Wi-Fi News

Free WiFi could be in Nelson in time for the tourism season, bringing the city into line with those overseas and attracting visitors away from the library network, supporters say.

At today's Bay Area Maker Fair, Arduino announced its new board, the Arduino YAon .

Samsung has confirmed that some of its Galaxy S4 handsets have issues connecting to Wi-Fi networks that use certain D-Link routers.

Long-awaited 4G services, which provide mobile users with Internet access 20 to 50 times faster than 3G network, make their debut in Shanghai next month when China Mobile begins large-scale trials, the carrier said yesterday.

The use of Wi-Fi functionality in small-cell base stations will be a game changer for cellphone service providers, easing heavily congested data pipes while linking together billions of devices into a single network architecture, according to IHS iSuppli.

Dell's thumb-sized PC called Project Ophelia, which is the size of a USB stick, will start shipping in July for around US$100. The Android-based device will plug into a display's HDMI port so that it can run applications or access files stored remotely.

With more and more streaming content becoming available every day, your receiver really needs to be on that home network.

Angus is now home to more than 12,800 BT wi-fi hotspots, joining the list of 464,700 hotspots that exist in Scotland alone.

Aruba will combine its WiFi technology with Meridian's software platform for smartphones and tablets to create services for use in public venues.

A Wi-Fi-enabled computer can connect to multiple networks at the same time. Your employees can give a hacker a pathway into your internal network simply by powering up a laptop.

Should Metra get Wi-Fi? Even if it's expensive and hard to implement and maintain? The commuter-rail network is considering the possibility, the Chicago Tribune and other news agencies report, but price and technology are major barriers, despite that a DePaul University report shows 48 percent of Metra riders use personal electronic devices during ... (more)

Think your network is fast? Getting a gigabyte-sized movie over your local wireless network to your hard drive in a few seconds is old hat.

Kyoto City has prepared "KYOTO Wi-Fi," free LAN wireless Internet access points in the city at 385 spots around bus stops, subway stations and convenience stores, for the purpose of enabling tourists to easily get sightseeing information.

After years of criticism of the wireless service on its trains, Amtrak announced Thursday that it has upgraded its cellular-based Wi-Fi offering using broadband technologies that will improve the speed and reliability of the Internet in its passenger cars.

The carrier Wi-Fi market continues to burn brightly as mobile operators are using it to offload the heavy traffic from their 3G and 4G networks.

Archos has been making Android tablets for almost as long as Android has been around.

Headed by Congressman Joe Barton , the eight members want to know if Glass's facial recognition technology will reveal personal information about people seen by the device's camera, and whether Google will be storing data collected without user knowledge or consent.

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Brazil recently released a list of 120 public spaces in Sao Paulo where free WiFi access is set to be made available.

Carlos Slim's America Movil subsidiaries in Brazil announced on Thursday a new combined broadband service, increasing their operational integration ahead of an expected corporate merger in the country.