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Transportation for London announces full mobile coverage for Underground by end of 2024

If you’re headed to London, this is going to come in handy. Transport for London (TfL) has announced that the capital’s Oxford Circus, Tottenham Court Road and Bank stations would be among the first fully connected stations by the end of the year, followed by Tottenham Court Road, Euston, and Camden Town by the end […]

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FCC updates emergency alert protocols, looks to avoid false messages, mistakes from 2018

The Federal Communications Commission is refreshing its text alert system, combining two types of alerts into a single “National Alerts” category for iPhones and other Wireless Emergency Alert-supporting devices. The new system will also introduce checks to prevent false alerts from being made. As part of the change, the existing “Presidential Alerts” category that was […]

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FCC encourages users to test Internet access speeds with its app, cites research efforts into measuring American broadband availability

This is sort of nifty. The Federal Communications Commission on Monday called on users to test their internet speeds using the FCC Speed Test app to help further its research into broadband availability through the Measuring Broadband America Program. The FCC offered the following comments as to how this will help its efforts to provide […]

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Verizon announces December 31, 2022 cutoff date for its 3G wireless network

Wireless carrier Verizon has announced that it is shutting down its 3G network at the end of 2022, a move that will effectively end its 3G support. The company had pushed back against the sunsetting of its 3G network several times now, but seems to have found an end date for the service: We will […]

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DataMan app adds multiple data plan management feature

This could definitely be useful. Developer Johnny Ixe has released a new version of the DataMan app for iOS that allows users to track and manage multiple data plans. The app allows users to manage multiple plans, each with their own profile as well as a set of plan details and usage data. In short, […]