Category: Technology
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The Dawn Of The A.I. Hall Monitor
Over the past few months, I’ve had the significant misfortune of participating through Zoom and Teams in virtual meetings where so-called “A.I.” bots were in attendance. These bots claim to be “taking notes,” “transcribing,” and offering “insights” on how the meeting went. Hopefully you’re catching all the air quotes I’d be making if I were…
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The Great American Backhoe Bonanza: How Washington’s Fiber Obsession Buried the AI Future — Until Now
For years, Washington bet everything on fiber, spending billions in taxpayer money with the primary purpose of extending fiber cable to every home – all of this with the goal of future-proofing the American internet. It hasn’t worked. Instead, this backhoe bonanza has burned through public funds while leaving the country unprepared for the real…
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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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Lead Generation With AI, Powered By Zapier
Today I attended a webinar hosted by Jane Zhang from Zapier’s product marketing team. The focus was on Zapier’s new AI agent offering, with the webinar providing some real concrete examples of how AI agents can help a business with their lead generation efforts. There’s a lot of buzz, hyperbole, and misinformation in this space…