Linkpost | 4.25.2012
Updated 2:42 p.m. • Apple’s WWDC Conference Sold Out Before West Coast Developers Even Woke Up – The annual event sells out in two hours, at $1,600 a ticket. • Sprint confirms unlimited data plan for...
View ArticleMeet the first 802.11ac router, the Netgear R6300
So you just bought a shiny, new 802.11n router to turbocharge your home Wi-Fi network. Maybe it’s even the Linksys E4200 Version 2.0 I wrote about in December. Sorry, folks, but it’s no longer...
View ArticleLinkpost | 4.29.2012
• Exclusive: Google releases FCC report on Street View probe – It reveals an unnamed Google engineer wrote the Wi-Fi data collection code and told other Google employees about it. The employees said...
View ArticleLinkpost | 5.1.2012
• Facebook’s new ‘life-saving’ feature: Share that you’re an organ donor on your Timeline – It’s in your Facebook Timeline under Life Event. • Data Engineer in Google Case Is Identified – The NYTimes...
View ArticleLinkpost | 11.25.2012
• Thanksgiving Day retail traffic increased 71% in 2012 – Online traffic to the top retail sites is up 8 percent on average, according to Experian. And Black Friday Online Sales Surged 21 Percent...
View ArticleLinkpost | 2.3.2013
• The End of the Web, Computers, and Search as We Know It – The current Web is space-based, but it’s being replaced by a time-based stream of information. • New $1.6 billion supercomputer project will...
View ArticleLinkpost | 3.28.2013
• That Internet War Apocalypse Is a Lie – You may have heard on Wednesday that the Internet was melting down, the result of a fight between Spamhaus and Dutch hosting service Cyberbunker. Uh, yeah. No....
View ArticleLinkpost | 4.26.2013
• More Smartphones Were Shipped in Q1 2013 Than Feature Phones, An Industry First According to IDC – Smartphones have finally outshipped feature phones worldwide, market research firm IDC reports....
View ArticleLinkpost | 5.25.2013
• Do these screenshots reveal a heavily revamped Gmail for mobile and Web is on the way? – It wasn’t that long ago that Gmail’s look was updated, and it appears another, more ambitious redesign is in...
View ArticleLinkpost | 6.11.2013
• Much iOS 7 design inspiration came from others but Apple elegantly puts it all together and Designed in California, with an Assist from Redmond – The redesigned iOS 7 is a blend of classic iOS,...
View ArticleLinkpost | 6.19.2013
• Google challenges U.S. gag order, citing First Amendment – Google wants to be able to say how many government requests for data it receives, and how many users are affected. • Privacy Officials...
View ArticleLinkpost | 6.26.2013
• Windows 8.1 Preview – Sometime today, Microsoft will release a developer preview of Windows 8.1, the next update of its flagship operating system. It will be offered free to existing Windows 8 users...
View ArticleLinkpost | 9.11.2013
• Apple iPhone 5s hands-on video and impressions – The Verge offers initial thoughts after a quick hands-on session with the new iPhone 5S, which goes on sale Sept. 20. And from Engadget: Apple iPhone...
View ArticleLinkpost | 9.14.2013
• Google knows nearly every Wi-Fi password in the world – Google’s feature that backs up settings and Wi-Fi passwords on Android devices gives the search giant a huge database of known passwords. What...
View ArticleCord cutting? You’ll want an 802.11ac router
For the past few years, the standard in Wi-Fi technology has been 802.11n, a wireless transmission protocol that, in theory, can deliver data up to 600 megabits per second. In the last year, a newer...
View ArticleReview: Linksys Smart Wi-Fi Router EA6500
[Note: This is the first in a series of reviews of wireless routers that use the new 802.11ac Wi-Fi protocol.] I’ve been partial to Linksys wireless routers since I set up my first home network....
View ArticleLinkpost | 11.21.2013
• The Nokia Lumia 2520: My week with the ‘other’ Windows ARM tablet – Mary Jo Foley reviews Nokia’s first Windows tablet. The optional keyboard wasn’t ready, and she found the 2520 lacking without it....
View ArticleReview: Apple’s AirPort Extreme router
Although Wi-Fi routers are a lot friendlier to set up and maintain than they used to be, they can still be intimidating to the technologically challenged. If you fall into this category, but still want...
View ArticleFCC vote allows for faster, less-congested Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi is about to get a little less congested and a lot faster, thanks to a vote on Monday by the Federal Communications Commission. The FCC voted to open up 100 MHz of spectrum at the lower end of the...
View ArticleLawsuit filed over Comcast’s residential public Wi-Fi hotspots [Updated]
Remember back in June, when Comcast began lighting up a network of public Wi-Fi hotspots generated by its residential customers’ Xfinity modems without first asking their permission? Some customers had...
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