Once again, marketers have muddied the tech waters by misleading consumers with less-than-truthful descriptions of their products. Like “4G Smartphones.” …
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In business since 1996, California-based iPass today is a multi-national global Wi-Fi service provider (GSP) with a truly worldwide Wi-Fi …
On the high tech frontier of the 21st century where the borders of reality and fantasy blur, gamers and other …
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You’ve probably heard your local cable provider (Multiple Service Operator or MSO, as they’re called) trumpet claims that cable has …
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Back in 2014, ipass predicted that by 2018 there would be one public hotspot for every 20 people on earth. …
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The initials stand for Long Term Evolution but the term sounds more akin to anthropology than technology. Network engineers tend …
Earbuds – you either love ’em or hate ’em. Most people who listen to music have strong opinions about using …
The primogenitor of Near Field Communication (NFC) – illustrated previously in this series – Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) is a …
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