Free Wi-Fi: Spreading Like a Virus
PC World
Meanwhile, an open source Wi-Fi service called WeFi now claims 10 million hotspots worldwide. As more free Wi-Fi hotspots emerge, customers increasingly expect Wi-Fi to be free. Of course, there's no such thing as a free hotspot. Somebody's...
WeFi Secures Second Round of Funding
TMCnet
WeFi ( News - Alert ) Inc., the creator of a global open Wi-Fi network, reportedly has secured an undisclosed amount of second round funding. The funding round was led by venture capital firms Lightspeed Venture Partners and Pitango Venture...
WeFi Launches Huge Directory of Wi-Fi Hotspots
Mashable.com
Open Wi-Fi network WeFi doesn’t shy from using social media and web services for promotion; they launched a Twitter mashup and a Facebook application last year. Now, they have a free directory up with over one million Wi-Fi hotspots, availa...
Open Source Wi-Fi Service Claims Ten Million Hotspots In Network
Wired
Connecting to free Wi-Fi can be extremely frustrating. But WeFi , a three-year old start up, says it has solved the problem. Ten million Wi-Fi access points have been recognized and classified so far onto a map says the Fairfax, Virginia-ba...
WeFi gets a Fring add-on to allow users access to millions of WiFi ...
Intomobile.com
WeFi , the company behind the first open community-based global Wi-Fi network, and Fring launched the WeFi add-on for Fring to give users mobile access to the database of 20 million WiFi hotspots around the world. If you need to pick one Fr...
WeFi Offers 21 Million Hotspots For Your Google Phone
Jkontherun.com
Of course your Android handset has integrated 3G, but it also has a Wi-Fi radio. That comes in handy when you’re not in a 3G coverage area or you find yourself in one with a spotty signal. Locating a hotspot becomes the challenge in a case ...
Wi-Fi Services Hot Again: Startup WeFi Raises More Money
Gigaom.com
Wi-Fi is, once again, the new hotness as netbooks and Wi-Fi-enabled phones proliferate. AT&T bought Wayport, expanding its Wi-Fi network to more than 80,000 worldwide. Verizon partnered with Boingo, bringing Wi-Fi networks to its FiOS and D...
Pitango Tops Israeli VC List
Red Herring
No. 4 Gemini Israel Funds is an investor in WeFi, a bandwidth-sharing social network. Jerusalem Venture Partners ranked fifth, while Benchmark Capital Israel, an affiliate of its namesake firm on the Sand Hill Road, came in eighth place. Ot...
Whiz of the Web: Wednesday Whiz-Up
Phillyist.com
WeFi helps you find WiFi hotspots all over the world, making your criminal attempts to steal internet much easier. (Via) A lengthy new Street Fighter IV story trailer. Sony Computer Entertainment chairman and CEO Kaz Hirai is insane. Here's...
Fring Raises New Round
Unstrung.com
... share experiences with friends on facebook, Twitter, Last.fm and more, while communicating via Skype®, MSN® Messenger, GoogleTalk TM, Yahoo!TM, AIM® and ICQ® among others, and further enhanced with functional and location based services...
WeFi Unleashes Mobile Internet with WeFiApps
Intomobile.com
WeFi , the company behind the global WiFi network, has launched WeFiApps, what they say is the first WiFi powered launch pad for mobile applications. According to their over-hyped press release, WeFiApps aims to “revolutionize mobile Intern...
WeFi Secures Round B Funding to Expand R&D, Marketing, and Business ...
Earthtimes
Lightspeed Venture Partners and Pitango Venture Capital led the Funding Round for WeFi, Which has Reached 30 Million Wi-Fi Hotspots in its Global Database DOVER, Delaware, August 4 DOVER, Delaware , August 4 /PRNewswire/ -- WeFi Inc. ( http...
