We may be pushing more of our cellular activity over to Wi-Fi, but we’re still guzzling mobile data like it’s going out of style, according to the latest estimates from Cisco’s… Read more »
With two weather delays and a cross-country flight to Las Vegas from the east coast, I had plenty of time to think about the upcoming week. It’s time for another Consumer… Read more »
Qualcomm’s iZat indoor geo-location technology may be buried inside millions of newer smartphones, but there are only 21 malls where you can use it today, and they’re all in South Korea. Read more »
PlaceMe uses every sensor in the phone to track your activity. Now PlaceUs is doing the same except it’s tracking the combined activity of a family or small group of friends. Read more »
iPhones — and eventually Android devices — will be able to automatically login to public Wi-Fi networks in both cities using secure connections. Read more »
In this part of our special report on reinventing the internet, a look at how the wireless networks of the future should evolve to handle a world in which mobile computers… Read more »
Though certain details remain frustratingly absent, a CBC News report suggests Canadian spy agency CSEC unlawfully tracked people using free public Wi-Fi in a Canadian airport, and possibly elsewhere, in what… Read more »
A new location-based advertising platform is coming to Android, and lets you broadcast information using any Wi-Fi or Bluetooth access point, like an old phone. Read more »
Connected things are everywhere at this year’s CES. There’s a problem though: Consumers aren’t likely to buy them unless they connect to the wireless networks that are already in our homes. Read more »