AmpliFi Instant System, hands on: A basic budget system for simple mesh wi-fi
It's small, neat, well-priced, and has some clever features, but this wi-fi mesh system doesn't match its rivals for coverage or speed.
It's small, neat, well-priced, and has some clever features, but this wi-fi mesh system doesn't match its rivals for coverage or speed.
It's not the fastest or the cheapest consumer VPN, but this privacy-first service does a good job of making advanced features like split tunnelling accessible even on the free tier.
Microsoft adds new features to its Lync enterprise communications solution several times a year: to get most of them, you need to stay up to date with Lync client updates.
Certification and the first shipping devices mean that 802.11ac is available and worth using, but there's plenty more functionality still to come.
Top hotspots for data roaming without complexity -- and without breaking the bank.
It's always DNS. It's always DNS. It's always DNS. (Unless it's DHCP and you can't fix that.)
New standards for automatically roaming smartphones, tablets and notebooks onto Wi-Fi networks will improve mobile connectivity — but they're still in development.
A portable wi-fi router with built-in VPN that can also charge your smartphone should be an attractive proposition for mobile professionals. But the devil is in the user experience detail.
In a much-needed upgrade, Lync 2013 gets bigger and a little bit better on Android devices.