Wi-Fi News

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.

Meridian, a Portland-based developer of location-aware mobile apps, on Thursday said it's been acquired by Wi-Fi hardware-maker Aruba Networks Inc.

Devicescape says nearly one and three smartphone buyers never bother to connect their devices to their home Wi-Fi networks, but it's developed a means of luring those customers into the Wi-Fi fold.

A district of the UK city, London is to get a municipal Wi-Fi network after the local government authority signed a 10-year deal with Arqiva.

We contacted the company after the announcement earlier this week from train operator ScotRail that wi-fi equipment was to be installed at Wemyss Bay station and on the trains which run most of the services between Wemyss Bay and Glasgow.

The regional airliner was climbing past 9,000 feet when its compasses went haywire, leading pilots several miles off course until a flight attendant persuaded a passenger in row 9 to switch off an Apple Inc.

SOCIAL MEDIA UPSTART Google announced a Google Hangouts messaging feature for Android, iOS and Chrome on Wednesday, along with a major redesign of Google+. At its I/O conference in San Francisco, Google announced that its updated Hangouts feature now supports instant messages, allowing users to send messages over 3G and WiFi much like Whatsapp and ... (more)

BT has published the stats to mark the number of Wi-Fi hotspots in the South-West region passing 500,000. Jon Reynolds, of BT in the South-West, said: "We are seeing growing use of our network as Wi-Fi users spend more time online and use more data."

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While preparing to defend a man last month accused of child sex abuse, Andy Jezic asked a Montgomery County judge for permission to do something he considers routine: use the Internet to research potential jurors during jury selection.

Security Compass CEO Nish Bhalla kept this ATM receipt to illustrate the $14 million his firm fraudulently transferred into a bank account it created.