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Apple officially kills its AirPort router

sudshr47 April 27, 2018

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The Apple AirPort router is no more. 

The company officially discontinued the AirPort products on Thursday, when it confirmed the news in a statement to 9to5Mac. 

All three AirPort products that Apple is currently selling — AirPort Express, AirPort Extreme, and AirPort Time Capsule — will remain available in Apple’s online store, in retail stores and with authorized resellers while supplies last, the company has confirmed. 

This is hardly a surprise: Apple reportedly shut down its AirPort team in November 2016, and none of these products have been updated for years.  Read more…

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Huawei’s new whole-home Wi-Fi system combines Powerline and mesh networking

sudshr47 January 9, 2018

 Huawei today announced a new whole-home Wi-Fi system, the WiFi Q2. Currently, Wi-Fi mesh network systems are quickly becoming the standard, with companies like Qualcomm estimating that they now account for 40 percent of new Wi-Fi router sales. Huawei is going a different route, though. In addition to a Wi-Fi mesh, it also uses a Powerline network that routes your traffic over the existing… Read More

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Ex-Tinder employees launch professional networking app Ripple

sudshr47 January 9, 2018

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A team of former Tinder employees has launched a new professional networking app in a bid to make waves in the LinkedIn-dominated market.

Dubbed Ripple (nope, not the cryptocurrency), the mobile app was launched by a team of ex-Tinder folks, including former CTO Ryan Ogle.

According to TechCrunch, the iOS and Android app was backed by IAC’s Match Group, which owns Tinder, for an undisclosed sum — there are no other investors, apart from the founders.

“Professional networking is pretty terrible today,” wrote Ogle on Ripple’s news blog. “That was our consensus when we started reflecting on our own experiences with the networks out there today. Interfaces packed with ads, unwanted mail from recruiters and salespeople, and a lack of community.  Read more…

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