Menlo Park (ip-192.com): Android 2.2, Google's operating system for mobile devices, is coming to the Nexus One smartphone via an over-the-air update. The new version codenamed Froyo is significantly faster and supports features like push-through notifications. Android 2.2 will allow users to turn their handset into a portable Wi-Fi hotspot. With the update installed, the [...]
Seattle (ip-192.com): Starbucks will start to serve a Latté or Frappuccino with free in-store Wi-Fi through AT&T, starting July 1, 2010. Later in the year, the Seattle based coffee and coffeehouse chain will roll out the Starbucks Digital Network in partnership with Yahoo and other sites. The service will include a mix of free local [...]
Menlo Park (ip-192.com): European prosecutors are investigating Google's practice to collect data related to private Wi-Fi hotspots while gathering images for its Street View mapping service. Google is potentially facing a criminal probe in Germany. Prosecutors in the city of Hamburg are probing the Menlo Park based company on suspicion of criminal data capture. Italy [...]
Cupertino (ip-192.com): An updated entry-level MacBook featuring a 13.3-inch display was announced by Apple. The $999 device boosts a faster 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor, an Nvidia GeForce 320M graphics card, and a much better battery. Compared to the previous-generation MacBook, the new graphic card provides an 80 percent performance boost, according to [...]
Abilene (ip-192.com): Sprint is launching the first 4G capable phone on June 04. With a 4.3-inch touch screen, the HTC Evo 4G not only beets every other Android powered phone, but also Apple's iPhone featuring a 3.5-inch display. When running on the WiMAX network, Sprint promises download speeds up to 10 times faster than 3G, [...]
Tokyo (ip-192.com): New wireless standards using the 60GHz frequency will allow devices to run at gigabit speeds. To speed up the development of standards for the next generation of wireless devices, Tokyo based Wireless Gigabit Alliance (WiGig) has formed a technology-sharing agreement with the Austin based Wi-Fi Alliance. Currently, Wi-Fi works in the 2.4 and [...]
