FireChat is debuting today in Google Play, after a successful launch on iOS. Android users can now engage in FireChat’s hyperlocal messaging sessions, but they won’t be able to chat with… Read more »
Google wants to blanket the stratosphere with free-floating internet balloons. Facebook wants to place internet drones over specific population centers. Which approach is better? Mark Zuckerberg makes Facebook’s case. Read more »
Open Garden’s new anonymous, hyperlocal messaging app is sparking a lot of interest around the world, rising to the top of the iTunes social networking charts in several countries. Read more »
Open Garden is now on iOS, but instead of enticing iPhone and iPad users to share their internet connections, it’s inviting them to share conversation. Read more »
Vivint has found another use of 802.11ac. Instead of putting it in customers’ homes to connect their laptops and smartphones to the home network, it’s putting it on rooftops as their… Read more »
The U.S, government is moving on new rules requiring future vehicles come with Wi-Fi technology necessary for cars to communicate with one another. The goal is to prevent accidents, but networked… Read more »
After years of testing in around the world, the Open Technology Institute is releasing its Commotion technology to the public, encouraging communities to set up their own shared networks and internet… Read more »
M87 has developed software that allows smartphones to hop across each other’s radios to get the best connection to the network. M87 founders gave Gigaom an exclusive look at how the… Read more »
The spinning whirligigs on top of this Ford Fusion Hybrid aren’t a new kind of roof rack. They’re Lidar mounts, painting a 360-degree 3D picture of the car’s surroundings in real… Read more »