Category: Wi-Fi
Sonos introduces wireless PLAYBAR solution for £599
Sonos has introduced a device that turns its existing kit into a wireless surround system. Called the PLAYBAR, this wireless audio system can stream music from any source. Either it can lie flat on the TV stand or rotate for…
Free for all London Underground Wi-Fi from Virgin Media ends on Tuesday
Reading this post while waiting for the Tube on London's Underground, connected to Virgin Media's Wi-Fi network? Enjoy it while you can; from Tuesday, the free-for-all service goes premium. Virgin Media will end the free service next week for all…
2013 Apple Mac and MacBook Pro line up to get superfast Wi-Fi 802.11ac standard
Apple rolled out the most comprehensive update to their line of Mac and MacBook computers in recent memory in 2012, overhauling the MacBook Pro by adding a Retina display, putting the iMac on a diet and reworking the innards of…
Samba: Free (ad-supported) 3G mobile broadband service launches
A new, free, 3G mobile broadband service called Samba has launched today. "There's no such thing as a free anything these days!" I hear you cry. And you'd be almost right. Samba give you access to free mobile data provided…
Virgin Media Underground Wi-Fi now installed in 41 stations, serving 100,000 commuters
Virgin Media have now rolled out Wi-Fi to 41 London Underground stations, with 100,000 people getting online down in the tube stations within the first month of the service going live. One million tweets, Facebook posts, emails and web pages…
Google take on Apple AirPlay and Sonos with Nexus Q wireless media streamer
Alongside the Google Nexus 7 tablet, Google have unveiled the Google Nexus Q, a new wireless media streaming gadget compatible with Android devices using version Gingerbread and above. The system will let you stream Google Play Music, Google Play Movies…
BT Openzone and BT Fon re-branded, christened BT Wi-Fi
BT's Openzone and BT Fon services have been re-branded and grouped together under the new BT Wi-Fi umbrella. With the name change rolling out gradually, BT hopes that a more unified approach for their Wi-Fi hotspots will make it easier…
REVIEW: Three Web Cube 3G Wi-Fi hotspot
If you cant commit to a fixed-line broadband connection, but also cant live without internet access, Three's latest Wi-Fi hot-spot generating 3G Web Cube could be just what you're looking for. But does it perform well enough to tempt fixed-line users away from their contracts too? Read on to find out!
Here are the 80 London Underground stations getting Wi-Fi
Yesterday we saw the first ever tweet to be sent from Virgin Media's newly installed London Underground Wi-Fi system, and now we have a list of the initial 80 stations that are lined-up to see the service go live this…
Virgin Media's London Underground Wi-Fi network now live
London's commuters took one important step closer to getting underground Wi-Fi access today, with Virgin Media's new London Underground Wi-Fi service delivering the first tweet from the iconic tube system. BBC journalist Rory Cellan-Jones had the privilege of sending the…
