Stories Tagged as
Wifi
49ers new stadium is a high-tech showcase
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Molly Wood
Aug 15, 2014
The venue boasts new technology, hoping to revolutionize the fans' experience.
The real cost of connecting a school to Wi-Fi
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Molly Wood
Feb 3, 2014
The federal government is shelling out more than $2 billion so more public school students can get online. But it's costly to add Wi-Fi.
London Tube rides go high tech
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Molly Wood
Nov 22, 2013
Starting soon, London Underground riders will be able to enjoy WiFi and other services.
Facebook experiments with free Wi-Fi, for a price
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Molly Wood
Mar 7, 2013
The social network has started offering free Internet in a few places. The catch? It makes it easier for advertisers to find you.
FCC Wi-Fi plan: What does free really mean?
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Molly Wood
Feb 7, 2013
Federal regulators may want Wi-Fi Internet connections to get more widespread and powerful, but the government is not giving the service away for free.
America: Land of the free...Internet?
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Molly Wood
Feb 5, 2013
Some American cities tried this and ran up against a buzz saw of opposition from companies that sell Internet service.
The future of driveless cars at CES, Google to provide Wi-Fi to Manhattan neighborhood
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Molly Wood
Jan 9, 2013
Amid the tablets and the smartphones at CES, Toyota is showing off a robot car, called the Lexus LS460. In New York's Chelsea neighborhood, they turned an old elevated rail line into a public park. Now that part of town is getting another amenity with no admission charge: Free Wi-Fi courtesy of Google.
For public good, not for profit.
FreedomPop launches free WiFi beta, and "transient electronics"
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Molly Wood
Oct 1, 2012
A new service called FreedomPop hopes to go up against AT&T and Verizon, and a new kind of dissolve-able circuit that could change the field of medicine.
Did Alec Baldwin really need to stop playing Words With Friends?
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Molly Wood
Dec 9, 2011
How important is it to turn off gizmos on a plane?