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#144 August 21, 2017 Andy Abramson - Issue #144 – Faster, smaller and more powerful computers are coming, and likely we'll see them in September as Int
#143 August 18, 2017 The COMUNICANO for Friday August 18th 2017 – Uber's battles with Benchmark are heating up. Barbs are being tossed in all directions. It all remind
#142 August 17, 2017 The COMUNICANO for Thursday August 17th 2017 – T-Mobile just announced a solution to a problem that has plagued them for years. In building coverage
#141 August 16, 2017 The COMUNICANO for Wednesday August 16th 2017 – The Uber follies continue and it's to Lyft's benefit....Sling and Apple both want more TV viewers...G
#140 August 15, 2017 The COMUNICANO for Tuesday August 15 2017 – Oh is the news large today...first, Benchmark vs. Kalanick in the Uber Wars continues, with Travis wa
#139 August 14, 2017 The COMUNICANO for Monday August 14th 2017 – The state of television is clearly changing in the USA and around the world. It's as the NY Times say
#138 August 11, 2017 The COMUNICANO for Friday August 11 2017 – Uber now has its original investors suing the co-founder while it improves it's passenger and driver
#137 August 10, 2017 The COMUNICANO for Thursday August 10 2017 – Back in 1998 METAL International founder Ken Rutkowski and I, along with a few others, started a stre
#136 August 9, 2017 The COMUNICANO for Wednesday August 9th 2017 – Streaming is now big time and in the news today...The SEC keeps making moves on the Blockchain....Dis
#135 August 8, 2017 The COMUNICANO for Tuesday August 8th 2017 – Today's my birthday, so it's kind of a day off. But the COMUNICANO never rests...so here's the news..
#134 August 7, 2017 The COMUNICANO for Monday August 7 2017 – Poor Snap, they can't get a break. Always being attacked by Facebook, now Google has them in their si
#133 August 4, 2017 The COMUNICANO for Friday August 4 2017 – The Gig Economy has led to companies like Uber and AirBnB having many new opportunities for workers.
#132 August 3, 2017 The COMUNICANO for Thursday August 3 2017 – Today's news is very interesting..rather than tease you, let's dive in to it in the COMUNICANO..
#131 August 2, 2017 The COMUNICANO for Tuesday August 2 2017 – The next iPhone may cost as much, or more than a Mac....Facebook may be in the hardware biz with vide
#130 August 1, 2017 The COMUNICANO for Tuesday August 1 2017 – Net Neutrality and BOTS gone wild tops today's COMUNICANO news. But there's more. Lot's from Google,
#129 July 31, 2017 The COMUNICANO for Monday July 31 2017 – The iPhone 8 will likely use facial recognition, which is a shape of things to come from Apple on all
#128 July 28, 2017 The COMUNICANO for Friday July 28 2017 – Tesla 3 Day is today and it's being viewed as a big, big day..Apple sheds the iPod Nano and Shuffle..
#127 July 27, 2017 The COMUNICANO for Thursday July 27 2017 – Facebook and Amazon are on rolls in so many different directions. Clearly what was a space race menta
#126 July 26, 2017 The COMUNICANO for Wednesday July 26, 2017 – Flash has been handed it's end of life notice. With the advent of HTML5, the once platform of choice
#125 July 25, 2017 The COMUNICANO for Tuesday July 25 2017 – It's one of those "interesting news days" where no one big story dominates, but there are some gems..
