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Shalini Ramachandran, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on May 21 at 11:39 am PT
Five large cable operators said Monday they will join forces to give customers access to each other’s wireless Internet hot spots in the most sweeping Wi-Fi roaming agreement struck by the industry to date.
Liz Gannes in Product News on May 16 at 10:00 am PT
A new start-up called Electric Imp promises to turn almost any product into a connected device with the addition of a tiny card in a slot.
Bonnie Cha in Product News on May 8 at 11:15 am PT
Fujifilm’s latest rugged digital camera will capture all your thrills and spills, and let you easily share them on your social networks.
Ina Fried in Mobile on May 7 at 10:00 pm PT
The Wi-Fi provider is expanding its software to connect automatically to more than 70,000 free hotspots, in addition to Boingo’s own network of paid locations.
Liz Gannes in News on May 1 at 3:00 am PT
New York Times reporters appear to have identified the Google engineer who designed a program that had the company’s Street View cars collecting personal info from Wi-Fi networks.
Liz Gannes in News on April 19 at 1:37 pm PT
In Jon Stewart’s words, this week the FCC fined Google “less than you would get for a particularly flashy NFL touchdown dance.”
John Paczkowski in News on April 18 at 3:03 pm PT
The outcry over Google’s Wi-Spy debacle continues.
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Amy Schatz, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on April 15 at 1:18 am PT
The Federal Communications Commission proposed a $25,000 fine on Google Inc., accusing the search giant of deliberately obstructing an investigation into whether the company violated federal rules when its street-mapping service collected and stored data from unencrypted Wi-Fi networks in 2010.
Lauren Goode in Media on April 12 at 1:45 pm PT
Following disappointing sales of the first Nook Touch, Barnes & Noble is launching a new Nook Touch that combines E-Ink with a glowing screen.
