Wi-Fi Direct is still scarce in announced or shipping products, but it would be wrong to reach a gloomy conclusion about the new peer-to-peer technology from the Wi-Fi Alliance. The Alliance, which ...

Chrome OS currently does not support peer-to-peer Wi-Fi, but it looks like that will change soon. This will allow Quick Share (formerly Nearby Share) to work faster than it currently does on Chrome OS ...

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 ...

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 ...

It’s that time of year when travelers brace themselves to suffer the many small indignities of the road. Why can’t it be easier to print on networks that you don’t have regular access to or transfer ...

Core Security disclosed details on an Android Wi-Fi Direct denial of service vulnerability after Google said it had no timeline to patch the issue. The two sides also disagreed on the severity of the ...

Hope it's okay for me to ask the question here, wasn't sure if this was the right place or networking ... mods please move if this does not belong here. I thought DLNA uses the WiFi on device A to ...

Android has a few different methods for printing, one of the easiest and most recognizable is probably Google's Cloud Print. But setting up and using a random printer from your Android-powered phone ...

With a GS1500M Wi-Fi device and underlying Wi-Fi Direct mechanism, you can, for example, discover and connect a camera to a printer, a sensor to a display or a remote controlled device to one or more ...

In a surprise move that proves that automakers aren't completely behind the curve when it comes to bleeding-edge tech, GM's research wing has unveiled a new safety system that uses WiFi Direct to ...