For those of you in New York City, using a car service is about to get a lot more interesting. Venture capitalist Alex Mashinsky is outfitting 1,000 livery cars with free Wi-Fi. (For those not in NYC, a livery car/car service is different from a cab/taxi. Livery cars aren’t allowed to pick up people who more »

Some good news for those looking for free Wi-Fi, you can now add US based Starbucks to your list. “We’re very excited to announce that coming July 1st: Free. 1 click. No registration WIFI at all US locations! ” And just like that, as of July 1st you will be able to surf the Internet more »

People are constantly walking through the streets of Times Square causing an overload on the cell phone data networks within the area. Especially on New Year’s, it is probably impossible to send or receive any data because of the inordinate amount of people taking advantage of the network. Now, instead of upgrading or installing new more »

McDonalds and AT&T have just announced a new partnership that will soon give those choosing to dine-in free Wi-Fi. Yup, that means the days of having to pay $2.95 for two hours of access are gone. The free access is expected to take effect sometime in mid-January and will be available at roughly 11,000 of more »

It seems as if it has been a while since we last heard an MPAA horror story, but not to worry because we have a goodie for you on this fine Friday morning. It would seem that those living in Coshocton, Ohio have at least temporarily lost their free Wi-Fi. And yes, they had city more »

Borders has recently announced that they will begin offering free Wi-Fi in their 500+ retail locations. The announcement comes as part of the recent partnership with Verizon and will allow for customers visitors to surf the Internet for free beginning sometime in mid-October. According to the official announcement; Borders Group chief executive officer Ron Marshall more »

Just recently Barnes & Noble announced that they will be offering free in-store AT&T Wi-Fi. Which can only be taken as an attempt at making people aware that they are pursuing the eBook e-delivery market. According to the details: “Customers can also download free Barnes & Noble Apps giving them access to the world’s largest more »

At times like this I am even happier being a Verizon FiOS customer, now in addition to the nice fast Internet speeds that I get at home, Verizon is going to be offering me free Wi-Fi while on the go courtesy of Boingo. According to the details, Verizon has partnered with Boingo and will be offering free Wi-Fi to both Verizon Broadband and FiOS customers.

Starbucks has just announced yet another option that will let you have two free hours of Wi-Fi each day. So assuming that you love Starbucks and still have not come up with any other way to get them to give you free Wi-Fi, now you can sign up for their Starbucks Gold Card program.

The gold card, which will set you back just $25 per year will give you two hours of Wi-Fi every day. Of course, aside from the wireless, the card does have some other coffee related benefits such as 10% off all purchases and a free drink on your birthday. But knowing our readers it is safe to think that most will be happiest by the Wi-Fi.

The lawsuit that has only recently come to light, has seemingly gone away just as quickly. I am of course referring to the recent announcement that T-Mobile was suing Starbucks claiming “breach of contract” and “unfair competition” in regards to how they let AT&T quickly move in and take over and begin promoting their services. more »