Hashtag Trending – Why airborne Wi-Fi isn’t free; New Zealand gov’t teaching entrepreneurship with video games; Russians have hacked U.S. utilities
The Wall Street Journal explains why you have to pay for Wi-Fi on your flight. The New…
Hashtag Trending – Microsoft drops Bitcoin support, Apple pressured to address childhood iPhone addiction
Microsoft is no longer supporting Bitcoin. Two investors with $2 billion USD in Apple stock are pressuring the company to address childhood iPhone addiction. And today’s CES highlights include voice assistant-enabled earphones and “Li-Fi”. From Google Trends: Microsoft employees have told technical support website Bleeping Computer that the company is no longer supporting Bitcoin transactions,…
How an online grocer taught its robots to speak with 4G
As robots slowly replace the need for human manpower in warehouses, the need to manage them at…
Mac’s Convenience stores attracts millennials with Meraki
SAN FRANCISCO – Most Canadians have entered a Mac’s Convenience store for some item they need immediately…
Public WiFi risks are well-known, but few use VPN to increase security
The risks associated with using public WiFi hotspots appear to be well understood, but that doesn’t stop the average person…
Hockey fans can now score Wi-Fi at home of Montreal Canadiens
At the Bell Centre in Montreal, the stands are packed. It’s the Leafs versus the Canadiens. As the players…
Rogers wants to make Wi-Fi as easy as turning on the water faucet
Rogers Communications’ Enterprise Business Unit introduced Managed Wi-Fi as-a-Service as part of a multi-service rollout intended to…
Intel, computer vendors working on always-connected PCs
The idea of an always-connected PC has been floating around for some time. Now it seems that…
TP Link aims dual band router at digital homes
Home office and small and medium size business network gear provider TP Link Canada Inc. has released…
Adapter transforms home wiring into Gigabit Ethernet network
TP-Link Canada Inc. released a power line adapter kit that can turn the typical home electrical wiring…
New wireless range extenders boost signals to 10,000 feet
Looking to help consumers experiencing wireless signal weak spots in their homes of apartments due to blocking…
Linksys router boasts better range with four antennas
If two heads are better one, Linksys says four antennas are better than two. The WRT 1900AC…
Interop: How you build the network for a networking trade show
NEW YORK — Once a year Hewlett-Packard Co.’s Jeff Enters gets to build and rip apart a…
Intel’s Wide-Eye solution for Wi-Fi
LAVAL, QUE. – One of the show-stopping innovations on display here at the 2013 Millenium Micro Mega…
Cisco launches cloud-managed access point
The newly-formed cloud networking group at networking vendor Cisco Systems has launched the Cisco Meraki MR34, its…