Tethering: It’s one of the most convenient features your smartphone has, yet carriers insist on restricting it. Tethering most often refers to using your smartphone as a mobile hotspot. In other words ...

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In today’s always-connected world, it’s hard to imagine getting much work done without an internet connection. Indeed, most of us have consistent access to the internet at home and even in some ...

Android users, it’s time to pony up the cash for that tethering plan with your smartphone. Wireless carriers and Google are cracking down on Android users who download apps that allow them to use ...

Bad news for data-hungry Android fans. According to DroidLife, carriers are pressuring Google to selectively block third-party apps which enable tethering on Android devices. Worse, they seem to be ...

Dear Verizon: Please get your software act together so Android phones can be tethered to laptops to be used as wireless cards. That plea comes after weeks of wanting ...

Unlike iOS, there are plenty of tethering options for Android, and most of them work well depending on what you're trying to do and the type of user you are. Some are wired, some are wireless, some ...

Famed Android developer Koushik Dutta (a.k.a. Koush) has released an Android tethering app called ClockworkMod Tether. It doesn’t require root access, and it is not detectable or blockable by carriers ...

Beginning with Android 2.2, the Android operating system includes a tethering option, so that you do not need a special app to tether your device to a computer. Since some wireless carriers do not ...

The iPod Touch is a full-featured media player that lets you enjoy MP3 and movie content, and features such as games and Internet access. You can easily get online ...

The blogosphere’s abuzz right now with word that Verizon — the typically Android-friendly carrier — has begun blocking all tethering apps from its Android devices. Have you heard about this? The ...

While most people think of tethering as creating a Wi-Fi network from your phone's cellular data connection, Android also supports sharing its internet connection over USB or Bluetooth. Those options ...