Before you sign up for that tablet data plan, why not just your phone as a mobile hotspot instead? Mobile hotspot — sometimes called wireless tethering — is a feature on most smartphones that lets you ...

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Connect from a Mac: open the Wi-Fi menu and select the hotspot. Connect from other Apple devices: open Settings > Wi-Fi and choose the hotspot from the list. This article explains how to turn on the ...

Mobile hotspots provide a convenient way to share internet access with several devices. But how do they work? And do you need to pay for them? Here is everything that you need to know about a mobile ...

Most cars today come with a mobile hotspot, allowing everyone's devices to stay connected to the internet at a cost ranging between $20 and $40 a month. But what if you have an older car? A reader ...

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In Android, if you have an unlocked phone, the hotspot/tethering settings are built into settings. From my research, it sounds like it's the same on an iPhone. Please correct me if I'm wrong, but this ...

If you find it inconvenient to share your Android phone’s hotspot details manually, you can create a QR code that others can scan from their devices to connect to your hotspot. It's easier than you ...

Verizon has published a list of enhancements and improvements to the Android 2.2 software now available for updating its latest Motorola Droid smartphone. However, a glaring omission to that list is ...

I know next to nothing about the tethering or hotspot functions on cellphones. The phone in question is an LG X Venture. It was designed for AT&T, but in general works fine on Koodo. I just can't get ...