#124 July 24, 2017 The COMUNICANO for Monday July 24 2017 – Microsoft is pushing their AI work into chips. This likely means they are not happy with what the chi
#123 July 21, 2017 The COMUNICANO for Friday July 21 2017 – Microsoft seems to be seeing mobile as less important, or just simply an onramp to the cloud. That's
#122 July 20, 2017 The COMUNICANO for Thursday July 20 2017 – Of late Microsoft has been out of the limelight, but every once in a while they strike a deal with a
#121 July 19, 2017 The COMUNICANO for Wednesday July 19 2017 – Google wants to streamline more of the news you get in your Feed...Silicon Valley VC's play like spor
#120 July 18, 2017 The COMUNICANO for Tuesday July 18 2017 – Just when you forgot about Google Glass it's back. Google also introduces Hire, and a new feature in
#119 July 17, 2017 The COMUNICANO for Monday July 17 2017 – If you ever wondered just how big a force of nature Amazon is, beyond shopping, take a look at the fi
#118 July 14, 2017 The COMUNICANO for Bastille Day-Friday July 14 2017 – It's the Bastille Day Edition of The COMUNICANO....Uber is still without a CEO and candidates who are
#117 July 13, 2017 The COMUNICANO for Thursday July 13 2017 – Off and running, today's COMUNICANO has news from and about Amazon, Google, Apple, Microsoft, Uber an
#116 July 12, 2017 The COMUNICANO for Wednesday July 12 2017 – Net neutrality is back in the news, and all the big tech companies are up in arms. But the sentiment
#115 July 11, 2017 The COMUNICANO for Tuesday July 11 2017 – Black Friday in July? That's what some have labeled Amazon's Prime Day which began last night here in
#114 July 10, 2017 The COMUNICANO for Monday July 10 2017 – Good morning...it was a wonderful weekend here in Los Angeles. So hot. So sunny. But, at the same tim
#113 July 7, 2017 The COMUNICANO for Friday July 7 2017 – Uber has added tipping for both rides and UberEats....Apple gets some more heat from Qualcomm....Layo
#112 July 6, 2017 The COMUNICANO for Thursday July 6 2017 – Now here's something tasty. Amazon is going into the premium/fine wine market via a deal with an Oreg
#111 July 5, 2017 The COMUNICANO for Wednesday July 5 2017 – For the past three years Microsoft has been doing the "Redmond Shuffle." That's their approach to lay
#110 June 30, 2017 The COMUNICANO for Friday June 30 2017 – Robocop like patrols are coming to Dubai...Facebook looks from the sky...Apple's New OS looks tasty o
#109 June 29, 2017 The COMUNICANO for Thursday June 29 2017 – With a flight home out of London next Wednesday, what I'm "packing" and traveling with will take on a
#108 June 28, 2017 The COMUNICANO for Wednesday June 28 2017 – It's the Humpday edition of the COMUNICANO...and today we have news about Pandora shuting down in NZ
#107 June 27, 2017 The COMUNICANO for June 27 2017 – USA Today asks the question if Amazon is too big? At the same time the etailing giant rolls out the A
#106 June 26, 2017 The COMUNICANO for Monday June 26 2017 – Will Amazon be the next Microsoft or IBM and face a U.S. Justice Department investigation? Will Uber
#105 June 23, 2017 The COMUNICANO for Friday June 23 2017 – Uber employees want Travis back....Tesla wants to have its own music network...Sling adds a cloud DVR
#104 June 22, 2017 The COMUNICANO for Thursday June 22 2017 – Uber crash ending for Travis, with all the back door discussions revealed...Yahoo app goes bye-bye..H
#103 June 21, 2017 The COMUNICANO for Wednesday June 21 2017 – The big news of the day is the exiting of Uber CEO Travis Kalanick...boom. That story and a few more
#102 June 15, 2017 The COMUNICANO for Thursday June 15 2017 – Is Slack really in play? Is Uber really going to be run by a committee? Those stories and a lot more
#101 June 12, 2017 The COMUNICANO for Monday June 12 2017 – This week the world will know more about how Uber plans to address its operational challenges..Essent
#100 June 9, 2017 The COMUNICANO for Friday June 9 2017 – Issue number 100 of the COMUNICANO. Some highlights and lowlights. Great Call, the people behind the
#99 June 8, 2017 Andy Abramson - Issue #99 – Facebook is really becoming a societal company even more than a social network. Airbnb, Android, Yaho
