Wireless News
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Pittsburgh -
A paralyzed woman has used her brain to move a robotic arm wirelessly. This is said to be the most dexterous movement yet accomplished via a brain-machine interface.
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The Swedish city of Södertälje is to begin testing of a new wirelessly charged electric-hybrid city bus system on its roads in 2016 as part of efforts to reduce fuel consumption and pollution in the country.
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New York -
After a news report this week, New York City says about 500 advertising beacons will be uninstalled from Manhattan phone booths.
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Wireless charging and battery packs often come at the expense of one another. For example, having a battery pack integrated in your smartphone's case, wireless charging capabilities will be non-existent.
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Wireless charging hasn't taken off with tremendous popularity. Well, not yet anyways, but the race to go wireless will be on very soon.
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A new drone uses a cage-like device as a shield to smash through intervening trees and disaster area wreckage in order to rescue victims. This new "dronernaut" (Juggerdrone?) may be our next real-life action hero.
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San Jose -
Not getting enough charge from your morning Starbucks? Have no fear!
Now, your wireless devices can get charged, too! The world's largest chain of coffeehouses has begun offering wireless device recharging stations in its stores.
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Washington -
The market for mobile device advertising doubled in 2013 to $17.9 billion and is on pace for strong gains this year, led by Facebook and Google, a market tracker said Wednesday.The research firm eMarketer said mobile ad spending increased 105 percent l...
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Paris -
Gone are the days of squinting at your smartphone as you try to make out what is happening in your favourite film.
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San Francisco -
Google said it was bringing Android to wearable devices, as LG and Motorola started the countdown to Internet-enabled watches based on the dominant platform for smartphones.
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San Francisco -
Google announced Tuesday it was bringing Android, the dominant platform for smartphones, to wearable devices.The move allows developers to create apps for smartwatches, the first phase of the Android Wear platform."We've barely scratched the surface of...
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Washington -
US regulators conditionally cleared AT&T's $4 billion deal for Leap Wireless on Thursday which gives the telecom giant more spectrum and the Cricket prepaid phone franchise.The Federal Communications Commission said that it agreed to the takeover a...
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Washington -
SoftBank, eyeing a tie-up of its US wireless unit Sprint with T-Mobile, stepped up its campaign Tuesday, claiming it could boost competition for Americans as it did in Japan.Masayoshi Son, chairman and chief executive of the Japanese tech giant, touted...
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Washington -
SoftBank, eyeing a tie-up of its US wireless unit Sprint with T-Mobile, stepped up its campaign Thursday, claiming it could boost competition for Americans as it did in Japan.Masayoshi Son, chairman and chief executive of the Japanese tech giant, toute...
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Washington -
It has been the ruin of many a pleasant outing: Nature calls, but there's nowhere to go.Now, a new website is making it easier for tourists to get much needed relief when traveling in an unfamiliar city or town.The site, Airpnp, is modeled after the po...
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Singapore -
Wifi in aircraft, hobbled in the past by slow speeds, could soon take off as new technology enables passengers to surf the web as if they were in a coffee shop, Internet executives say.More airlines are rolling out new and improved services thanks to s...
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Berlin -
A German court threw out on Friday two copyright violation lawsuits against US tech giant Apple by German firm IPCom."Both suits were rejected. IPCom can now appeal against the verdict," a spokesman for the court in Mannheim told AFP.
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Washington -
The Pentagon said on Thursday it would take steps to share some airwaves in coming years to accommodate the wireless industry, which is clamoring for more bandwidth.Unveiling a strategy for the military's use of spectrum, officials said the approach is...
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Washington -
A newly formed coalition of U.S. technology firms and advocacy groups called Thursday for the expansion of Wi-Fi, saying airwaves are getting congested for a key pathway to the Internet.The new coalition calling for expansion of Wi-Fi.
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Washington -
Apple has regained ground in the US smartphone market with its latest iPhone release, a survey showed Tuesday.The California giant captured 41.8 percent of smartphone sales in the final three months of 2013, up from 40.
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Seoul -
South Korea, already one of the most wired countries on earth, Wednesday announced a 1.6 trillion won ($1.5 billion) plan to roll out a next-generation 5G wireless service quick enough to download full-length films in a second.
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San Francisco -
Motorola announced Tuesday that its flagship Moto X smartphone is heading for Europe.Moto X will arrive in France, Britain and Germany with the start of February, according to the Google-owned firm.
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Have you ever had an issue wanting to use your cephone, only to discover the battery is dead or extremely weak? If you buy the Everpurse that won't happen because it allows you to charge your phone without batteries or external cords.
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We have a problem. Canadian consumers are fed up with high wireless prices; the government is listening and trying to introduce competition. Bell, Telus, and Rogers, are attempting to prevent Verizon from entering the market. Is there a win-win solution?
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Under the new wireless code set out by the CRTC, Canadians will be able to cancel their contracts after two years without penalty and data and roaming charges will have monthly caps.
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Wireless chargers are becoming a trend among mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets. Apple may join this trend and sell wireless chargers in its new products.
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Wireless mobile phone service provider AT&T is making a very big investment, $1.9 billion to be exact. This deal takes place with the biggest network providers by subscriber - Verizon Wireless.
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Although current frequent travelers won't enjoy the luxury of in-plane internet access, Boeing is officially working on it. There's no mention on when this feature will be implemented on commercial air planes, but it is nice to know it will one day.
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The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is thinking big! Really big - 200 kilometers or about 100 miles to be exact.
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Google is once again tapping into another market. This time there won't be a conflict of interest with Apple, especially since Apple is not in the wireless telecommunications business.
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A diagram showing Scania's prototype system for wirelessly charging a bus in 6-7 minutes at a dedicated bus stop. Scania wirelessly charged bus system
WIRELESS CHARGE: Starbucks customers use new Powermat Spots to recharge their cellphones at a coffeehouse in Boston. Courtesy, Starbucks
Logitech's solar wireless keyboard K750 is a masterpiece of modern keyboard thinking. Logitech
T-Mobile retail store. Mtaylor848
Verizon workers on strike. Thomas Slatin
The Bell Mobility headquarters in Toronto Courtesy Bell Mobility
A store signage of French telecoms giant Orange Denis Charlet, AFP/File
Microsoft's rapidly disappearing Natural Wireless Laser Mouse 6000, an old and faithful standby Microsoft Corp.
The Clickfree Wireless Backup is a comfort, featuring bundled software that does all the work for you, ClickFree.com
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