Category Archives: WiFi Kiosk

Wifi Kiosks — Google’s City-Fixing ‘Sidewalk Labs’

Nearly a year after launching, Google’s urban-facing initiative has hired a team and is getting to work.

Source: www.wired.com

What is Google doing with the data I wonder?  Meanwhile, the LinkNYC project is rolling forward. More than a dozen “links” are active along Manhattan’s Third Avenue, with another dozen coming soon. The plan is to expand to 7,500 within a few years. The kiosks don’t just spew WiFi like an open hydrant shoots water; they also gather intelligence on what’s happening around them—traffic patterns, noise levels, and air quality. “No static study will match that kind of tool,” Kaufman says. And cities around the world are interested in setting up similar networks.

 

NYC to Turn Pay-Phone Kiosks Into Free Wi-Fi Hotspots

WIFI Kiosks NYC Atlanta Black Star NYC to Turn Pay-Phone Kiosks Into Free Wi-Fi Hotspots Atlanta Black Star Creating one of the largest free public Wi-Fi networks in the country, of course.   Craig Keefner‘s insight: Great idea for the payphones and that realestate! See on atlantablackstar.com PostCounter: 6