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Remember Where You Parked with G-Park for iPhone
In honor of today's iPhone 3G launch, here's a clever new app that taps the new model's GPS capabilities: G-Park, which helps you navigate back to where you parked your car. All you do is tap the Park Me button optionally adding details about where you parked. Later, when you...
Tags: Google Maps, E-mail, Wireless, Cellular Phones, Digital Music, Handhelds, Wi-Fi, Digital Media, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Hardware, Rick Broida, Wireless LANs, GPS, 3G, Apple iPhone
Blog posts 2008-07-11
Make Free Voice-Over-IP Calls on Your iPhone with iCall
Voice-over-IP service iCall lets you make and receive free calls anywhere in the U.S. and Canada -- as long as you're sitting at your PC. But now iPhone users can get in on the action: A new iCall applet for iPhone enables free calling anywhere there's a Wi-Fi hotspot. ...
Tags: Applet, Wireless LANs, Telephony, Wi-Fi, VOIP, Wireless, Telecommunications, Networking, Rick Broida, Apple iPhone
Blog posts 2008-06-06
How to Get Free Wi-Fi at Starbucks
For years I've predicted that Starbucks would eventually abandon its ridiculously overpriced Wi-Fi and join Caribou Coffee, Panera Bread, and other chains in setting connectivity free. Well, I was right. (Hey, it doesn't happen often, so I have to brag when it does!) As of yesterday, you can get free...
Tags: Wi-Fi, Rick Broida, Wireless LANs, Starbucks Corp., Wireless
Blog posts 2008-06-04
More Ways to Save Notebook Battery Power
Last time we broached this subject, Rick mentioned several things you can do to save juice, including the most important one: dim your laptop's screen. Today, Tablet PC Review has a few more useful tips to make your computer last longer, including turning off any Bluetooth or WiFi devices. The...
Tags: Battery, Tablets, Notebooks, Bluetooth, Wireless LANs, Wi-Fi, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Wireless, David Goldenberg
Blog posts 2008-04-14
Boingo's David Hagan: World Wide WiFi
Before David Hagan became President of Boingo Wireless, he spent 15 years bring Sprint from obscurity to a 600 million dollar a year business. Boingo Wireless, a Hot Spot wifi travel service for laptops and dual mode handsets, does partnerships with 150 operators including Nokia and Skype and...
Tags: business management, Skype, Nokia, Boingo, internet, wifi, hot spot, David Hagan, Finance, Wireless, Business Structures, Wi-Fi, Wireless LANs, Boingo Networks
Videos 2007-12-17
A Hotspot That Goes Where You Go
Remember the CradlePoint CTR-350 Cellular Travel Router, which leverages your broadband USB modem to create a go-anywhere Wi-Fi hotspot? The WAAV AirBox CM3 does more or less the same thing, except that it packs its own 3G modem. In other words, it's a hotspot-in-a-box -- or, if you prefer, an...
Tags: HotSpot, Modem, AirBox, Wireless LANs, Modems, Wi-Fi, Wireless, GPS, 3G, Ethernet, Hardware, Components, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Cellular Phones, Networking, Rick Broida
Blog posts 2007-11-07
Turn Your Wireless Modem Into a Wi-Fi Access Point
Right now I'm totally digging the Sierra Wireless U595 USB modem, which plugs into my notebook to provide high-speed Internet access just about anywhere. The only thing that would make it better is if I could share the wireless love with my co-workers. CradlePoint's CTR-350 Cellular Travel Router makes it...
Tags: Rick Broida, Components, Hardware, Wireless, Modems, CradlePoint, Access Point, Modem, Wi-Fi Access Point, Wi-Fi, Gizmo, Wireless LANs
Blog posts 2007-10-02
Is It Cool to Wi-Fi Squat?
I carry my laptop pretty much everywhere I go, and I like to be online whenever possible. When I can't find free secured wi-fi or the ridiculously overpriced version at most airports and big-chain coffee shops, I often try to get my fix by sniffing out unencrypted connections to borrow....
Tags: Wi-Fi, David Goldenberg, Wireless LANs, WIRELESS
Blog posts 2007-08-24
Protect Yourself at Public Wi-Fi Hotspots
Most of us spend at least some time working on the road, which often means connecting to public Wi-Fi hotspots. The good news: They're free. The bad news: They're usually unsecured, meaning you could be vulnerable to hackers. Web Worker Daily has the scoop on free Virtual Private Network VPN...
Tags: OpenVPN, Microsoft Windows, Wireless LANs, VPNs, Wi-Fi, Web Worker Daily, Rick Broida
Blog posts 2007-08-20
Sniff Out Hotspots with Pocket WiFi Radar
Wi-Fi hotspots are all over the place these days, but it's not like you can detect them by sniffing the air. Windows Mobile PDA/smartphone users have a new ally in the search for hotspots: Pocket WiFi Radar. This cool-looking utility (which, true to its name, resembles a radar screen) not only...
