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British Telecom announced that its Wi-Fi service is now available in more than 5 million hotspots across the UK and Ireland. The company has been adding over 20,000 new hotspots each week over the past year and is now offering unparalleled service to its Broadband customers who can access these hotspots for free while not…
The New York Metropolitan Transit Authority is rolling out Wi-Fi and cellular service to 30 stations across the city, including stations in mid-town Manhattan, Times Square, Rockefeller Center, Lincoln Center and Columbus Circle. The infrastructure was rolled out by Transit Wireless, which has a reseller agreement with Boingo Wireless, who provides the Wi-Fi connectivity. Transit…
It’s been an interesting last couple of weeks for Apple, as it’s been a time filled with both highs and lows. The Cupertino based tech company announced its latest iPhone on September 12, then watched it a break a record of 2 million phones sold in a weekend. Unfortunately, all that great news has been…
One killer feature inside iOS that most folks love is AirPlay. It’s a simple but effective feature that allows any iProduct (iPod, iPad, iPhone, and iMac) to talk to the Apple TV box. Suddenly, you have the ability to ‘Mirror’ most things on your device to your television such as pictures, music, games, video, etc.…
NVIDIA’s uber-fast Tegra 3 quad-core processor is stepping into some new terrain in the future, as it will soon power Miracast wireless displays. Integrating the Tegra 3 into said wireless display technology will provide a faster experience with lower touch latency and more. Miracast is the WiFi-Alliance’s lovechild, which is aiming to making its specifications…
Let the Nexus 7 hate begin. Almost one week after Google announced its introduction into the tablet market, the search giant finds its Nexus 7 tablet under some heat from the waterloo company known as Nokia. The Finnish based manufacturer is accusing Google and Asus of infringing on its patents. Yes, you heard correct. According…
Our biggest fear as being an owner of a smartphone is our privacy and security being compromised. A location company by the name of Navizon, developed a new system called Navizon I.T.S., that tracks visitors in malls, museums, offices, factories, secured areas and all other indoor spaces. Yikes. The point of this software is to…
Hardware expert Aaron Vronko, CEO of Rapid Repair, believes the WiFi issues some owners of the new iPad are reporting aren’t a hardware problem. Instead, they could be quickly fixed with a future software update. Apple acknowledged the problems a few days ago and started looking into them. “Symptoms can include, but are not limited…
HTC recently announced that its found a security flaw within a handful of its Android phones and has already issued a fix on its website. While its nice to see that HTC has already identified and fixed the issue, we’re wondering how long the security flaw was around before it was made known to the…
Qualcomm, the maker of the wildly popular Snapdragon processor chip, today announced a new chip for smart TVs and set-top boxes. The new chip is called the Snapdragon S4 (MPQ8064), and it features a 1.5GHz quad-core CPU. It will be featured in Lenovo’s K91 Smart TV, which is billed as “the world’s first smart TV running on the…