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Author: Mike Pihlman

  • Turning Off Mobile Data on Android OS Version 2.3 +

    UPDATE: It’s 2022 and I now have a Pixel 6 Pro with Android version 13. Technology moves at the speed of light, and TechyMike will keep up as much a possible. Enjoy this golden oldie blog entry.  🙂  I cannot afford unlimited data.  Remember: Starving blogger. My two year smartphone contract with AT&T recently passed…

  • Video Conferencing Security Concerns

    Video Conferencing Security Concerns

    There is an interesting discussion going on on LinkedIn right now concerning video conferencing  security concerns.  DUH…’bout time this was brought up and not ignored.  Let me first copy my comment (then you can understand why I am saying DUH), then I link to the original NY Times article, and then others who have responded.…

  • Cisco Umi Update

    Cisco is stopping sales of the Umi.  Check out this article. No real surprise here….I talked about the Umi earlier (here and here) and wondered about it. See U Umi.        

  • Chrome Web Store Apps

    Just started playing around with the Google apps that are available (many for free, and many not requiring a log in). VERY COOL! If you use Chrome as your browser click the + sign as shown in the picture below. You can see the following page pop-up.  Well…..these are MY apps, yours will look slightly…

  • Cisco Collaboration Rap

    OMG…take a look at this.  Cisco Collaboration Rap (hmmm, this can be shortened to: CCRAP…ouch). I am lost for words…and that is not like me!  😐 Thanks to LinkedIn connection Gary Hall for posting this on LinkedIn.  🙂 – – Comments welcome!

  • Google+ Hangout Video Conferencing Meeting, Part 2

    Updated: 3/31/2020 during the coronavirus pandemic. Stay Safe! Google+ Hangout is the PERFECT way for ANYONE, ANYTIME, ANYPLACE  to video conference.  It is FREE, you can meet with up to 10 friends, and the quality is awesome (for a free service).  The technology behind this is from Vidyo. I will shut-up and let the video…

  • Google+ Hangout Video Conferencing Meeting, Part 1

    Before any good, errrr…..AWESOME meeting, there is preparation.   That is especially the case with a video conference.  The initiators of the video conference must work diligently to make sure the meeting goes off without a hitch. No joking around….deadly serious business.  If you want to get involved in video conferencing and put on an…

  • Perfect Video Conferencing Demos LifeSize

    I posted a comment on Linkedin the other day telling the world how much I’d love to see the ClearSea from Lifesize work on the iPad2.  But…with no iPad2 and starving blogger….I needed help. Well, that afternoon Michael Granados (email, mgranados@perfectvc.com) from Perfect Video Conferencing wrote me an email that he could bring some LifeSize stuff…

  • Google+ Hangout

    This Thursday!!!!  A Google+ Hangout for video conferencing types like you! Join the conversation….. – Join David Maldow, Telepresence Options, and myself for a Google+ Hangout this Thursday!  Go here to see David’s article on Telepresence Options, or continue reading my copied version below.  Add me to your circles…….if you dare!  🙂 – Telepresence Options has…

  • Polycom RealPresence Mobile

    I missed this by a few days…oh well, been busy with ForCarol.com. On October 11, 2011 Polycom announced the availability of “RealPresence” on Apple iPad2, Motorola Xoom, and Samsung GALAXY Tab, with the promise of more tablet support to follow.  It needs a CMA Gatekeeper (ah, gatekeepers live! 🙂 at your location…here is a cool…