Posts Tagged ‘wi-fi’

Is Wi-Fi killing trees? Maybe. Maybe not

Monday, December 13th, 2010

Wi-Fi may not be a tree killer after all. Or it might be.

In any case, recent headlines about a connection between Wi-Fi signals and an increase in tree sickness were apparently not the place to look for an answer.

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According to a story in The Wall Street Journal, Dutch researchers have called into question data that prompted the widespread reports that Wi-Fi signals were to blame for a jump in poor-health indicators among urban trees in the Netherlands and perhaps elsewhere.

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iPhone: the Most Popular Device at Wi-Fi Cafes

Monday, September 21st, 2009

According to one of the latest reports from JiWire, a leading mobile audience media channel and Wi-Fi advertising network, iPhone became the most popular mobile device among people to connect to public Wi-Fi hotspots. Staying connected for no less than an hour the users mostly visit social networking sites.

The report provided by JiWire on Wi-Fi usage across the U.S. for the first half of 2009 is a very extensive analysis which shows curious results.

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Why Developing for iPhone?

Tuesday, July 28th, 2009

Recently, a significant growth in programming for mobile devices can be observed on the IT market, especially, it is well seen in application development for iPhones. According to the data of Gartner’s 2009 report on smartphone market, the highest sales growth rate is displayed by devices with MAC OS X operating system (iPhones) – 245.7%. Then come Research In Motion (BlackBerry) and Palm OS with 96.7% and 42.2% respectively.

Lately, access to Internet services and websites is often executed via smartphones with iPhone being the leader in this segment. Owners of this device use GPRS for Internet access 30 times more often than users of other mobile phones. This is encouraged by the Apple’s concept of “always-on” Internet access when a phone uses any possible channels of access, from local Wi-Fi to global 3G, while ensuring transparent switching between them.

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