aBrilliantBlog

By Jeb Brilliant
Chief Editor
I had a really nice conversation with Jeff Rice today.  He’s the CEO at DeFi Mobile (disclosure, they provide me with VOIP).  I had some pointed questions I wanted to ask but we started off with what they are up to right now (the good stuff).  First though I should tell you [...]

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I want to thank Nokia and WOM World for  so graciously loaning me a Nokia E71 to review.  Now that they have it back (it’s been a few months now, I’m slow to publish sometimes) I am left without a work horse, everyday device.  I have been using a Nokia N78 but there are vast [...]

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2 thumbs way up for Shanghai Diamond Garden.  We had a nice family dinner there tonight.  It was not the best Chinese food I had this month but it was good.  More importantly for us and the reason I decided to post about them is that my nephew (22 months or so) decided he just [...]

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Great news.  The TopMobile20 contest is under way and the voting numbers are rising.  Please take a minute and go vote for your TopMobile apps at www.TopMobile20.com.
If you are going to be in Barcelona, Spain during Mobile World Congress please join us at Bel Chica Wednesday night February 18 from 6-8pm for the TopMobile20 awards [...]

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Unfortunately I missed watching the presidential inauguration live yesterday (I did watch later) but that was because I was taking care of my daughter, but it made me realize that because of the time of day the ceremony takes place some parts of the US is still asleep.  According to US law the inauguration must [...]

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I flew Iberia airline earlier this week and again was very disappointed in the airline.  After having issues with our boarding passes at the airport we were told what terminal to go to but not what gate we would be using.  We were about 2.5 hours early for our flight and were told to wait [...]

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When the US Airways flight 1549  crash landed in the the Hudson River earlier this week it shocked the world.  My question is, how did you hear about it?  I read it on Twitter and immediately turned on the TV to find no coverage.  So I went back to Twitter for the next 10 minutes [...]

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For the second time in so many years I ate at Kafool Hummus Fool (I have no idea how to spell this in English so I tried to spell it phonetically) and again was very pleased. It’s at 2 Nachlaot Benyamin in Tel Aviv and is a tiny place with seating for no more then [...]

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I don’t usually like to tear into products or services, I try to find good things to write about and be positive for the most part, but this isn’t a usual post.  I just flew from New York’s’ JFK airport to Barcelona, Spain on Iberia airlines.  It was a real pain in the ass from [...]

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I was just at a Burger King in Tel Aviv, more specifically in Ramot Tzhala and was I happily surprised to see that they offered free WiFi.  It was a treat I didn’t expect to find.  I didn’t test the speeds but I was able to make a VOIP phone call via DeFi Mobile on [...]

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