Tag: WiFi

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Google engages holiday travelers via airport Wi-Fi ads

Published: December 21, 2011

Google has teamed up with NORAD and a new Wi-Fi advertising network to let travelers at the Charlotte, NC, airport track Santa this holiday season.

Sears puts iPads in shopper hands to enhance in-store shopping

Published: October 17, 2011

Sears Holdings Corp. is rolling out iPads and iPod touch devices to almost 450 Sears and Kmart stores around the country as it continues to look for ways to bridge digital and in-store shopping.

Boom in new Android users accessing Wi-Fi after holidays: JiWire

Published: January 11, 2011

The number of new Android users accessing the mobile Web via Wi-Fi is up 48 percent for the most-recent post-holiday period, according to JiWire.

Jeep breaks location-based in-app ad campaign for Grand Cherokee

Published: September 23, 2010

Chrysler’s Jeep brand has launched an in-application advertising effort as part of its national Grand Cherokee mobile campaign.

Walmart-owned Sam's Club targets in-store shoppers with mobile services

Published: August 11, 2010

Sam’s Club is ramping up its products and services for users of smartphones and other Web-enabled mobile devices to enhance its members’ shopping experience.

Starwood’s Sheraton debuts WiFi-enabled platform for location-targeted ads

Published: August 9, 2010

Sheraton Hotels & Resorts launched a public WiFi network at more than 200 locations nationwide on which brands can run location-targeted advertising.

UPS, Verizon, Cisco tap Borders WiFi to run location-based ads

Published: July 29, 2010

Brand advertisers such as UPS, Verizon and Cisco's WebEx are running location-based ad campaigns via Borders' in-store WiFi.

IPad to grow at greater pace than iPhone did: JiWire

Published: April 12, 2010

Twenty-three percent of all mobile WiFi consumers plan to buy Apple’s iPad in the next year, according to JiWire.

Ford updates Sync system to make cars WiFi-enabled

Published: December 28, 2009

Ford Motor Co.’s Sync has been updated to let consumers turn their automobiles into mobile Internet hotspots by accessing WiFi.

Mobile WiFi consumption on the rise: JiWire

Published: August 31, 2009

Thirty-eight percent of mobile users employing WiFi in cafes are making purchases via mobile, according to a recent study by JiWire.