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Apple reportedly investigating iPad's problematic WiFi

by Kelly Hodgkins (Apr 5th, 2012)

If you're having trouble connecting your new iPad to your local WiFi connection, you're not alone. 9to5 Mac got its hands on an internal AppleCare document that suggests Apple is looking into connectivity problems with the WiFi version of the new iPad. Apple employees are instructed to capture ...

Sprint struggles to replicate iPhone 4S users' speed concern

by Kelly Hodgkins (Nov 3rd, 2011)

Most Sprint customers are happy to finally have the iPhone, but for some users, the experience has been less than stellar. A small, but growing number of Sprint customers are complaining of slow data speeds. So slow that Siri and other network-sensitive features won't work. These complaints ...

AT&T on iPad 3G data: We can handle it

by Mike Schramm (Jan 29th, 2010)

You probably had exactly the same response I did when you heard that AT&T would be handling the 3G data plan for the iPad: "Them again?" Sure, the deal is much better, and it's completely optional (you can get the iPad without 3G if you don't want it at all), but still: AT&T? Hasn't Apple ...

iPhone devsugar: Improved Network Reachability routines

by Erica Sadun (Dec 30th, 2009)

Apple makes it clear: when applications rely on network connectivity, they must always test for a valid connection and report those results to the user. If the app cannot reach the Internet, the user needs to know. App Store reviewers regularly reject applications that do not test, and when a ...

Show floor video: Webex lets you collaborate across platforms

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (Jan 27th, 2008)

So let's say you've got a Panther machine on your DSL connection with a firewall, and another computer across town running Windows 98 on a dual-ISDN connection, but you really need to control the Mac from the PC. No dice, right? According to Webex, this might just be possible,* although your ...

Another potential fix for Intel Mac + Airport station problems

by David Chartier (Nov 8th, 2006)

If you're using an Intel Mac with any of Apple's AirPort base stations, you might have noticed some 'less than stellar' performance after updating to 10.4.8, as well as wonky connection problems that Apple tried issuing a support doc for. As an owner of both a MacBook and an Intel Core 2 Duo iMac, I ...