Tags: WIRELESS, Microsoft Windows, Wireless LANs, Operating systems, Rick Broida, Wi-Fi, Radar, HotSpot, Pocket WiFi Radar
Blog posts 2007-08-14
iPhone Hack Underlines Need for Vigilance
The iPhone saga continues today with security concerns and news from Wall Street.   The New York Times reported yesterday that a team of security professionals working for Independent Security Evaluators successfully hacked into the iPhone through a WiFi connection. This news, along with the iPhone's anemic...
Tags: Sales Force Management, Hacking, Wireless LANs, Sales Strategy, Business Week, Apple iPhone, Security, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Sales, Jessica Stillman
Blog posts 2007-07-25
Find a HotSpot on the Go
Being able to connect on the fly is incredibly important. Whether you're taking a work trip, a working vacation, or just want to get out of the office for the day, you're always ready to go if you can set up your laptop and get an internet connection. (Though you'll...
Tags: Travel Tips, Web Tools, HotSpot, network, Wi-Fi, David Goldenberg, Wireless LANs, WIRELESS
Blog posts 2007-06-19
Create an Instant Wireless Network with WiPeer
So you're meeting with some co-workers and need an easy way to share files. Forget doing the USB flash-drive shuffle; just run WiPeer instead. This awesome little program creates ad-hoc networks using your notebook's Wi-Fi capabilities, thus allowing you to share files, send instant messages, or even play games.This is...
Tags: Wireless LANs, Cable, Wi-Fi, Notebooks, Network technology, Rick Broida, Computers, Software, Time-Savers, Travel Tips, network, WiPeer, wireless, wireless network
Blog posts 2007-06-08
Interview on The End of Landlines
Recently I blogged There Won’t Be Any Landlines in 2013. Like many of you, Phil Leigh, the President of Inside Digital Media, is somewhat skeptical of my claim although he does think that T-Mobile’s announcement of a nation wide rollout of its WiFi-capable cellphone is...
Tags: Podcasts, Wireless LANs, Social networking, Phil Leigh, General
Blog posts 2007-05-09
Get Free Internet Access when You Travel
Recently, I set up a wireless hotspot from my house that will let me have free internet access in a lot of the places I travel. Thats because the company that makes the wireless mini-router Im using has created a global community of hotspot-providers who give wireless access...
Tags: General, Computers, Travel Tips, Gizmos and Gadgets, FON, HotSpot, router, wireless, Wireless LANs, Routers & switches, Network technology, David Goldenberg, Wi-Fi
Blog posts 2007-02-20
Video: The Google galaxy
What's the obsession with Google? Is it justified? ZDNet Editor-in-Chief Dan Farber looks at Google's business model and its services, including Wi-Fi, maps, desktop search, Gmail, Froogle, and Gtalk, and predicts where the company is headed. He says while the Google mash-up does justify the obsession, it's...
Tags: Obsession, BNET staff, Marketing, Wireless, Internet, Search, Corporate Communications, Wireless LANs, Video, Google Inc., E-mail Providers
Blog posts 2006-07-13
paidContent Quick Hits 11.18.09
»  Facebook’s Ad Platform needs to do a better job assisting its paying clients. [aimClear]»  Sony (NYSE: SNE) Corp CEO Howard Stringer says the PlayStation 3 arm will be profitable in 2011. [GamaSutra]»  Cisco (NSDQ: CSCO) is going to be adding Wi-Fi capabilities to its Flip digital camcorder. [Pocket...
Tags: Facebook, Cisco Systems Inc., Game Players, Wireless LANs, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Wireless And Mobility, Features, Quick Hits, Alex Ferreyra
External links 2009-11-19
I Chose My Hotel For Free WiFi and Amenities
I went on a mini-vacation recently, mostly to visit family and write, and stayed at one of my favorite places -- the Comfort Suites in downtown Visalia, Calif. Because it's in a agricultural/agribusiness area, the clientele always seems evenly split between business and pleasure. Aside from the...
Tags: Amenity, Hotel, Wine, Wireless LANs, Wi-Fi, Wireless And Mobility, Barbara E. Hernandez
Blog posts 2009-11-20
WebEx Hits the iPhone
I've been on the road a lot lately, and while I've been able to dial in for conference calls, I've missed out on some WebEx meetings since I haven't wanted to go to the trouble of hauling my laptop around and searching out a WiFi hotspot. That...
Tags: Apple iPhone, WebEx Communications Inc., Wireless LANs, Wireless, CC Holland
Blog posts 2009-01-06
Travel Roundup: Mesa Loses $31 Million, Marriott's Hawaiian Bus Tour, Commuter Train Searched and More
Mesa Air Group posts $31 million loss -- Mesa Air Group posted a $31 million loss in the fourth quarter and enumerated a list of problems plaguing the Phoenix-based regional airline. Mesa Air operates commuter flights for US Airways, United and Delta, and is on the hook for about $92 million in bonds due in the next...
Tags: Hawaii, United Airlines, Mesa Air, West Coast, Wireless LANs, Real Estate, Investment, Wi-Fi, Wireless And Mobility, Business Operations, Finance, Barbara E. Hernandez
Blog posts 2009-01-14
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