Show me the facts Explain it like I’m 5 Give me a lighthearted recap WiFi is great, isn’t it? The power of a local area network without the inconvenience of cables strung all over the place! WiFi ...

Like the cell phone camera before it, Wi-Fi is quickly becoming a must-have in the mobile phone market, especially for smartphones that live for fast Internet connections. Marguerite Reardon started ...

It’s all the rage nowadays for mobile phone companies like T-Mobile and Sprint to allow customers to use their smartphones via WiFi connections to make and receive calls or search the Internet without ...

With so much free Wi-Fi around, it would be great if wireless operators allowed people to chuck their smartphone data plans. In Ask Maggie, CNET's Marguerite Reardon explains why that will never ...

A new Wi-Fi technology could make it easier for your smartphone to find nearby friends or services without having to be near a hotspot. Called Wi-Fi Aware, the new specification syncs up devices ...

Cablevision is set to jump into the wireless business, launching a Wi-Fi only unlimited data, talk and text plan for the Motorola Moto G budget smartphone next month. Dubbed Freewheel, the $30 per ...

All smartphones come with a data plan, which makes sense -- you do, after all, need a data plan to be able to get online when you're not in range of a Wi-Fi network. You don't, however, need to be in ...

If your old smartphone is sitting in a drawer somewhere collecting dust, you can use it to improve your home's Wi-Fi coverage. Here's how to do so.

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