How to improve your home Wi-Fi signal in just a few easy steps
So you’re just about ready to have people over for Christmas and you’re looking to make sure everything’s just right. To make sure your guests have proper …
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Christmas might be ruining your home Internet service
There are many possible explanations of why you’re currently having problems with your home Wi-Fi connection, including a rather unexpected one: Your Christmas lights.
New tech can wirelessly charge your electronics with a standard Wi-Fi router
Researchers at the University of Washington this year came up with an ingenious method to wirelessly charge electronic devices via an everyday Wi-Fi router. Appropriately dubbed …
Tricks for building a Wi-Fi network that covers your entire house
We all love Wi-Fi, but Wi-Fi routers can also be one of the most annoying pieces of technology in your home if not set up …
Virgin rolls out ‘smart pavement’ that embeds Wi-Fi hotspots in manholes
While we’ve heard a lot about municipalities using public telephones as locations for Wi-Fi hotspots, Virgin has come up with a way to deliver public …
The biggest early complaints about Google’s new OnHub W-Fi router
Last week, Google quietly unveiled a brand new $200 Wi-Fi router it calls OnHub. As we detailed recently, the OnHub router brings with it a …
Dad pulls a Liam Neeson from Taken, leaves perfect threatening note for his teenage kids
Moms and dads everywhere should check out the following threatening note that a fed up father wrote to his teenage kids after they had left …
Japan installs free Wi-Fi on top of Mt. Fuji
Japan recently installed Wi-Fi hotspots on Mt. Fuji because even adventurous mountain climbers, apparently, need Internet access. So if you’re one of the brave souls intent on …
What’s the One Hotel Feature You Wouldn’t Travel Without?
Having a clean room, running water or a comfortable bed aren’t the only requirements guests have from hotels. Wi-Fi – and especially free Wi-Fi – …
New Device Provides Secure and Anonymous Wi-Fi With an Incredible 2.5-mile Range
Next month during the Def Con hacker conference in Las Vegas, security researcher Ben Caudill will unveil a potentially game changing device called a ProxyHam. …
Google’s Plan to Bring Free Superfast Wi-Fi to the World Has Begun
Your prayers have been finally answered – that is, if you asked for Google to come to New York City with free Wi-Fi for all. Because that’s …
Wi-Fi routers could soon wirelessly charge your iPhone’s battery without cutting the Internet
Researchers from the University of Washington have found a way to use a Wi-Fi router to wirelessly charge batteries for a variety of devices, while …
New Google search features help you prep for your upcoming flight
Searching for flights via Google Flight has instantly become more informative and useful. Thanks to a recently inked deal with Routehappy, Google Flight users will now …
Mesmerizing video shows a 3D map of a home’s Wi-Fi signal
When’s the last time you had to plug-in an Ethernet cable into your computer to connect to the Internet? Many people will likely struggle to answer …
One woman is so scared of wireless tech that she spent $6,400 to block Wi-Fi and LTE from her house
There’s no real evidence that Wi-Fi and LTE are dangerous for your health, but one woman out of a small town in the U.K. is taking drastic measures to …
How to move quickly on a slow Internet connection
Being stuck on slow Wi-Fi can be incredibly frustrating, especially when you’ve got work to do, but there is a solution. David Nield at Gizmodo has …
Gulp: Researcher finds that you can hack airplanes through in-flight Wi-Fi
Everyone loves in-flight Wi-Fi… until it allows a hacker to infiltrate the plane’s satellite communications equipment. CBCNews brings us word that security researcher Ruben Santamarta …
How Google plans to make free Wi-Fi available wherever you go
Google absolutely loves it when people spend more time using its assorted mobile apps and services which is why it wants to make sure you …
New York is pushing through a brilliant plan to make free Wi-Fi available across the city
It’s taken a while but it looks like New York City will finally go through with a brilliant plan that will greatly expand the number …
Here’s everything you need to stay secure on public Wi-Fi networks
Believe it or not, public Wi-Fi hotspots aren’t always the most secure way to access the web when you’re on the go. This is why …
New tech could put an end to overcrowded public Wi-Fi hotspots
Chipmaker Qualcomm announced on Thursday that it would support MU-MIMO (multi user-multiple-input multiple-output) in its upcoming network equipment and mobile chipsets, according to PC World. Simply …
The Boy Genius Report: Why Home Automation is Being Disrupted
The entire home automation industry is about to be upended by startups. Companies that are starting out small have a clear and concise vision: one …
Carriers’ network data traffic projected to plunge as Wi-Fi services expand
Carriers have long complained about data-hungry smartphone users clogging up their networks, but a new study from Juniper Research suggests that their plans to limit …
Video: Wi-Fi gesture recognition tech turns your entire home into a Clapper ad
Anyone who remembers the ’80s surely recalls the television ads for The Clapper, the sound recognition system that you could use to turn lights and …
FCC proposes freeing up more Wi-Fi spectrum on the 5GHz band
In a move that’s sure to cheer everyone who likes having more unlicensed Wi-Fi spectrum, the Federal Communications Commission on Wednesday announced that it wants …
Wireless carriers prepare to fight FCC plans for free Wi-Fi [updated]
Given carriers’ past efforts to quash municipal Wi-Fi plans, it isn’t any surprise that they aren’t big fans of a Federal Communications Commission plan to …
FCC plans to free up large block of prime spectrum for Wi-Fi
Good news for everyone who’s tired of shoddy Wi-Fi connectivity in crowded cafes: the Federal Communications Commission is here to help. As CNET reports, FCC chairman …
New technology could actually make Starbucks Wi-Fi usable
Researchers at North Carolina State University have come up with a breakthrough technology that could actually make the Wi-Fi hotspot at your local Starbucks perform …
Breakthrough wireless tech to combine LTE, Wi-Fi data streams
Why settle for using either LTE or Wi-Fi when you could use both? That’s the question that researchers at several major universities have tried to …
JetBlue to offer free in-flight Wi-Fi starting early next year
JetBlue (JBLU) is looking to keep its customers more entertained than ever before while traveling. According to a purported internal memo obtained by The Verge, …
