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Find Wi-Fi Hotspots With JiWire

by Mika Ortega

December 5, 2006

Leave the war driving behind! With this great Wi-Fi directory, JiWire.com, locate hot spots, access free downloads, and learn how to setup Wi-Fi for your notebook/laptop.

Directory

Whether it’s a coffee shop or an airport, JiWire.com can locate Wi-Fi hotspots near you. The site’s directory allows you to search by “name, address, location type, provider, and more,” for paid and free connections worldwide. JiWire can direct you to over 131,061 convenient locations near your home or hotel.

http://www.jiwire.com/search-hotspot-locations.htm

Downloads

In an effort to provide the best possible Wi-Fi experience, the site offers several free downloads. Among these downloads is the JiWire Hotspot Helper for Windows XP, which helps secure your Wi-Fi connection for utmost privacy and reliability, a JiWire Toolbar equipped with a search bar for quick hotspot tracking, and perhaps the most convenient, JiWire’s WiFi Hotspot Finder for Cell Phones which allows you to find a connection on the go. Visit the JiWire Download Center for these and other helpful downloads.

http://www.jiwire.com/jiwire-downloads.htm

Guides

JiWire’s How-To Guides bring more than just the standard manuals to the table. Recent guides on the site include “Complete Guide to OIP Services,” “Create Your Own Hotspot,” and “Top 25 Wireless Tips & Tricks,” along with basic WiFi User Guides to help beginners. “Whether you're looking to add Wi-Fi to your coffee shop, secure your home network, or save money on phone service with VoIP, JiWire's Guides offer practical advice and real-world solutions.”

http://www.jiwire.com/features.htm

Sources:

http://www.jiwire.com/

The latest in Internet, website, gadget, and electronic trends.

Time is Money

by Mika Ortega

December 1, 2006

Your time is precious, and if you feel like supermodel Linda Evangelista who at one time would not get out of bed for less than $10,000 a day, you’ll surely appreciate the concept of Boxbe. With Boxbe, you can charge people for emailing you. That’s right- for a fee of your choice, people not on your ‘free list’ will have to pay for your attention.

While the concept is ideal, even allowing the money you make from paying emailers to be easily donated to a charity, the question remains if this new service will be successful or not. In fact, it could even mean you’d receive less emails because of the cost. While their message may be valid, who really wants to sign up for the payment process, actually pay, and then still not know that you’ll respond? On the other hand, this service could also mean far less spam and advertising junk. With pros and cons, the success of Boxbe is one of those things we’ll just have to wait to see.

On the upside, the benefits of Boxbe still come about whether you charge senders or not. If you choose not to charge people to email you, you can still eliminate the majority of spammers from getting to your inbox through the CAPTCHA feature. Requiring the “‘enter the letters you see’ test,” as Yahoo Tech reporter Christopher Null calls it, the CAPTCHA feature forces humans, as opposed to automated computers, to prove that they’re personally sending a message.

Boxbe is still new and under wraps. As it becomes more widely known, it could potentially take off. Try it for yourself at Boxbe.com.

Sources:

http://tech.yahoo.com/blogs/null/8677;_ylt=AvjpMokbSzWJCH.xbWUtQkUrLpA5

https://boxbe.com/ama/home

http://ww.thinkexist.com/quotes/linda_evangelista/