AT&T announced voluntary wireless data sharing plans on Wednesday that don't require new and current customers to enroll, a marked distinction from the Verizon Wireless' forced Share Everything plans for new and upgrading customers. The ...
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Skyhook introduced on Wednesday a new version of its location engine for mobile apps that it said will allow smartphones to determine a user's location once a minute throughout the day without draining the battery. Maintaining constant ...
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Wireless internet access offered by The Cloud will go free of charge following Olympic trial success People in the City of London will soon have free wireless internet access after operator The Cloud said it would stop charging for its ...
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Intel today confirmed a $375m deal with Interdigital to acquire around 1,700 of its patents relating to networking and mobile technologies. The main areas covered include the 802.11 Wi-Fi standard, 3G connectivity and Long Term Evolution ...
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Businesses and consumers can now download Windows 8 Release Preview from the Microsoft site. Microsoft said the February release of Windows 8 Consumer Preview was downloaded more than 1 million times in the first 24 hours. Microsoft ...
Computerworld-Apple's iPad and iPad Mini took top honors in a pair of tablet battery shootouts conducted by consumer watchdogs in the U.S.and the U.K. Consumer Reports,in the U.S.,and Which,from the U.K.,have recently run dozens of ...
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Asus has finally dropped the'Eee Pad'from its tablet line-up,and its latest Android tablet is the Asus Transformer Pad 300.We took a close look at the Transformer Pad 300. Asus Transformer Pad 300:Design The design of the Transformer ...
Cisco this week said it acquired ThinkSmart Technologies of Cork, Ireland, a software company that delivers location data analysis based on Wi-Fi networks. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. ThinkSmart’s location analytics ...
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Just a few days after Ericsson filed several patent-infringement lawsuits against Samsung in the U.S., the Swedish mobile phone company also filed a complaint with the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC), asking for an import ban ...
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ESET Middle East has sent out a warning to consumers advising them to be extra cautious and alert when shopping online this holiday season. Festivities, year–end bargains and Dubai Shopping Festival will see a rise in online ...
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Intel kicked off its Intel Developers Forum in San Francisco Tuesday showing off an Ultrabook with iPhone Siri-like functions, new gesture controls for PCs, and its newest Haswell Core processor aimed at the mobile PC market. Intel ...
Broadcom thinks it can make NFC a common smartphone feature by offering it in a chip with other wireless technologies, even if making payments with the technology doesn’t catch on for years. On Tuesday, the communications chip ...
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Greater Anglia has signed a deal with The Cloud to roll-out Wi-Fi across its stations in the east of England. The first station to get the technology will be Chelmsford – available from today – but other stops, including ...
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Slow Wi-Fi connections in public places such as airports and cafes could be a thing of the past, thanks to researchers at North Carolina State University who have developed a new protocol that could speed up connections by up to 700 ...
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Cisco Systems and Qualcomm are putting their considerable wireless weight behind a system to make it easier for retail stores and other venues to offer information to visitors over Wi-Fi. Many shops, airports and other locations have ...
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