#98 June 7, 2017 The Comunicano for Wednesday June 7 2017 – Uber makes news but the media I'm watching is very skeptical...Apple is dominating the tech press (as
#97 June 5, 2017 The COMUNICANO for Monday June 2 2017 – A few weeks ago it was an all Google all the time week with Google I/O in Mountain View. Now the worl
#96 June 2, 2017 The COMUNICANO for Friday June 2 2017 – The Pew Foundation reports are often as interesting as the annual Mary Meeker Internet Report, only t
#95 June 1, 2017 The COMUNICANO for Thursday June 1 2017 – The Mary Meeker Internet Trends Report is out and it's an annual must read. It has grown to over 350
#94 May 31, 2017 The Comunicano for Wednesday May 31 2017 – It's one of those holiday week news days, so we have a short listing of stories, but some are just ab
#93 May 30, 2017 The COMUNICANO for Tuesday May 30 2017 – The Essential may be the next game changer in mobile phones. Andy Rubin first created Danger, a cult
#92 May 26, 2017 The COMUNICANO for Friday May 26 2017 – Every morning I wake up and look at the news. Today, I woke up and said..uh oh, a crappy news day...w
#91 May 25, 2017 The COMUNICANO for Thursday May 25 2017 – The FCC and cable seem to be quite cozy, according a report in the Register...T-Mobile gets ready to
#90 May 24, 2017 Andy Abramson - Issue #90 – Uber can't buy a break..A new blockchain browser is out... For Amazon, it's all about the wedding...F
#89 May 23, 2017 The COMUNICANO for Monday May 23 2017 – Sports betting. It's been around forever, both legal and illegal. Now mobile sports betting may happe
#88 May 22, 2017 The COMUNICANO for Monday May 22 2017 – After the past few weeks of Microsoft Build (what) and Google I/O we are getting back to a normal new
#87 May 19, 2017 The Comunicano for Friday May 19 2017 – Google I/O, which provided a month's worth of news in a few days with all the new and updated efforts
#86 May 18, 2017 The COMUNICANO for Thursday May 18 2017 – Legendary political candidate shaper and the longtime leader of Fox News, Roger Ailes passed away thi
#85 May 17, 2017 The COMUNICANO for Wednesday May 17 2017 – Today Google I/O starts and the information to watch everything from the keynote to how to participat
#84 May 16, 2017 The COMUNICANO for Tuesday May 16 2017 – Google I/O is about to take place and all eyes and lots of news will come from it. While there's alwa
#83 May 15, 2017 The COMUNICANO for Monday May 15 2017 – Could Y Combinator's Sam Altman be in the running for Governor of California? As a state which has se
#82 May 11, 2017 The COMUNICANO for Thursday May 11 2017 – Pal and former client Ian Rogers is in the news with his work at LVMH. One of the world's largest lux
#81 May 10, 2017 The COMUNICANO for Wednesday May 10 2017 – The hot news story in tech has to be the Amazon Echo Show. And is it a show. Beyond what it will do,
#80 May 9, 2017 The COMUNICANO for Tuesday May 9 2017 – It's on sale. The new Amazon Echo Show, complete with a video touch screen and video camera. This ex
#79 May 8, 2017 The COMUNICANO for Monday May 7 2017 – Wireless in the USA is about to get more competitive as the cable giants move in...Data is now the ne
#78 May 5, 2017 The Comunicano for Friday May 5 2017 – The world of "television" is clearly in the middle of change. A few weeks after NAB and the news that
#77 May 3, 2017 The COMUNICANO for Wednesday May 3 2017 – Apple is on the media offensive. Not pleased with the bashing and reduced sales from their latest iOS
#76 May 2, 2017 The COMUNICANO for Tuesday May 2 2017 – Apple is rumored to be launching a competitor to Amazon's Echo and Google Home but with the power of
#75 May 1, 2017 The COMUNICANO for Monday, May 1 2017 – It's May 1 and in some parts of the world it's a day off. In other places it's a normal workday. Befo
#74 April 28, 2017 The COMUNICANO for Friday April 28 – Up, up and away. That's what's going on with three tech stocks. But the market is fickle, and Microso
#73 April 27, 2017 The COMUNICANO for Thursday April 27 2017 – The FCC's proposed rule changes will have massive effects on the net, service providers, content prod
#72 April 26, 2017 The COMUNICANO for Wednesday April 26 – AT&T tries to fake 5G.... Verizon pays someone to leave...then bungles unlimited plan launch...Go
