Additionally, the watch device would include a base station that could house a processor and a data line as well as wireless hardware. Google has filed for a patent, which, if developed, could bring a wearable smartwatch device to its hardware lines.
Each day access to the Internet becomes more and more important to finding a good job or getting a good education, and this neighborhood-wide wireless network will provide that resource to hundreds of thousands," said New York Senator Charles...
A press release posted to PRWeb announced Google's acquisition of a wireless Internet provider for $400 million. Google has not commented on the false press release. One giant problem: it was a hoax. The press release was short in content and...
Google and Boingo Wireless are teaming up to offer free Wi-Fi at eight U.S.malls and discounted access in 16 major airports across the U.S. This June, Google partnered with Boingo Wireless to offer free Wi-Fi in six subway stations and more than...
Google Offers is teaming up with Boingo Wireless to offer free WiFi in more than 200 locations in New York City, the companies have announced. The partnership kicked off yesterday and is set to last through September 7.
Criticism of the service was heightened when it was revealed that the imaging cars had been covertly harvesting information from passing wireless networks as they recorded street images for the service.
Google’s purchase of Motorola was first announced in August 2011 and is primarily designed to give the firm access to a trove of important mobile and wireless patents to help its protect its Android platform against legal threats from the likes of...
Google has previously faced government scrutiny over the collection of wireless data by Street View teams all around the world. The fallout from Google's Street View Wi-Fi data grab continues. Not content with Google's $25,000 fine for obstructing...
Google will sell its 6.5 percent stake in wireless Internet service provider Clearwire for roughly $47 million (or a discounted stock price of $1.60 per share), according to an SEC filing. As part of the deal, Google was to provide search and...
By building a basic device, Hertz became the first person to broadcast and receive radio waves, which inspired the invention of the wireless telegraph, radio, and eventually television and radar, and paved the way for many of the communication and...
Schmidt said the role of governments in creating the next Silicon Valley should be to ensure all citizens have access to fixed and wireless broadband. Google plans to add filtering mechanisms to Google+, allowing users to receive more relevant...
Google and Virgin Continue Their Wireless Partnership Google's cloud-based computers are getting a holiday-season push. As announced by Venkat Rapaka, Senior Product Manager, in a recent Google post, Chromebooks will be dropping in price just in...
Did you know that the U.S.now has more wireless customer connections than people? There are currently estimated to be 327.6 million active wireless customer connections in the U.S. In fourth quarter of 2008 the CTIA conference in San Diego reported...
When Google "accidentally" picked up data from encrypted wireless networks, the gates of Hades burst open. Should Google Win the Appeal? Google is now appealing that ruling. Google's defense was that this language applies to open WiFi networks.
It's aimed at "transmission of visual images and data by telecommunication networks, wireless communication networks, the Internet, information services networks and data networks. Google recently filed a trademark for a new service called...
Officials in Seoul investigated Google in January, concluding Google's Street View cars had also illegally obtained information about WiFi networks and other personal data from over 600,000 South Korean wireless users.
Mobile phones are comparatively cheap, even web-enabled phones, and with the rapid expansion of wireless availability around the world, people who can't afford a computer and broadband connection can now access the web as effectively as anyone else.
Mobile phones are comparatively cheap, even web-enabled phones, and with the rapid expansion of wireless availability around the world, people who can't afford a computer and broadband connection can now access the web as effectively as anyone else.
Users with a camera phone equipped with the correct reader application can scan the image of the QR Code to display text, contact information, connect to a wireless network, or open a web page in the phone's browser.
The South Korean government said Google had violated privacy collecting "e-mails and other personal information from unsecured wireless networks while it took photos of neighborhoods in South Korea for its Street View mapping service between...
