Apple officially kills its AirPort router

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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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This adorable mesh router is ideal for homes with crappy Wi-Fi — and it’s $70 off today

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Orbi Outdoor Satellite adds Wi-Fi coverage to your back yard

 I’m a big fan of the Netgear Orbi line of mesh access points and now there’s more to love. Netgear is now shipping the RBS50Y, a new satellite that is weatherproof and allows you to add coverage to your back yard or garage without worrying that your access point will short out in the rain. Read More

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Wi-fi startup Eero lays off 30 employees

 Eero, the mesh Wi-Fi router startup, has laid off 20 percent of its workforce (about 30 employees), TechCrunch has learned. Eero confirmed about 30 employees were let go but declined to comment on its total workforce size. “Our goal is to provide perfect WiFi in every home,” an Eero spokesperson said in a statement to TechCrunch. “Over the past year we explored several… Read More

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Comcast designed a Wi-Fi router that you won’t be ashamed to show off

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Hear the words “Wi-Fi router,” and you usually think of that vertical slab decorated with ports and blinking lights, or a horizontal slab sprouting multiple antennas that resembles some kind monstrous alien bug.

In short, Wi-Fi routers are uglyComcast is looking to change that with its xFi Advanced Gateway, which trades the slabs for a sleek, slanted mini tower. Instead of blinking lights, there’s a single continuous blue LED. And don’t let its lack of external antennas fool you — they’re all inside, along with some of the most sophisticated wireless tech Comcast has ever offered.

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WICASTR brings data to the edge

 Content distribution is hard. You want to keep enough of it close enough to favorite customers so they don’t have to wait and reduce latency for new data. That’s why WICASTR created the SMART Edge Platform, a system for sending content to the very edges of the network, including compatible local routers and access points. “WICASTR is an ‘all in one solution’ for… Read More

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