A new industry specification promises to un-network Wi-Fi networks. Dubbed Wi-Fi Direct, the spec will let your laptop or smartphone connect directly with other wireless devices. Although touted by ...

Wi-Fi Direct is nothing new, but more people are finally learning of it and what it can do, and that has a lot to do with the growing device support for the platform. You see, the concept is all about ...

The WiFi Alliance has announced WiFi Direct, which is a new way for devices to connect to each other over WiFi without the need for a router, very similar to Bluetooth. WiFi Direct will let you ...

This looks to be a welcome change coming down the pike. The WiFi Alliance is announcing that a new technology, WiFi Direct, will become available in 2010. Essentially WiFi Direct will turn most WiFi ...

The first batch of Wi-Fi Direct products were formally certified Monday, launching a wireless technology in which devices will be able to communicate directly with each other without being on a ...

A form of peer-to-peer wireless networking, Wi-Fi Direct devices can establish wireless connectivity with each other without requiring a wireless router, hot spot or access point. The access itself is ...

The Wi-Fi Alliance today announced new Wi-Fi Direct technology that enables wireless devices to connect and share data directly without the benefit of a hotspot or other wireless network. Wi-Fi Direct ...

The first applications to adopt Wi-Fi Direct include digital televisions, mobile personal computers and mobile phones. These devices share a trait, In-Stat said, as the respective centers of the PC, ...

The fight is on for wireless device-to-device networking supremacy between a refreshed incumbent, Bluetooth 4.0, and a newcomer, Wi-Fi Direct. Both specifications are promising to make it easier for ...

A variation of the Wi-Fi ad hoc standard that allows two devices to communicate without an access point or computer in between. Wi-Fi Direct was introduced in 2009 by the Wi-Fi Alliance. Whereas ...

The Wi-Fi Alliance has announced it is close to finalizing a new wireless standard that will let devices discover and connect to one another without the need for a router. Dubbed Wi-Fi Direct, the ...

Fun Fact, the term Bluetooth is named after an ancient Viking king, Harald Blåtand, who unified Denmark and Norway. Later the word Blåtand was translated to Bluetooth. This post will share about ...