" [Dead spots] usually occur due to distance from a Wi-Fi router, obstructions from walls and furniture, interference from other electronic devices, poor router placement or a combination of all these ...

BONN, Germany (CN) - Google made a deal with the Dutch Data Protection Authority last week allowing people with wireless Internet networks to opt out of being mapped. The agreement removes the ...

NetAlly delivers significant new functionality that simplifies network professionals’ task of generating Wi-Fi heatmaps, with enhanced performance visibility for AllyCare support program customers ...

We all know how turbulent the last few years have been. The COVID pandemic raged for two years, and was followed by supply chain issues, conflicts and economic crises. One industry that has been ...

Is someone listening in to the signal from your wireless computer network, photographing your house or putting a detailed map of your neighborhood online for anyone to see? In a new initiative, ...

RF test equipment provider Berkeley Varitronics Systems (BVS—Metuchen, New Jersey) is releasing a new software package called Hive. It's for mapping coverage of any indoor WLAN (wireless local area ...

Google will let users opt out from wireless network mapping following the penalty order imposed by Dutch Data Protection Authority Google is offering wireless network owners worldwide the possibility ...

SLAM, or simultaneous localization and mapping, is a well-studied computational problem that involves updating an environment map while keeping track of an agent’s location. (Typically, said agent is ...

Google has been accused of forcing Motorola to drop Skyhook's mapping technology for its own, as well as violating patents held by Skyhook. Tom Krazit writes about the ever-expanding world of Google, ...

Liquid Telecom Kenya has launched an app mapping more than 350 free Wi-Fi hotspots in Nairobi, Nakuru, Mombasa, Kisumu, Eldoret, Kajiado, and Nyeri. The Liquid Telecom Wi-Fi Finder app helps people ...