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AT&T, Verizon Wireless join Wi

Wi-Fi is increasingly becoming a major part of wireless operators’ strategy to deliver mobile broadband services as wireless data traffic explodes. A sign of the growing importance of Wi-Fi to carriers is the fact that earlier this week AT&T and Verizon Wireless, the two largest mobile-phone companies in the U.S., joined the Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA), a group that since …

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Triple update for Google Maps for Android

There’s a reason I commute in tennis shoes–the days I literally make a mad dash for the soon-to-be departing train or bus. Sure, there are localized apps for getting schedules, but it’s also convenient that public transportation scheduling is one of a handful of enhanced features in Google Maps for Android version 4.3, new on Tuesday. Schedules toe their way …

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