- Intel teams up with DeviceScape for automatic public WiFi, will hook up your Ultrabook in the background
We all know the coffee shop WiFi routine: crack open the laptop, visit a splash page, and dutifully wait until you’re logged in before you get to Twitter. Through a new deal between Intel and DeviceScape, you won’t even have to think about it. Intel’s Smart Connect tool will soon automatically sign in your Ultrabook to a curated list of quality, open WiFi hotspots, even if the PC is fast asleep. This last trick might need Windows 8’s Connected Standby mode to live up to Intel’s expectations, but the dream is to have your email and social feeds updated and waiting before that laptop or tablet screen has even blinked into life. Intel is leaving some gaps in the story, such as whether or not gadget owners will pay a premium for the fast access. We’d guess that Intel is counting on higher computer (and more importantly, processor) sales to make up the difference.
Intel teams up with DeviceScape for automatic public WiFi, will hook up your Ultrabook in the background originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 30 May 2012 17:34:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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- South Korea’s FTC reportedly raids Google again over lack of cooperation
Google might be in trouble for how it handled an earlier raid by South Korean officials over antitrust concerns. Insiders claimed to AllThingsD that the country’s Fair Trade Commission stormed Google’s Seoul offices again on May 28th after the company allegedly stonewalled the investigation in suspicious ways. Among the accusations, Google supposedly deleted files and asked staff to work from home rather than face inquiries. The FTC’s goal was still to answer complaints from local search firms Daum and NHN that Google was unfairly making it difficult to use a non-Google search engine in Android. Google still says it’s cooperating with regulators, but the assertions if they’re accurate would paint a different picture. They certainly don’t alleviate pressure in the US over similar subjects.
South Korea’s FTC reportedly raids Google again over lack of cooperation originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 30 May 2012 17:16:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
- Nest expands its reach, begins shipping Learning Thermostat to Canada
The Nest Learning Thermostat has certainly generated plenty of buzz — and not just by thermostat standards — but it’s so far only be available to those in the United States. That’s finally starting to change today, though, with Nest announcing that is has now begun shipping the thermostat to Canada. Those interested will initially only be order the device through Nest’s own website, where it will set Canadians back the same $249 — they can also take advantage of the “Nest Concierge” program to get the unit professionally installed for $119, with additional installations running $25 each (all still in US dollars). Still no word on any Canadian retailers that will be carrying the device.
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Nest expands its reach, begins shipping Learning Thermostat to Canada originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 30 May 2012 17:01:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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