Category: Networking & Wireless

October 16, 2019

Firefox 70 is introducing new padlock icon security and identity indicators in the browser that will give less visual prominence to Extended Validation (EV) SSL certificates and draw more attention to sites delivered via the insecure HTTP protocol. Mozilla and […]

September 20, 2019

When it comes to technology policy, Senator Mark Warner (D-VA), Vice Chairman of the Senate Intelligence committee, is clearly concerned about the power China holds, particularly when it comes to trusting China’s leading tech suppliers and the prospect of a […]

July 22, 2019

A new report could ultimately prove another bombshell in Huawei’s on-going conflicts with the U.S. government. New documents obtained by The Washington Post tie the Chinese hardware giant to North Korea’s commercial 3G wireless network. If proven, the ties would […]

February 12, 2019

Verizon is still the best mobile network carrier for overall quality, according to a new report. The nation’s biggest consumer wireless company placed first by sweeping all six categories (with one tie) for the second half of 2018, said mobile […]

January 10, 2019

The halls of CES might be filled with voice assistants and OLED televisions, but few things make a bigger impact on your day-to-day experience with technology than your networking solution. And there were a bunch of announcements on that front […]

December 13, 2018

General Electric announced plans Thursday spin off its GE Digital business and establish an independent internet of things company, built around several GE Digital technologies. GE also said it is simultaneously selling a majority stake in Service Max to private […]

December 3, 2018

Apple has decided to wait until at least 2020 to offer an iPhone with 5G connectivity, according to a new report. And if that’s true, you’ll be happy it did. Earlier on Monday, Bloomberg cited industry sources who said Apple […]

November 14, 2018

The latest federal airwave license auction got off to a slow start on Wednesday, with initial bids in the first round totaling just $36 million and about one-third of the licenses getting no opening bid at all. Still, it’s just […]

November 12, 2018

Tech giants including Alphabet and Microsoft are reportedly backing a call for greater online regulation targeting everything from cyber-attacks and election interference to intellectual property theft and barriers to Internet access. The initiative, known as the “Paris Call for Trust […]

November 7, 2018

AT&T is terminating the broadband service of more than a dozen customers who were accused multiple times of copyright infringement, according to a report by Axios today. “It’s the first time AT&T has discontinued customer service over piracy allegations since […]

October 26, 2018

U.S. President Donald Trump issued a presidential memorandum Thursday calling on various government agencies to develop a “sustainable spectrum strategy.” The memorandum says “it is imperative that America be first in fifth-generation (5G) wireless technologies.” In practical terms, it requires […]

May 24, 2018

It is painful, but necessary, to read about failure in business. By any measure the decline of General Electric these past months is an epic fail for the ages. Fortune’s Geoff Colvin should know. He repeatedly profiled the storied industrial […]

May 7, 2018

Nokia is building out its Internet of things portfolio and ability to target the transportation and energy industries via the acquisition of SpaceTime Insight. Terms of the deal weren’t disclosed. Nokia unloaded Withings, a wearable device maker last week. With […]

March 30, 2018

A second official has resigned his position from the FCC’s Broadband Deployment Advisory Committee (BDAC), citing concern that the group’s recommendations are being skewed to favor private industry over the public’s interests. NYC Chief Technology Officer Miguel Gamiño announced his […]

March 22, 2018

The Internet Association has filed to intervene in the ongoing lawsuit against the FCC challenging the repeal of net neutrality protections. The Internet Association is a trade association that represents some of the world’s biggest internet companies, including Google, Facebook, […]

March 16, 2018

IT and business leaders can benefit from learning what blockchain means to their organizations and explaining the benefits, and drawbacks Some are calling blockchain the next Internet, saying that it holds the promise to disrupt (and hopefully improve) our lives […]

February 19, 2018

AT&T and the Department of Justice are fighting in court over whether President Trump’s hatred of CNN played a role in the DOJ’s attempt to block AT&T’s purchase of Time Warner Inc. In a pre-trial court hearing on Friday, AT&T […]

February 7, 2018

The State of Illinois has released its first report about blockchain, just over a year after it first announced its intention to investigate the distributed ledger technology. The report, released on Jan. 31, is primarily accessible on the InterPlanetary File […]

December 14, 2017

The FCC, led by Trump-appointed Chairman Ajit Pai, is set to vote on Thursday on whether or not to uphold the Obama-era “Open Internet Order,” better known as “net neutrality” regulations. The decision will determine how we use the internet, […]

December 7, 2017

Juniper on Thursday announced Juniper Bots, a line of applications for its Contrail Cloud and AppFormix platforms that automate network management tasks and improve network analytics. Three bots will be available at launch: Contrail PeerBot, TestBot and HealthBot, and Juniper […]