#71 April 24, 2017 The COMUNICANO for Monday April 24 2017 – A deep expose into Uber's CEO, Travis Kalanick, hit the news yesterday and is already tearing up soci
#70 April 21, 2017 The COMUNICANO for Friday April 20 2017 – Lots of news out there today...and it falls into the "that's interesting" category. For example, Face
#69 April 20, 2017 The COMUNICANO for Thursday April 20 2017 – Hello from the coast of Portugal..today's news is all over the place. Call it an odds & ends edi
#68 April 19, 2017 The COMUNICANO for Wednesday April 19 2017 – The Intel Developer Forum (IDF) was one of the first "big" company all in one events that many other
#67 April 17, 2017 The COMUNICANO for Monday April 16 2017 – Speculation is always fun on a Monday morning. Today the speculation is Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg ma
#66 April 14, 2017 The COMUNICANO for Friday April 14 2017 – TV from Hulu will rival YouTube, but what about fast forward. Will consumers give up the ability to s
#65 April 13, 2017 The COMUNICANO for Thursday April 13 2017 – Different kind of news day..so have at it, and get into today's COMUNICANO.
#64 April 12, 2017 The COMUNICANO for Wednesday April 12 2017 – The battle between Amazon and Walmart is really heating up...at retail, as Walmart begins to offer de
#63 April 11, 2017 The COMUNICANO for Tuesday April 11 2017 – The United Airlines PR nightmare is only getting worse. As someone who flies often, the concern about
#62 April 10, 2017 The COMUNICANO for Monday April 10 2017 – For those who think about the environment, and also have a fiscal bent, we've all seen police cars si
#61 April 7, 2017 The COMUNICANO for Friday April 7 2017 – The news popped this morning about Walt Mossberg announcing his retirement. As someone who would sit
#60 April 6, 2017 The COMUNICANO for Thursday April 6 2017 – So Comcast wants to be your mobile phone company...YouTube wants to be your Television provider...Fac
#59 April 5, 2017 The COMUNICANO for Wednesday April 4 2017 – Privacy and border searches lead off today. The news though has more "interesting" notes and highligh
#58 April 4, 2017 The COMUNICANO for Tuesday April 4 2017 – Yahoo gets a new name....Facebook may have more new pages...Twitter wants to be in TV...more news..mo
#57 April 3, 2017 The COMUNICANO for Monday April 3 2017 – Back in 2005, Comunicano pioneered corporate social media for Nokia, setting the standard, or as pal
#56 March 31, 2017 The COMUNICANO for Friday March 31 2017 – Prepaid broadband. Pay as you go internet. No credit check. No annual contract. Wow. It seems that Co
#55 March 30, 2017 The COMUNICANO for Thursday March 30 2017 – If you're a long time friend you may remember WinePals, a newsletter of sorts I sent out first by ema
#54 March 29, 2017 The COMUNICANO for Wednesday March 29 2017 – The passing of the privacy killer bill has happened. Now it's only a Presidential stroke of the pen a
#53 March 28, 2017 The COMUNICANO for Tuesday March 27 2017 – A new smartphone started by former Danger and Android founder Andy Rubin is on the way. Timing is goo
#52 March 27, 2017 The COMUNICANO for Monday March 27 2017 – If you're wondering why the news today is Hollywood themed, today marks the start of CinemaCon in Las
#51 March 24, 2017 The COMUNICANO for Friday March 24 2017 – Privacy, often thought to be a right, is more a myth. In many ways as soon as we created our first in
#50 March 23, 2017 The COMUNICANO for Thursday March 23 2017 – Odd news day. No "big" news but some insightful stories ranging from an Apple acquisition, Uber losin
#49 March 22, 2017 The Comunicano for Wednesday March 22 2017 – Uber saga or Uber Opportunity? The changing of the guard at Uber could be the opportunity for many th
#48 March 21, 2017 The COMUNICANO Update Edition for Tuesday March 21 2017 – It seems there was a system error and some of the items for today did not get picked up. Here are the
#47 March 21, 2017 The COMUNICANO for Tuesday March 21 2017 – Up to 9 international airlines from the middle east and Africa will be banned from electronics in the
