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EarthLink Pulls Out of Muni WiFi in New Orleans, Philly; What's Next?

I got a note the other day from Craig Settles, an expert in the area of municipal WiFi networks, who wanted to make sure I’d seen the news about EarthLink pulling out of the muni WiFI network in Philadelphia. (Incidentally,...

Posted on May 21, 2008 3:39 PM

Eye-Fi with My Little Eye... Wireless Photo Uploads

Uploading digital photos from a camera to a computer is a task that lots of people (myself included) tend to put off since it takes time and requires digging for the USB cable. (Which drawer did I put it in...

Posted on March 24, 2008 4:13 PM

Intel’s WiMAX Ambitions: Fantastic or Foolhardy? You Be the Judge

At its Developer Forum Wednesday, Intel officials outlined the company’s plans to combine WiMAX with Centrino Duo processors to develop what it claims will be a new category of mobile, broadband-connected computing devices. The initiative, which is slated to bear...

Posted on September 20, 2007 12:07 PM

Apple Reinvents iPod Lineup, Again

Well, it’s September and you know what that means—time for Apple to announce a whole new lineup of iPods! Today’s announcement about a new product lineup was a bit more exciting than usual because it included a new iPhone-like product...

Posted on September 5, 2007 4:41 PM

How Will EarthLinks’ Restructuring Affect Muni WiFi Projects?

Internet service provider EarthLink announced Tuesday a restructuring plan to cut costs. The plan includes cutting 900 jobs, and closing the company’s offices in Orlando, Florida; Knoxville, TN; Harrisburg, PA and San Francisco, CA. Further, the offices in Pasadena, CA...

Posted on August 29, 2007 11:42 AM

WiFi Network Helped Minneapolis Deal with Bridge Collapse

Craig Settles (author of Fighting the Good Fight for Municipal Wireless and other books on similar topics), who keeps me updated regularly regarding U.S. municipal WiFi projects, wrote the other day to highlight how an only partially-complete WiFi network helped...

Posted on August 9, 2007 12:31 PM

Firetide Brings Wireless Network to the Carnival

Running away to the circus no longer means running way from modern technology. Wireless mesh networks developer Firetide said Tuesday that its portable network solution is now being used by Ray Cammack Shows (RCS), a North American carnival midway company....

Posted on August 7, 2007 4:29 PM

Motorola on 802.11n: 'We're Waiting Until It's Ratified'

Sometimes, being an early adopter of new technology is not the best business strategy. That’s the tact being taken by wireless products manufacturer Motorola. CNet News reporter David Meyer wrote in a Friday article that, speaking at a ZDNet event...

Posted on May 25, 2007 1:49 PM

Broadband Wireless in India

In a recent Slashot post (April 27), a contributor identified as Zonk shared info from another contributor, Codecracker007, indicating that the government in India is planning to roll out free, 2 Mbps broadband access for all resident of the subcontinent...

Posted on May 4, 2007 11:13 AM

Sony's Cybershot G1 Camera: 6 Megapixels with WiFi

The buzz is just starting to take off this morning about Sony’s new Cybershot G1 digital camera, featuring built-in WiFi capabilities. Rumors have been circulating for weeks, apparently, about this new camera—evidently the result of details regarding Sony’s new digital...

Posted on March 8, 2007 10:28 AM

Meraki Networks Aims to Bring WiFi to the Masses, Starting in San Francisco

Meraki Networks—a Mountain View, California-based provider of wireless networking devices—is on a mission: bring WiFi to the masses. Or, as the company put its, “to bring affordable Internet access to the next billion people.”   How’s the company intend to...

Posted on March 5, 2007 3:28 PM

ABI: Wireless Connectivity Technologies Converging in Computer Chips

Among manufacturers that make chips and other components found in wireless consumer electronics products like cellphones and PDAs, there is a definite trend toward trying to cram more and more functionality into smaller and smaller spaces.   One way to...

Posted on March 5, 2007 10:51 AM

Ovum: Fixed-Mobile Convergence is More Than Just Dual-Mode

Two terms that are tossed around very frequently in the telecommunications industry are “dual-mode” and “fixed-mobile convergence.” Both refer to the idea that, someday, there may be phone services and handsets available that let users seamlessly switch between different types...

Posted on March 1, 2007 10:19 AM