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The days of treating data consumption like an all-you-can-eat buffet are becoming numbered -- temporarily at least. We have become so used to consuming Internet as we wish. But if you go back in time, you may remember in the dial-up days that you initially paid for the amount of ...
Secure web browsing is a big problem when you're on unencrypted wifi. Thankfully, there's a new device that lets you lock down your data while you still enjoy free public wifi wherever you are. For $60, SurfEasy.com will sell you a unit that plugs into the USB port of your ...
Your computer could have a rampant type of malware on it that could potentially take you offline -- permanently -- after July 9. We've had what seems like a crisis a day for both Mac and PC users in recent weeks. Mac users were recently subjected to the largest attack ...
It seems not a week goes by without a new offer for people looking to save money using new smartphone technology. FreedomPop has a come with an interesting mobile broadband device that is actually a case for the iPhone 4 or iPhone 4S that allows you to set up your ...
If you believe wireless spectrum is getting too full and we're running out of capacity, you've got another thing coming. I just have to laugh every time a company like AT&T whines about how there will have to be rationing and rate hikes because of limited wireless spectrum. That just ...
Free Internet is coming from one of the oldest players in the freemium business. This one comes from Net Zero, which used to offer free dial-up before broadband became available. With their 4G mobile broadband offering, you either buy a portable 4G USB modem for $50 or a portable 4G ...
Looking for a great way to make the Internet work better? Put the homeless to work as hotspots! Whenever you have big tech conventions, the wireless industry can't seem to provide enough capacity for everyone with their 12 gadgets. So at South by Southwest (SXSW), the homeless were employed as ...
One of the co-founders of Skype wants to offer free phone calling and free mobile Internet to the world via a new startup. Most of the details surrounding FreedomPop.com are being kept closely under wraps. But I think you can expect a freemium model, where some functionality will be free ...
AT&T continues to tarnish its reputation with deception, arrogance, carelessness toward customers and incompetent customer-no-service. Who's running this ship into the ground? AT&T recently did away with unlimited data plans for new customers. And then they decided to start playing games with the existing customers who were still grandfathered into ...
Your experience of the Internet at home, at your business or on the go is set to get continually better and better despite what the monopolists want. Many years ago back in the 1990s, I had a meeting with a local monopoly phone company. Their people were incensed about on-air ...