I noticed my friend beaming a video from his phone to another friend's phone, but neither device was connected to a wireless router. How is this possible? Your friends are probably using Wi-Fi Direct, ...

Former CNET editor Dong Ngo has been involved with technology since 2000, starting with testing gadgets and writing code for CNET Labs' benchmarks. He managed CNET's San Francisco Labs, reviews 3D ...

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 https://www.pcworld.com/tags/Wi-Fi+Alliance.html, the governing body that argues for years about before eventually ratifying and certifying official Wi-Fi ...

Car makers have been peddling wireless pedestrian avoidance systems almost as long as there have been automobiles. (We believe one of the earliest was called the "side view mirror.") GM's new ...

As the capabilities of Android devices have improved, so did the speed of transferring files from one device to another. Gone are the days that you have to steadily hold two phones near each other and ...

Samsung Galaxy S is one of the first smartphones to receive the WiFi Direct certification from the WiFi Alliance. WiFi Direct is a revolutionary technology that allows devices to connect to each other ...

· Market for connected wearable components is expected to reach more than $1.5 billion by 2014 · WICED Direct enables OEMs to design accessories, clothing and other wearable sensors that connect and ...

WICED Direct Systems-on-a-Chip (SoCs) now includes the full array of Broadcom's radio-frequency (RF) technologies, including near-field communication (NFC), Bluetooth Smart, Wi-Fi, and Wi-Fi Direct, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Bluetooth “made wires and cable obsolete,” said John Paczkowski in All Things Digital, and a new standard from the Wi-Fi Alliance may do the same to Bluetooth. Wi-Fi Direct, like Bluetooth, connects ...