Archive for the ‘Wi’ tag
This Week’s Most Popular Posts: August 4th to 10 [Highlights]
This week we boosted your home Wi-Fi, improved your Windows mastery, prepared our student-readers to go back to school, and more. Here’s a look back.
Apple’s ‘Wi-Fi Plus Cellular’ option in iOS 6 to keep apps syncing when WiFi networks choke
If you’ve ever jumped onto a WiFi hotspot from your iPhone to grab a faster connection only to see it bog down and grind to a halt moments later, Apple feels your pain.
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BattSaver Automates Settings on Jailbroken iPhones to Save Battery Power [Jailbreak]
iOS (Jailbreak): If you’re an iPhone power-user, then you know the battery isn’t exactly long lasting. BattSaver is a jailbreak app that automatically toggles radio signals, Wi-Fi, and more to save juice. More »
Remains of the Day: Apple Temporarily Disables Password Resets Over the Phone [For What It's Worth]
Apple has temporarily disabled over-the-phone password resets amidst recent hack, Automatic switching between Wi-Fi and 3G will be available in iOS 6, Enhanced Google Voice Search is coming to iOS, and Google Chrome for Windows updates with improved Flash security. More »
Hotel Wi-Fi, Bike Locks, and Readability Syncing [From The Tips Box]
Readers offer their best tips for getting good Wi-Fi at a hotel, hanging on to your bike lock key, and discovering new music the free and legal way. More »
Microsoft Outlook Is Awesome, Better Olympics Streaming, and Sharing Music in a Cloud World [Video]
This week we’re learning that Microsoft’s new Outloook webmail service is actually pretty awesome, that you can watch the olympics online, in real time, for free, and that Amazon’s CloudPlayer service is actually worth a look again. Also, we’re answering your questions about cloud music, uTorrent, and mobile Wi-Fi hotspots. More »
Top 10 Ways to Boost Your Home Wi-Fi [Lifehacker Top 10]
Wi-Fi is one of the most useful and important parts of using a computer, and yet it’s also one of the most frustrating. If you’re plagued by slow speeds, bad reception, and other Wi-Fi issues, here are 10 ways you can power up the Wi-Fi in your home. More »
Optimize Your Wi-Fi Network with Mac’s Hidden Diagnostic Tool [Wi-Fi]
OS X: Want to know how good your Wi-Fi network really is? If you have OS X 10.7 or above (Lion or Mountain Lion), a handy but hidden built-in utility can monitor your network’s performance and show your network’s signal strength. More »
Use Your Android Phone as a Wi-Fi Hotspot for Free [Tethering]
Android: The Wi-Fi hotspot feature on Android phones let you use your mobile data on multiple computers or tablets at once. The only problem is a lot of carriers have restrictions to prevent you from sharing your mobile data (which you’re already paying for) for free. Computerworld posts a couple of workarounds. More »
Remains of the Day: Your Smartphone’s Assisted GPS Signal Is Insecure [For What It's Worth]
Assisted GPS isn’t really all that secure, Yelp updates its iOS and web apps, TweetDeck updates its web app, and Google confesses that they haven’t deleted all the Wi-Fi data they collected. More »