Wireless News

By Anna Marie Kukec Daily Herald Business Ledger Writer SCHAUMBURG -- Comcast has launched Xfinity Wi-Fi in the Chicago and suburban area.

Wi-Fi is a beautiful thing. You can hook your computer up to the internet without any of those pesky cords getting all tangled up.

Many organizations provide desktop or mobile thin clients to their employees who work in remote offices, at multiple work sites or frequently travel on business.

Ericsson may have a contender for oddest networking product if it commercializes the wireless bus windows it demonstrated at this week's CTIA Wireless trade show.

Jennifer Lopez has found a new gig: majority shareholder and chief creative mind behind a new line of Verizon Wireless retail stores.

Today Amazon announced that Kindle Fire HD and Kindle Fire HD 8.9" are now available to customers in over 170 countries and territories around the world for pre-order through , giving customers access to millions of apps, games, books, audiobooks and magazines, including more than 300,000 books that are exclusive to the Kindle Store.

Syncing audio to a Bluetooth speaker is a common practice these days, but sending it wirelessly to two old-school speakers at the same time is a thing of the future.

Or rather five girls from form 9b in Hjallerup School in North Jutland DK have found that, "If you're trying to grow cress don't put it near the WIFI router." [forwarding source TAP ] Okay, got that? "It is truly frightening that there is so much affect, so we were very shocked by the result", says Lea Nielsen, one of the girls.

TRENDnet shows off its TEW-811DRU dual-band wireless router. This device is shipping in the US for $179.99. TRENDnet, a best-in-class wired and wireless networking hardware brand, today announces the availability of the AC1200 Dual Band Wireless Router, model TEW-811DRU which is designed to easily handle multiple HD streams in a busy connected ... (more)

Starting today, the Nokia Lumia 521 is available at the third-largest carrier in the US.

One does not have to look too hard to find wireless AirPlay or Bluetooth-enabled loudspeakers in 2013, but our reaction has been decidedly mixed in regard to some of the products that have recently been through our testing lab here at Digital Trends.

Joining the pack of Jawbone Jambox alternatives this week is UE Boom , the latest speaker from Logitech's Ultimate Ears division.

Greater Anglia is aiming to introduce wi-fi to 100 stations across the region, in partnership with network operator The Cloud.

PhantomLink is pleased to announce the addition of the Y-cam Cube to its offering of wireless high-definition cameras .

Microsoft has finally pulled down the curtain on their next-generation gaming console.

Sprint is now raising its offer to buy a remaining 50% stake in Clearwire it doesn't own by 14%, succumbing to some Clearwire shareholder resistance to it's previous $2.97 a share offer.

Native support for the latest Bluetooth technology will mean that Android device owners will finally be able to sync and connect their phones with virtually any Bluetooth product, from keyboards and headphones to activity trackers and smart watches.

The US military has restricted access to wireless internet at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp due to hacking threats said to be part of a protest over conditions at the facility where detainees have been engaged in a hunger strike for over 100 days.

Shipping at the end of this month, Boombot Rex is the latest Bluetooth speaker from Boombotix.

Apple relied on a "complex web of offshore entities" and U.S. tax loopholes to avoid paying billions of dollars in U.S. taxes on $44 billion in offshore income over the past four years, according to excerpts from a Senate subcommittee report to be released tomorrow as Apple CEO Tim Cook testifies on the company's overseas operations.