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Tag Archives: Wi-Fi
What Will Be The Legacy of Legacy Formats?
Recent reports of the demise of the compact disc feature elegies tinged with funereal nostalgia for what was once a bold, new and literally shiny technology. Those might as well have been elegies for all physical media including the CD’s … Continue reading
Posted in Digital Tech Consulting, music players/speakers, TV/4K/UHD/8K
Tagged 4G, 4K, 5G, Blu-ray, Bluetooth mesh, DVD, HDMI, HDMI 2.1, HEIF, HEVC, ROYALTY PAYMENTS, SMART HOMES, STREAMING MARKET, STREAMING MUSIC, STREAMING VIDEO, UHD, UHD Blu-ray, ULTRA HD, Wi-Fi, WIRELESS
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Wireless Internet Infrastructure: Is it Ready for the Connected World?
We’re a long way from ubiquitous connectivity. In the quest to get there, the entire wireless connectivity ecosystem—both direct-to-the-net and device-to-device technologies—is in the midst of evolutionary, if not revolutionary, change. Read how here in this blog post at Digital … Continue reading
Posted in cell/smartphones, Digital Tech Consulting, Internet/Social Media, smart home
Tagged 5G, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi
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Is This The Best Wi-Fi Router Ever?
Another Huffington Post post on a new Wi-Fi router called Portal that I can’t wait to try out, which you can read here.
Posted in Huffington Post, Internet/Social Media, smart home
Tagged Qualcomm, router, Wi-Fi
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What Is a Smart Door Lock—and Do You Need One?
This is a self-exclamatory piece I did on smart locks for Hometips.com.
Posted in smart home, Uncategorized
Tagged August, Bluetooth, HomeKit, Kevo, Schlage, Siri, smart locks, Wi-Fi, Yale
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How To Wire Your House With Sound—Without Wires
Here’s a general overview of the varying wireless speaker system options available, composed for Homes.com.
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged Bluetooth, Denon HEOS, Google Chromecast Audio, LG MusicFlow, Samsung, Sonos, speakers, Wi-Fi, Yamaha MusicCast
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New Wi-Fi HaLow Spec Announced
Here’s my report on the new Wi-Fi specification, HaLow, technically 802.11ha, for TWICE during CES.
Weakest Link for Cord-Cutting and 4K Streaming
A more inside-baseball look at the weakness of the U.S.’s national broadband infrastructure, one of my regular blog posts at Digital Technology Consulting, a boutique market research company in Dallas for whom I work as a senior analyst.
Posted in Digital Tech Consulting, TV/4K/UHD/8K
Tagged 4K, cord cutting, Netflix, router, Slingbox, streaming, Wi-Fi
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Don’t Settle for Lousy Home Wi-Fi
Considering how important connecting to the net is becoming, what with 4K video streaming and the like, it’s surprising how slow American’s connections are. Here’s how to maximize your Wi-Fi connections at home.
Posted in home office, Huffington Post, Internet/Social Media, smart home
Tagged Arris, Asus, broadband, modem, national broadband, Netgear, Time Warner Cable, Wi-Fi
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Hedy Lamarr
Hedy Lamarr (1914-2000) Co-inventor, frequency hopping/spread spectrum How one of the world’s most beautiful women and most popular film stars of Hollywood’s golden era came to co-invent the most important wireless communications security technology – frequency hopping – is a … Continue reading
Posted in cell/smartphones, Tech History
Tagged Bluetooth, Bombshell, cellular, frequency hopping, George Antheil, GPS, Hedy Lamarr, satellite, spread spectrum, Wi-Fi
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