Tagged: Wi-Fi & News
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Will Irish ISPs take greater steps to protect children online? News
14.10.2011 Earlier this week, it emerged that four ISPs in the UK voluntarily moved to block porn and only allow access on an opt-in basis in order to prevent children from accessing this... -
Wi-Fi firm BitBuzz hits 500,000 users News
07.10.2011 Wi-Fi firm Bitbuzz has reached 500,000 users, up 34,000 or 13.7pc on its last milestone of 466,000 in June. -
US library loans out iPads News
26.09.2011 Users of the L.E. Philips Memorial Library in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, USA, can now check out iPads for a week. -
Irish firms secure contract to deploy net kiosks at UK airport News
06.09.2011 Two Irish companies – pay-as-you-go internet kiosk and printer Surfbox and Wi-Fi firm Bitbuzz – have won a deal to provide internet kiosks with printing and Wi-Fi access to... -
NI firm secures stg£1.5m schools ‘cloud learning’contract News
23.08.2011 Newtownabbey-based Northgate Managed Services has won a stg£1.5m contract to provide a state-of-the-art ICT managed service for the Northampton based, Malcolm Arnold Academy... -
UK to use ‘White Spaces’ to deliver broadband by 2013 News
01.09.2011 Far-sighted telecoms regulator Ofcom is to make the UK the first European country to introduce White Space technology that could double the range of broadband in rural areas by... -
Microsoft accused of tracking mobile users without permission News
01.09.2011 Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 operating system is the latest mobile platform to be accused of collecting location data of mobile users without permission.Tags: Smartphones, Location Based, Database, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Microsoft, Windows Phone 7 , iPhone, Apple -
O2 launches 21Mbps mobile Wi-Fi hotspot News
31.08.2011 Mobile operator O2 has launched a 21Mbps version of its Hotshot mi-fi device that allows users to create a mobile Wi-Fi zone wherever they go. -
Review: HP Envy 100 eAIO printer News
26.08.2011 It’s rare that you can find an all-in-one printer that wouldn’t look out of place in your living room. But that seems to be what HP has achieved with its Envy all-in-one printer... -
Space-hogging laptop users prompt Starbucks to block electrical outlets News
08.08.2011 Laptop users in some Starbucks outlets in New York City are crowding out customers to the extent that some shops have blocked their electrical outlets. -
Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 Wi-Fi model arrives in Ireland News
05.08.2011 The Wi-Fi version of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 arrives in Ireland today, a tablet which runs on Android 3.1. The 3G and Wi-Fi version will reach Ireland in a few weeks. -
Amazon Q2 sales surge 51pc to US$9.9bn, profits down News
27.07.2011 E-commerce giant Amazon has reported revenues of US$9.91bn for the second quarter. However, profits were down 8pc to US$191m and the company says it expects this decline to...Categories: Software & Web Development, Media, Hosting Services, Financial Results, eCommerce, Digital Media, Digital Business, Cloud, AppsTags: Amazon, Kindle, E-commerce, Cloud Computing, Wi-Fi, 3G, Tablet Computers, Android, iPad, E-books -
Tesco to introduce Wi-Fi as a boost to shoppers News
25.07.2011 Recognising that connectedness equals happiness to today’s smartphone-toting shopper, Tesco is rolling out Wi-Fi across its UK stores. The move will allow shoppers to compare...Categories: Wireless Communications, Phones, Networking & Telecoms, Networking, Mobility, Mobile, eCommerce, Digital Business, Consumer Tech, Apps Zone, Apps -
Irish Rail rolls out free Wi-Fi on Dublin-Cork fleet News
15.07.2011 Rail travellers between Dublin and Cork will this week be the first to enjoy free Wi-Fi on trains. After a testing period, free Wi-Fi will be rolled out to all inter-city trains...Categories: Wireless Communications, Phones, Networking & Telecoms, Mobility, Mobile, Consumer Tech, Computers, Communications -
Apple pays man over iPhone tracking claim News
14.07.2011 Apple has paid US$945 (1m won) after being ordered to do so by a South Korean court for inadvertently tracking the user’s location via his iOS device. -
HP plans cloud locker to rival iCloud, Google and Amazon News
14.06.2011 HP, which is weeks from launching its TouchPad tablet computer, is planning its own music locker service to take on Apple’s iCloud and offerings from Google and Amazon. The...Categories: Wireless Communications, Hardware, Games/Entertainment, Digital Media, Consumer Tech, Computers -
MOBILE MAY: Travellers' friends News
16.05.2011 One of the best things about travelling with a mobile device is all the resources it can contain. No more lugging around unwieldy maps, dog-eared guidebooks and tea-stained...Tags: Wi-Fi, Yelp, Google Maps, Symbian, Windows, BlackBerry, Android, iOS, Travel, Mobile Life, Mobile May -
Microsoft bringing its Street View rival ‘Streetside’ to Europe News
13.04.2011 Microsoft has started taking photos for its rival to Google Street View - called Streetside – across Europe, starting with London. -
May Day launch for Samsung Galaxy S II News
11.04.2011 Samsung is planning to launch the Galaxy S II smartphone in the UK on 1 May. The new smartphone will feature a more powerful 1.2GHz processor and the Android 2.3 Gingerbread...