#46 March 20, 2017 The COMUNICANO for Monday March 20 2017 – Uber doesn't have an HR issue as much as it has a PR issue. In so many ways they are like a rock band
#45 March 17, 2017 The COMUNICANO for Friday March 17 2017 – Happy St. Patricks Day...are you green yet? So to not delay things, like green beer, a shot of Irish
#44 March 16, 2017 The COMUNICANO for Thursday March 16 2017 – Companies that grow have to change and mobile apps are one way to do that. Already in the "fast food"
#43 March 15, 2017 The COMUNICANO for Wednesday March15 2017 – Google updates Chrome and makes it more battery respectful. That's great news for those of us who liv
#42 March 14, 2017 The COMUNICANO for Tuesday March 14 2017 – Looks like the bankers, the investment bankers, will have fun times this year and next. Citrix is on
#41 March 13, 2017 The COMUNICANO for Monday March 13 2017 – With SXSW going on in Austin, lots of eye and ears are there, which likely accounts for such a divers
#40 March 10, 2017 The COMUNICANO for Friday March 10 2017 – To say the tech news over the past 12-24 hours has been dominated by Google is an understatement. In
#39 March 9, 2017 The COMUNICANO for Thursday March 9 2017 – Google is making itself known in the CloudWars market vs. Microsoft and leader AWS from Amazon, and t
#38 March 8, 2017 The Comunicano for Wednesday March 8 2017 – Wednesday...HumpDay....middle of the week. Video is the news today. Actually immersive VR based video
#37 March 7, 2017 The COMUNICANO for Tuesday March 7 2017 – AI-artificial intelligence is in the news today leading off with the IBM/SalesForce partnership. That
#36 March 6, 2017 The COMUNICANO for Monday March 6 2017 – Today is a SLOW news day. Call it the calm before the storm as we head into the period of March Madne
#35 March 3, 2017 The COMUNICANO for Friday March 3 2017 – Shameless self promotion department...Yesterday I was both quoted and cited. In the case of the quote
#34 March 2, 2017 The COMUNICANO for Thursday March 2 2017 – Yahoo is on its way to being part of Verizon, but the soap opera in Sunnyvale seems to find a way to
#33 March 1, 2017 The COMUNICANO for Wednesday March 1 2017 – Were you affected by the AWS outage? Well many a cloud based app turned yesterday into a bit of foggy
#32 February 28, 2017 The COMUNICANO for Tuesday February 28 2017 – Odd news day..so dig in and dive in....starting with YouTube and Comcast, then a bunch more that is m
#31 February 27, 2017 The COMUNICANO for Monday February 27 2017 – The Oscars...well, they were something. Lots of news elsewhere but a few highlights mostly about stre
#30 February 24, 2017 The Comunicano for Friday February 24 2017 – It's great to see Nokia sort of rising from the grave when it comes to mobile phones. Back in 2005 we
#29 February 23, 2017 The COMUNICANO for Thursday February 23 2017 – Getting Quoted...and getting quoted regularly are two different things. So far this year I've been qu
#28 February 22, 2017 The Comunicano for Wednesday February 22 2017 – UPS, like Amazon, is fascinated with what flying drones can do for their business. For normally silen
#27 February 21, 2017 The Comunicano for Tuesday February 21 2017 – It looks like Yahoo is finally going to be sold to Verizon. After a price cutting haircut that came a
#26 February 20, 2017 The Comunicano for Monday February 20 2017 – For a Presidents's Day holiday Monday, there's a lot of interesting news out there to read. I was deb
#25 February 17, 2017 The Comunicano for Friday February 17 2017 – Last night I dined out using Feastly for the first time. It was the way to book seats at a "pop up" d
#24 February 16, 2017 The Comunicano for Thursday February 16 2017 – Los Angeles is rapidly becoming a hub of startup activity with more and more happening every day...Ap
#23 February 15, 2017 The Comunicano for Wednesday February 15 2017 – HUMPDAY.......and there's tons of NEW and that makes NEWS surrounding new services releases that are
#22 February 14, 2017 The Comunicano for Tuesday February 14 2017 – Happy Valentine's Day....Yesterday the news broke that Amazon is entering the conference calling indu
#21 February 13, 2017 The Comunicano for Monday February 13 2017 – It's an odd news day. So dig in to it here with the COMUNICANO.
