The Wi-Fi Direct standard may get a much-needed boost next year from work by the Wi-Fi Alliance to make it easier to use for both consumers and developers. The Alliance’s Wi-Fi Direct Services task ...

There’s a wireless connection that’s used by all kinds of people and all sorts of devices, and yet hardly anyone talks about it: It’s called Wi-Fi Direct, and it’s been enabling versatile, ...

SAN RAMON, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Mopria ® Alliance, a global non-profit membership organization chartered to drive industry-wide standards and solutions for printing and scanning to connected ...

So, Bluetooth-- last fall didn't end up being as frightful as you had probably imagined, but this fall is bound to be different. Or so the Wi-Fi Alliance says. If you'll recall, Wi-Fi Direct promised ...

The way files are sent from one mobile phone to another has changed a lot over the years. Until not so long ago, sending a photo meant placing two cell phones together to take advantage of infrared ...

The Wi-Fi Alliance has announced a new way for WiFi-enabled devices to connect to one another, even in the absence of a WiFi base station. The new protocol, dubbed “Wi-Fi Direct,” will allow any ...

It’s that time of year when travelers brace themselves to suffer the many small indignities of the road. Why can’t it be easier to print on networks that you don’t have regular access to or transfer ...

CNET editor Dong Ngo has been involved with technology since 2000, starting with testing gadgets and writing code for CNET Labs' benchmarks. He now manages CNET San Francisco Labs, reviews 3D printers ...

The folks at VIZIO have made their next-generation television apps platform public this week in an environment they call VIZIO Internet Apps Plus. This program allows the full VIZIO M-Series Razor LED ...

Car makers have been peddling wireless pedestrian avoidance systems almost as long as there have been automobiles. (We believe one of the earliest was called the "side view mirror.") GM's new ...