Sunday, April 28, 2013 - 5:47pm
Select issues of this month's Forbes magazine will include free hotspots.
wi-fi stories
Monday, March 25, 2013 - 2:03pm
A new method of branding films in South Korea could also point the way toward innovating the way we access the mobile Web.
Sunday, January 20, 2013 - 2:30pm
Artist and architect Peter Jellitsch’s latest work gives us a physical model of what Wi-Fi looks like.
Tuesday, January 8, 2013 - 3:39pm
Google gifts the media capital of the world, New York City, with free wireless Internet.
Thursday, December 20, 2012 - 6:08pm
We've already learned that in-flight Wi-Fi will be getting a whole lot better next year, but what wasn't clear was just how we're going to be seeing such a big leap in performance. Now Boeing has revealed that 20,000 pounds of potatoes played a key role.
Monday, December 10, 2012 - 12:18pm
London's iconic black taxis are something of a symbol of the country's buttoned-up image rooted in British history, but a new addition promises to make the low-key vehicles rolling hubs of innovation. The U.K. government has just given approval to a local company to equip the taxis with high-speed Wi-Fi, essentially giving the city mobile Internet cafes.
Tuesday, October 30, 2012 - 9:48am
With touchscreen and text-to-speech rapidly taking over where handwriting left off, pens and pencils are slowly dying off as a means to log long notes. But for now, for short meeting notes and vital messages, writing remains our go-to method. Therefore, it only makes sense that, along with our smartphones, we now have a smartpen.
Wednesday, October 24, 2012 - 5:52am
We thought we knew all we'd ever need to know about naming a wireless network. Don't use your name or address — basically, just stay away from using personal information at all. Pretty standard, right?
Tuesday, October 23, 2012 - 1:41pm
Listen up, kids: stay in school. Learn algebra. It may seem utterly useless, and 415.8 / x = 4.2 percent of the time, it is. But just wait until you're trying to play a game or stream a video over a terrible wireless connection, 'cause with the magic of algebra, you can boost your Wi-Fi speed by a factor of 10 or 20 or more.
Monday, September 24, 2012 - 9:37am
Competition for the most interesting toaster is tight these days. They can look inexplicable — like a defibrillator. Or, they can entertain, like one that launches your toast onto your plate. We could go on, but instead here's a toaster concept that might actually do something useful: printing a disposable weather report on your morning slice.
