Why do cell phones still suck for calling?

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Complaints mount about Yosemite crippling Wi-Fi Review: Android 5.0 'Lollipop' is everything I hoped it would be Network World Daily News PM October 21, 2014 Why do cell phones still suck for calling? Calling is probably only a small percentage of what the average smartphone is used for today, but you would think that with all the advances in mobile tech, this still critical function would have gotten better too.Ha!Connections are still spotty, voice quality often stinks, and you don't have to think back too far to remember the last time you had a call drop.The IEEE's Spectrum magazine just published a good article on the subject, "All smart, no phone: Cellular carriers are dragging their heels over technology to improve voice quality," that identifies the core problems and the technology fixes that can help.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here READ MORE   Issue highlights 1. Complaints mount about Yosemite crippling Wi-Fi 2. 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Learn More Complaints mount about Yosemite crippling Wi-Fi Complaints that Mac OS X Yosemite disrupts or entirely disables Wi-Fi have been flowing into social media sites and discussion forums since the release of the OS last Thursday, but Apple has yet to acknowledge there's a problem.There are multiple active threads on the topic in the official Apple Support forum, as well as in third party discussion boards, where frustrated users are furiously trying to troubleshoot the problem.MORE ON NETWORK WORLD: 7 reasons to deploy Wi-Fi security in Enterprise mode In the Apple Support forum, a thread titled "OSX Yosemite Wifi issues" is nearing 200 comments, and has been viewed more than 12,000 times, while another one titled "Yosemite (OS X 10.10) killed my WiFi :(" recently topped 100 comments and 10,300 views.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here READ MORE Review: Android 5.0 'Lollipop' is everything I hoped it would be Google's most recent Android upgrade includes the exact features and improvements that I had hoped it would add. 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READ MORE USB is now UEC (use with extreme caution) USB is an acronym for Universal Serial Bus; at least that is what it has stood for since 1999 when it was patented. But now it may take on a new meaning and instead stand for Ultimate Security Breakdown. Most computer users have learned to protect themselves against malware by limiting the emails they open and the websites they visit. Malware detection and antivirus software is pervasive and has even become bundled with some operating systems.MORE ON NETWORK WORLD: Free security tools you should try Most users feel that with the combination of these tools and careful behaviors they are insulated from most, if not all, malware attacks. While users scrutinized the emails they receive and websites they visit, USB devices were seen as just one more storage device or peripheral that virus protection software scanned before use. The ease of use and widespread adoption of USB created a false comfort that these devices were safe if used with anti-malware software.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here READ MORE Ethernet is coming to cars One of the top microchip suppliers for the auto industry has announced its first automotive-grade Ethernet chipset and software, paving the way for car makers to install 100Mbps networks in vehicles.The new processors from Freescale will connect in-car electronics and Wi-Fi routers over standard two-wire twisted pair cable, not CAT 5, making it robust enough to serve as a networking topology for vehicles.A move toward Ethernet reflects the fact that in-vehicle electronics are becoming more sophisticated to support autonomous driving, exterior and interior cameras, embedded displays and infotainment systems.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here READ MORE NFC chip implants: First Apple, now this guy Dangerous Things Dangerous Things' $99 13.56MHz ISO14443A & NFC Type 2 NTAG216 RFID chipset It's hard to steal Apple's thunder on anything these days, but a self-professed "body modification" enthusiast might have done just that: He's had an NFC chip implanted in his hand. 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Federal and state governments have been subsidizing and mandating electric vehicle sales for years with the idea that increasing production volume will reduce costs and make these vehicles viable for mainstream consumers." Professor of Engineering and Public Policy and Mechanical Engineering Jeremy Michalek, said in a statement about the Carnegie study appearing in the Journal of Power Sources this week.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here READ MORE Data warehouse-as-a-service startup Snowflake comes out of stealth Stealth startup Snowflake is clandestine no longer, throwing off the wraps Tuesday morning with the announcement of a $26 million series B funding round and the rollout of a flagship product, which it's calling the "elastic data warehouse." The basic idea is to do for the data warehouse what Salesforce did for CRM – transforming the product from a piece of infrastructure that has to be maintained by IT into a service operated entirely by the provider. Snowflake is built on top of Amazon EC2, but customers will never need to deal with Amazon directly. +ALSO ON NETWORK WORLD: Microsoft (hearts) Linux, for Azure's sake +To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here READ MORE Can privacy be applied when using mobile phones for Ebola contact tracing? At the Ebola Open Data Jam, "privacy and anonymity" were among the identified "needs" of using mobile phones in the fight against the Ebola virus. READ MORE Staples confirms data breach investigation Monday evening, investigative journalist Brian Krebs reported that multiple banking sources were seeing a pattern of credit and debit card fraud. The common thread between each case were purchases made at Staples Inc. stores in the Northeastern U.S.There isn't a lot to go on if in fact the latest retailer to be breached is Framingham, Mass.-based Staples Inc.MORE ON NETWORK WORLD: Free security tools you should try What's known for sure comes from the sources that spoke on background to Krebs. 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