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5Words: Free Airport Wi-Fi? Thanks, Google!

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Google springs for airport Wi-Fi. Blockbuster’s memory-card movie rentals. Nvidia shows off tablet prototype. How many Droids? Maybe 100,000. LinkedIn talks to Twitter now. Nokia starts shipping N900 handset. A whole new Google coming? Blu-Ray managed copy: looks awful! A projector dock for iPhones. ________________________ Like 5Words? Subscribe via RSS.

Virgin America Wi-Fi for Free (Thanks, Google!)

Monday, October 19, 2009

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I love in-flight Wi-Fi so much that I’ve used it on every flight I’ve ever taken that offered it, and don’t object to paying for it–actually, I’d probably still go online if it cost twice as much. But I’m still tickled by today’s news that Google is sponsoring free Gogo Wi-Fi on every Virgin America [...]

It’s Wi-Fi, Only Direct

Wednesday, October 14, 2009

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This sounds neat: The Wi-Fi Alliance is announcing Wi-Fi Direct, a new standard that will let Wi-Fi-enabled gizmos talk directly to each other, without a home network serving as middleman. Applications would include jobs like letting a camera send photos directly to a TV set, no cables required. And the capability could be added to [...]

Lufthansa Brings Wi-Fi Back

Monday, October 12, 2009

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The longer the airplane flight, the harder it is to go without Internet access. So as happy as I am with the ongoing adoption of Wi-Fi by U.S. carriers for their domestic flights, I’ve been glum about the fact that the widely-used Gogo service is cellular-based and doesn’t work for international service. And I’m pleased [...]

In Praise of Wires

Friday, October 2, 2009

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“It would have been more logical if silent pictures had grown out of the talkies instead of the other way around.” America’s sweetheart, Mary Pickford, said that. I’m not completely sure I understand what she meant–but I think of the quote often. And lately, I’ve been thinking that it would have more logical if wired [...]

We Need Coffee Shops That Cater to Laptop Users

Thursday, August 6, 2009

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It’s always dangerous to assume that anything presented in a newspaper article as a social trend is, in fact, a social trend. But I’m still a bit stressed over a Wall Street Journal story that says that there’s a growing backlash among coffee-shop proprietors over laptop users doing their computing on the premises. A few years [...]

Look, Up in the Sky! It’s Wi-Fi!

Monday, June 1, 2009

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At this very moment, I”m using inflight Wi-Fi for the third time in my life–and for the first time, it’s putting me in a good mood. The first time I did so was on a demo flight for the now-defunct Boeing Connexion service, and it essentially failed to work; the second time was on one [...]

5Words for May 7th, 2009

Thursday, May 7, 2009

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I’m moving to southeast England! Really fast Internet in England. Your own personal Wi-Fi hotspot. Yet another OS for netbooks. Anonymous? You can’t watch Hulu. Indian hacker’s Facebook-compromising tool. Windows 7 requires no RAM. WiGig: Short-range gigabit wireless.

Something Special–and Wireless–in the Air

Tuesday, March 31, 2009

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This better have nothing to do with April Fools’ Day: American Airlines has announced that it’s going to equip more than 300 planes with in-flight Wi-Fi service, bringing Internet access to most of its domestic flights. The airline will work with Gogo to implement the service. And along with recent announcements by Delta, Virgin, Southwest, [...]

5Words for March 31st, 2009

Tuesday, March 31, 2009

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Big 5Words news coming tomorrow! Skype for iPhone now available. Google gets into venture capital. American Airlines: Wi-Fi almost everywhere. Sorry, no Android tethering, please. Microsoft announces Windows Phone partners. Ahoy, matey: iPhone app pirates. Lauren: happy PC? Can’t say! Shure’s new headphones: they rock. A cheaper PS2. Starting tomorrow. Firefox is top European browser. Netflix raises price for Blu-Ray.

It’s a Slow News Day! Let’s Talk About Atari and DOS 5.0!

Friday, August 22, 2008

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It’s a Friday in August, and there’s not a whole lotta shaking goin’ on in the tech world. So I’m not too sheepish about giving you a T-List that includes almost as much stuff from the 1980s as from 2008.

MobileMe’s Harshest Critic: Steve Jobs?

Tuesday, August 5, 2008

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It’s a little eerie to hear Steve Jobs say that an Apple product is anything less than incredible. But he’s apparently giving the troublesome MobileMe a dose of tough love. This and other news after the jump.