wi-fi

While RIM is focusing on the BlackBerry 10 OS launch, a new feature for BBM users is also ready to roll. Free voice calls between BBM users over Wi Fi will be available in Beta from today. Following in the footsteps of similar Android and iOS apps like Viber, this ...

The eternal hunt for free Wi-Fi is about to get a lot easier for residents of Chinese mega-city Shanghai.According to the Oriental Daily, the city's municipal government is embarking on a massive push to make Wi-Fi freely available to all its citizens.The programme, called i-Shanghai (a pun on ...

A Google engineer who wrote a program that collected private data from people’s unsecured Wi-Fi networks told at least two colleagues he had done so.That’s according to the full version of a report detailing the FCC’s investigation into the internet giant.The issue caused uproar in the US and ...

A major Silicon Valley VC is set to return to South Africa, the country of his birth, to deliver a lecture at Stellenbosch University.Roelof Botha made his name as one of the people fundamental to the early development of ecommerce payments system PayPal. He was named CFO in ...

It’s everything you want in a cheap point and shoot, and more. Remember every time you took a pic, and went, “Jeez, how awesome would it be to just beam it up to the Web or Facebook!” The Samsung SH100 does this via Wi-Fi – and there’s more! It also ...

This week I take a look at Air Display, an app that allows you to turn your iPhone, iPad or Macbook into a wireless, additional monitor.When I was younger, I used to love watching documentaries and movies involving high-tech computers and robots. I used to marvel at the innovations and ...

Holidaymakers will be able to take advantage of free Wi-Fi access at over 650 Skyrove hotspots across South Africa this December as part of a deepening relationship between the company and Skype. National Wi-Fi hotspot provider, Skyrove, formalised a relationship with communications software company Skype, in October this year which ...

Next time you’re at a coffee shop, take note of how many people are sitting alone. Plenty. The digital age has taken the "lonely geezer" label off those sitting in solitude. Chances are, they’re actually socialising up a storm in a chat-room, flirting with someone on Facebook ... or running ...