Stay Hip with a Faster Connection Today, instant messaging apps like HipChat have become a lifeline for folks staying in touch across the globe. For many users with HipChat installed on their iOS or Android device, instant messaging and chat has come to replace email and text message as a preferred mode of interaction online. Instant delivery and mobile notifications … Read More
Save Your Work On Dropbox, Guaranteed
Speed Up Sync Time on Dropbox These days, cloud storage is an incredibly important part of our day-to-day lives. Important documents in the cloud can conveniently be accessed from all your devices, and storage services like Dropbox are increasingly important to anyone hoping to hang onto all those smartphone pictures and videos that we all take each and every day. … Read More
How to Fix Internet Packet Loss
What is Packet Loss and How can I Fix it? What is a Packet? Packets are single small formatted units of data that you send and receive when accessing content across the Internet. Whenever you request a web page, upload a photo, download a file, stream a video, or play a game on the internet you exchanging millions of these … Read More
Speedify Users Love Redundant Mode
The good kind of redundancy… If you recently updated to the latest version of Speedify, you may have noticed the new ‘Redundant Mode’ setting on the Speedify home screen. We added this powerful feature for users that want rock-solid connectivity while using multiple flaky Internet connections. In Redundant Mode, Speedify sends all of your data over every one of your … Read More
The 4 Biggest Hurdles for SpaceX Satellite Internet Plan
Making Worldwide Broadband a Reality Elon Musk is up to it again. He’s announced a plan to launch around 700 satellites that will provide high-speed Internet service to the entire world, and now Google is reportedly backing the project with a cool $1B investment. We happen to know more than a few things about satellite Internet. Not long after we … Read More
Is There a Hidden Cost to your Xfinity Router?
With the hopes of creating a nationwide public WiFi network, Comcast has been pushing new Xfinity WiFi routers into its customers’ homes that broadcast a public wireless network in addition to the home Internet connection. It’s an interesting idea that has been embraced by some, but has raised questions about security with others. As a bandwidth-obsessed engineer, my immediate inclination … Read More