4/4S/5 into a global satellite phone. You simply slide your iPhone into the sleeve and it connects to the Thuraya network…

Highlights from SXSW 2013 Part 1: The Year of Hardware
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Highlights from SXSW 2013 Part 1: The Year of Hardware

Most people ask me, upon returning, what was the one ‘big’ thing you saw this year. The last few years have been full of big applications that blew up due to the influx of savvy tech folks in Austin to get exposed to them. This year felt different though…definitely there was no shortage of street teams shoving t-shirts and branded swag in my face for various online services but the obvious vibe I noticed was that it was the “Year of Hardware”.