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VPN for the rest of us: Interview with WiTopia

by Erica Sadun (Dec 3rd, 2012)

VPN, aka Virtual Private Network, is a technology that lets you securely share data across public networks. For the most part, when I think VPN, I typically imagine work-related corporate or federal government accounts, or people accessing the net in countries with excessive government ...

Skype Wi-Fi iOS app lets you access the Internet on a per-minute basis

by Michael Grothaus (Aug 17th, 2011)

Skype has just released Skype Wi-Fi, a free iOS app for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch that allows users to access more than one million paid Wi-Fi hotspots around the world, and pay for them via Skype Access. Here's how it works: Let's say you're in Budapest, Hungary and you've got your ...