by Gordon Foster | Aug 29, 2019 | Latest News
In January of this year, at the annual multithousand-square-foot madhouse of consumer electronics in Las Vegas, manufacturers started slipping a new claim into their spec sheets: Supports Wi-Fi 6. New laptops and routers from HP, Dell, Asus—they would all support this...
by Gordon Foster | Jun 6, 2018 | Latest News
Gaining a lead in 5G could have other benefits for Chinese tech as well. 5G enables not just increased speeds, but the increased capacity that could help support growth of the Internet of Things. All those connected cars and other gadgets will produce data. Lots of...
by Gordon Foster | Apr 17, 2018 | Latest News
In recent months, even established industry standards like Bluetooth and WPA2 Wi-Fi have been shown to have vulnerabilities and flaws. But as impactful and potentially damaging as these revelations have been, some wireless communication technologies have their own...
by Gordon Foster | Dec 18, 2013 | Latest News
The AwoX StriimLight B-10 sounds crazier than it actually is. It’s a lightbulb, and it’s also a Bluetooth speaker. You screw it in, pair it to a device, and stream music to an 8W LED lightbulb. The light socket powers both the speaker and the bulb, so the...
by Gordon Foster | Oct 5, 2013 | Latest News
From the creepiest $20 per night skid-row flophouse to the presidential suite at Hong Kong’s InterContinental, Wi-Fi is now as standard as a toilet in the hotels and motels around the world. If only that connection to the internet worked as well as your trusty...
by Gordon Foster | Sep 4, 2013 | Latest News
If you look at the brand-new Jawbone Mini Jambox head-on, you may be wondering what makes it “Mini.” Once you see it from the side or from the top, it’ll all be clear.The smaller, destined-to-be-popular Bluetooth speaker from Jawbone is roughly the same length and...