#20 February 10, 2017 The Comunicano for Friday February 10 2017 – Apple rumors continue to swirl around the next iPhone. Some are saying it will be out sooner, others
#19 February 9, 2017 The Comunicano for Thursday February 9 2016 – Apps need to update their privacy policies or leave the store says Google, which is also likely mergi
#18 February 8, 2017 The COMUNICANO for Wednesday February 8 2017 – Details on the TWC - NY State battle, Twilio makes a buy; 4G for Farmers; Uber love of one ways; YouT
#17 February 7, 2017 The Comunicano for Tuesday February 7 2017 – I'm off to IT Expo in Fort Lauderdale today. For those attending, see you Wednesday through Friday. I
#16 February 6, 2017 The Comunicano for Monday February 6 2017 – A massive :Thank You All" to the team at Revue for your kind words this past week.
#15 February 3, 2017 The Comunicano for Friday February 3 2017 – The big news, especially here in the Southland, is SNAP and their 3 billion dollar IPO. There's lots
#14 February 2, 2017 The Comunicano for Thursday February 2 2016 – Now you see it, now they don't. Yesterday client One More Company formally launched the disappearing
#13 February 1, 2017 The Comunicano for Wednesday February 1 2017 – Wednesdays are always interesting news days. Waking up and seeing how the EU is really ending roaming
#12 January 31, 2017 The Comunicano for Tuesday January 31 2017 – Money is the top theme today and not only from VC types of stories. The impact of ride sharing servic
#11 January 30, 2017 The Comunicano for Monday January 30 2017 – What a weekend!!! The Immigration Gate is about to get even more interesting as the Federal courts, t
#10 January 27, 2017 The Comunicano for Friday January 27 2017 – It's only been a few months since cableco Charter gobbled up Time Warner Cable, but now it looks the
#9 January 26, 2017 The Comunicano for Thursday January 25 2017 – This morning's news is a buzz with the continuation of the "fake news" saga. In the past, we would th
#8 January 25, 2017 The Comunicano for Wednesday January 25 2017 – Good morning. Today we have insight on what's going on in the news world surrounding fake news and th
#7 January 24, 2017 The Comunicano for Tuesday January 24 2017 – Happy Tuesday. Waking up to the news that one of the tech media's best has left the building. Quentin
#6 January 23, 2017 The Comunicano for Monday January 23 2017 – The rain continues to come down here in Los Angeles, with a flash flood watch still in effect. If you
#5 January 20, 2017 The Comunicano for Friday January 20 2017 – It's Friday, end of a long week. Fighting a cold is never fun, and just when you think you're over it
#4 January 19, 2017 The Comunicano for Thursday January 19 2017 – Good morning from wet Los Angeles. We've had a good dousing of rain in the area, which in some cases
#3 January 18, 2017 The Comunicano for Wednesday January 18 2017 – It's Humpday. So let's help you get over it. Google is really working to be a major player in mobile
#2 January 17, 2017 The Comunicano for Tuesday January 17th 2016 – It's a Tuesday after a Federal holiday, so no surprise that we are seeing more news than yesterday an
#1 January 16, 2017 The Comunicano for January 16th 2017 – Presenting the debut 2017 Edition of The Comunicano. We're on a new platform, Revue, and the approach
