Recently I became aware that many if not most home Wi-Fi routers are very easy to hack by cyber criminals. I thought, my mom has Wi-Fi, and so probab...
My roommates and I are reorganizing some stuff in our apartment as some people are moving out. While we moved our TV yesterday, the mass of cords and boxes required to make it all work struck me as absurd.
As anyone who attends tech conferences knows, Fred Wilson isn't the kind of godfather who sits in a back room, plotting his next hit -- he is out, front and center, explaining how he thinks the momentum of the city's tech economy can be sustained and grow.
The MTA announced underground Wi-Fi and cellphone service has expanded to 30 more New York City subway stations throughout Manhattan including Times S...
Many of us hope to find Wi-Fi wherever we go, preferably for free. But some people devote their lives to avoiding Wi-Fi altogether. Sufferers of Wi-Fi...
SXSW 2012's 'Homeless Hotspots' program immediately created a minor firestorm: was it genius and empowering or dehumanizing and exploitative? Were those who participated in the program any better off?
Just take a look around. Screens are everywhere. People are incapable of merely sitting with their thoughts in a waiting room. Have we become so uncomfortable with ourselves?
We have a long way to go to get public WiFi for all, but it's vital that we get to work right now. To promote affordable WiFi options, the FCC has to follow through and increase the amount of spectrum that is available for open networks.
Among the long list of needs in developing communities, broadband connectivity may not stand out as an obvious priority: education, sanitation, etc. generally rank above access to Twitter. But access to the Internet can act as a powerful catalyst.
We may be in the midst of an era completely saturated by technology and gadgets that access the web, but that doesn't mean that your Internet connecti...
Social hotspot provider Karma and the joys of US immigration law New York is very much an international city. But considering the obstacles we set up...
Traveling for business can seem like a revolving door between one room and the next. When you work away from home on the West Coast, stay at an inn with the personal comforts and business amenities you need to succeed.
NEW YORK (AP) — Emily Langmead was hesitant when she first heard of free Wi-Fi in the subway. Like many New Yorkers, she wondered what the catch was...
NEW YORK -- New Yorkers have been making fewer and fewer calls on the city's 12,000 pay phones, yet the kiosks will likely be getting heavier use soon...
Adelle Hartley's tongue-in-cheek signs don't convey just how down and out she is. 'Will code 4 latte," reads one sign held by the 39-year-old Austr...
Tech expert Jennifer Jolly sat down with me and showed me how to use some of her favorite new tech gadgets. One of my favorites was this new Wi-Fi cam...
When Tech Expert Jennifer Jolly joined me on Mondays with Marlo, she shared some amazing tech gadgets. But one of the most cutting-edge products she ...
A new study estimates that 25 percent of all Internet-connected households in the world now have wireless home networks -- and that number is growing ...
I look forward to the enhanced system at DIA for my "mission critical" needs.
TVs at electronic retailers may provide customers with a bit of entertainment while they shop, but the images on the screens at one Best Buy had a cus...
As the deficit supercommittee searches every corner to make budgetary ends meet, one solution they are considering, "incentive auctions" of the TV bands, could threaten the future of wireless innovation.
Those who have followed my writing on the subject of Wi-Fi security know my passion for taking seemingly basic steps to keep one's wireless activity s...
NEW YORK — Want to get email on your iPhone or BlackBerry in the middle of the ocean, or in the Arctic? Now you can – but it'll cost you. ...
British Airways has outfitted several of its flight crews with iPads as part of a pilot program aimed at helping stewards and stewardesses more closel...
In my written review of the 2012 Audi A7, I called the $60,000 sedan a tech-lover's dream car, due to its jet pilot display, handwriting recognizing t...
