Tethering is awesome. It's the act of using your cell phone as a high-speed modem for your laptop. Alas, usually it involves jailbreaking or unlocking your phone, or paying your carrier exorbitant ...

TP-Link offers the Tether app for lightweight network management over supported TP-Link routers and networks. The app also lets you easily stream multimedia files from a USB drive that's connected to ...

All modern day smartphones come with the ability to offer internet connectivity on the go. This is what makes them so appealing, with the immense growth in social media also being a contributing ...

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Thanks to an investigation by the Federal Communications Commission, Verizon has agreed to stop blocking its Android users from downloading third-party tethering apps. Verizon has also agreed to pay ...

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 ...

Android smart phones, including the Motorola Droid, can act as mobile Internet hot spots if they're running a tethering app. This allows business travelers to access the Internet while on the road, ...

AT&T is cracking down on jailbroken iPhone users who tether their phones to other devices for free. According to OSXDaily, users of unauthorized tethering apps, such as MiWi, are receiving letters ...

It seems like hundreds of new iPhone apps pop up every week, but which ones should you bother trying? We explored the App Store and found some apps actually worth downloading. Tether Tether works a ...