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Skyhook Wireless isn’t exactly the first player in the game when it comes to GPS technology. They have spent years building a Wi-Fi positioning system that maps all 8,000 hotspots in North America, and they are behind the technology of geotagging photos.
Today, Skyhook announced WPS 2.0, billed as a “next generation hybrid positioning system.” [...]

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Alltel Wireless today announced a partnership with Boingo Wireless to offer Wi-Fi throughout the United States. Through the partnership, both Alltel and non-Alltel customers in 25,000 various service locations in the country. To find the Wi-Fi hotspots compatible with the service, visit Alltel’s website. The downloadable software bundle can be found here.
Consumers can [...]

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Passengers flying from JFK Airport to Los Angeles will receive a special treat: in-flight Wi-Fi, courtesy of American Airlines and their pilot (no pun intended) Wi-Fi program.  The test flight is intended to be a soft launch, with a full-scale launch coming shortly.  The company intends to launch the service on its 15 Boeing 767-200’s, [...]

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Gizmodo tipster and blogger Dave Zatz sheds light on free Wi-Fi service that may be launching at Starbucks tomorrow, and we certainly hope it comes to fruition. According to the tipster, after several months of pestering store managers, the manager of a Starbucks store that he frequents approached him and let him take a look [...]

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Back in November of 2005, owners of a Nintendo DS could walk into a McDonald’s, order food, and play online multi-player games in the process as a result of an agreement with McDonald’s, Wi-Fi provider Wayport, and Nintendo.  The agreement expired last November without renewal, and doesn’t appear to be coming back anytime in the [...]

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Earthlink has announced it is shutting down Philadelphia’s city-wide WiFi network on June 12. The company has stated that “the decision to shut the Philadelphia network followed months of negotiations with the city and a nonprofit organization, under which EarthLink had offered to transfer the network to the city or organization for free. The [...]

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Eye-Fi, a maker of wireless SD cards, extended its wireless card portfolio today. The company added three new products to make photographers’ lives a bit easier while on the go.
“We understand that each photographer has his or her own way of sharing memories,” said Jeff Holove, chief executive officer of Eye-Fi. “Some users are [...]

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