Author: josh
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TiDev Titanium Has Day 0 Compatibility with iOS 26 — Other Mobile Frameworks Not So Lucky
When Apple unveiled iOS 26 and its sweeping new “Liquid Glass” UI design, many developers braced for impact. Major version jumps like this often send cross-platform frameworks scrambling to catch up, forcing developers to wait weeks or months for SDK updates, patches, and compatibility fixes. But for one framework — TiDev Titanium — iOS 26…
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AT&T’s War on CBRS: How Corporate Overreach Threatens America’s National Security
While Americans were locked down during COVID, a new kind of Cold War accelerated — not one fought with bombs or bullets, but with silicon, algorithms, and data. The artificial intelligence arms race is underway. China knows it. Russia knows it. And recent battlefield innovations in Ukraine have shown just how fast AI-powered warfare is…
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You’ve Got Trees. You’ve Got Terrain. You Can’t Afford Tarana.
When you’re up against brutal terrain — dense trees, heavy forests, and tough topography — wireless internet deployment options narrow fast. You either pay for expensive licensed spectrum or turn to CBRS, a public-use radio band that delivers the signal strength needed to punch through obstructions and bring rural broadband and edge devices online. For…
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Alabama’s Internet Exchange: The MGMix Story
I recently joined Tony Porterfield, CTO for the City of Montgomery, at ALANOG-6 for a deep-dive “fireside” conversation about the MGMix — Alabama’s first and only city-owned Internet Exchange Point (IXP). CLICK HERE TO WATCH OUR FIRESIDE PRESENTATION MGMix (Montgomery Internet Exchange) was originally launched in 2016 enabling network operators with a presence at the…
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Lightwave LINK Mobile App Lands In Central Alabama
In an age where digital technology is reshaping how we live, work, and communicate, the need for local connection and community has never been stronger. People are looking for ways to feel grounded—to see and support what’s happening around them. At Alabama Lightwave, we recognize that broadband isn’t just about speed—it’s about bringing people together.…
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Simplifying the Core: Introducing Rapid5GS
One of the hardest parts of building a private LTE or 5G network is getting a functional network core up and running. In mobility parlance, this core is known as the EPC (Evolved Packet Core) or 5GC (5G Core)—and it’s essentially the brain of a cellular network. This “brain” handles all the essential functions that…
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Artificial Intelligence Arrives On The Surveillance Grid
For the first time in years yesterday I once again graced the doors of Birmingham’s Innovation Depot. This lovely startup incubation space was the venue for the 3rd “Breakfast Club” event I’ve attended hosted by local software development firm Daring Bit Assembly – this is a monthly “mixer” event where technology professionals meet to chat…
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Website for The Bibb Voice
One of America’s founding principles was the The Freedom Of The Press – the idea that government was supposed to be, by design, accountable to it’s citizenry, was truly revolutionary. In an age where social media and fake news causes bad information to spread at breathtaking rates, local news is more important than ever in…
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Website for Repair On The Square
REPAIR BEFORE REPLACE – this is something near and dear to my heart in an age of mass-consumerism and waste. The fact that we can get new life out of electronics by replacing a screen or a charging port is magic and a call-back to the American ideals of good stewardship and old-fashioned ingenuity. Repair…
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DNA S.A.M.M.I.E. Freight Visibility Platform
DNA S.A.M.M.I.E. is a logistics and freight management platform designed to provide unparalleled visibility of cargo movement during the shipment lifecycle. Traditionally, freight visibility involves tons of emails, phone calls, and other manual processes to determine where cargo is as it moves from factory to final destination. It’s a messy process prone to data entry…