Articles about wifi

Washington state adds hundreds of WiFi hotspots with funding from Microsoft

Washington state is deploying more than 300 “drive-in” WiFi hotspots to help residents who are unable to access the internet… Read More

Two airports fly higher than Sea-Tac, which falls to third in new analysis of best free Wi-Fi

You made it through airport security, now you want to make it onto the internet. A new Speedtest analysis by… Read More

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Geared Up: Why Amazon is getting into WiFi, and how Apple could upgrade the AirPods

What does Amazon want with Eero? The tech giant’s deal to acquire the mesh WiFi networking company is the latest… Read More

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Geared Up Podcast: Galaxy Note 9 hands-on review

The smartphone of the moment is Samsung’s new high-end Note 9, the super-powered competitor to phones like Apple’s iPhone X.… Read More

Sea-Tac Airport speeds to the top of the list in Ookla’s ranking of best free Wi-Fi in North America

When it comes to flying these days, few things are free anymore. But free Wi-Fi is still a perk worth… Read More

Starbucks picked an odd time to force WiFi customers to cough up personal data

With all the sensitive news about Facebook and privacy hovering menacingly over the Internet this week, it seems an odd… Read More

From Redmond with WiFi: How this Microsoft employee helped bring critical infrastructure to a hurricane-ravaged Caribbean island

Nicholas Harland worried about his uncle Roger. Roger Harland, a resident of the smallest of the U.S. Virgin Islands, St.… Read More

T-Mobile’s new SyncUP DRIVE turns the car into a mobile hotspot with tracking smarts

T-Mobile, the Bellevue, Wash. mobile carrier known for its colorful branding and even more colorful CEO, is launching a new… Read More

Washington State Ferry system to end WiFi service for passengers June 30

WiFi service on Washington State Ferries (WSF) is ending June 30, the Washington State Department of Transportation announced Thursday. Data-enabled… Read More

Microsoft’s ‘Super Wi-Fi’ at Seattle Center: How it actually works, and what it really means

Hidden in plain sight on top of Fisher Pavilion at Seattle Center, literally in the shadow of the Space Needle,… Read More

Windows 10 draws heat for WiFi sharing, but fears may be overblown

A new feature in Windows 10 called WiFi Sense is drawing heat from some security experts who fear that it… Read More

Google donates $200K for free WiFi network near company’s Kirkland engineering office

Google already has a presence in Kirkland, Wash., where it employs hundreds of people who work on products such as Maps… Read More

Field Test: Microsoft’s new Seattle Center WiFi is robust and reliable, but not blazing fast

I’m sitting here on the roof of Fisher Pavilion, in the shadow of the Space Needle — or at least… Read More

Coco Communications raises $6.1M to bring mesh networking technology into the connected home

Coco Communications has spent more than a decade developing wireless networking technology to help members of the military communicate more efficiently.… Read More

Marriott changes mind, says it won’t block personal WiFi hotspots at hotels

Marriott International wants to let you use your personal WiFi hotspots after all. The hotel chain announced Wednesday that it… Read More

Comcast rolling out controversial Xfinity WiFi public hotspot feature for home wireless routers

Comcast is rolling out a new feature for its Xfinity Internet customers in the Seattle region and other parts of… Read More

Glympse inks deal with Gogo, allows real-time location sharing while flying

To find the location and arrival time of a family member or friend’s flight, people typically use the “Flight Status,”… Read More

College football game student attendance dropping because of poor wireless service

Down in the southern United States where college football is worshipped, student attendance at games is on the decline. The… Read More

Wireless at CenturyLink Field is finally improved — for AT&T customers, at least

Notoriously bad wireless connectivity is one of the most frustrating aspects of attending a sporting event for those of us… Read More

Google to make Starbucks wireless 10 times faster under new partnership

Google will become the official provider of Wi-Fi at Starbucks stores in the U.S., promising to make the coffee… Read More

Boeing fills plane with potatoes for WiFi breakthrough

Boeing says it has developed a new method for measuring and analyzing wireless signals inside airplanes, a technological breakthrough that… Read More

Seattle named No. 1 tech city in U.S. by Scientific American*

A new ranking by Scientific American magazine names Seattle the top city for technology in the country — ahead of… Read More

Skype WiFi: Another iOS app for Microsoft’s portfolio

Skype today released its free Skype WiFi app for iPhone and iPad. It’s the latest in a flurry of new product… Read More

How smartphones, tablets are killing Wi-Fi on city transit

It seemed like a scene from the future: Step onto a bus, find a good seat, crack open a laptop,… Read More

Alaska Air expands inflight Wi-Fi, offers free Facebook access for June

Alaska Airlines continues to go high-tech. The Seattle airline is expanding its inflight Wi-Fi system, saying today that 92 percent… Read More

Comcast rolls out 105 Mbps ‘Extreme’ Internet service

Do you really need download speeds of more than 100 megabits per second in your house? (Come on, really?) At… Read More

The ‘Fourth Place’: Starbucks as a technology giant

Starbucks has always aspired to be the quintessential “third place,” giving people another place to settle in apart from home… Read More