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5 Wi-Fi Hotspot Finders To Find Free Wi-Fi Spots Near You | Make. There are an increasing number of places around the world where you can find free Wi-Fi to let you log on to the Internet. Thanks to this, I get to watch people wandering the streets, laptops open, looking for a blip of a signal to let them online. I’ve seen people standing on the corner to keep the signal alive, sitting on the street, and all manner of other crazy places – all trying to hold that Wi-Fi signal. To make your life a little easier, and to avoid you being that guy, here are five wifi hotspot finder sites to help you find free Wi-Fi spots near you.

Whether they’re restaurants, airports, Apple stores (always a good bet), or friendly store owners, there’s sure to be free Wi-Fi near you. Wi-Fi-Friendly Chains There’s an increasing number of stores and restaurants that offer free Wi-Fi at most or all of their locations – these are great places to start in your search for free Wi-Fi. For more stores and restaurants, try this list and this one. WeFi WiFi Everywhere OpenWifiSpots. Top 10 Online Tools to Connect With the Obama Administration. Shaun Dakin is the CEO and Founder of The National Political Do Not Contact Registry. With the arrival of the first truly technologically savvy President in Washington, DC many people have high expectations of both the President and Congress. After all, during the election MyBarackObama.com became the hub for the campaign and supporters to do more than simply donate money online; it allowed users to organize themselves, create walk and call lists, post blogs, donate money and to tell the candidate what they wanted him to do and become.

The reality is that outside of the Presidential campaign, much of government remains stuck in the technology dark ages. It wasn’t until the last few months that the US Congress decided that it was OK for a member of congress to post a YouTube video! So, what tools exist for interacting with this President 2.0? Sites that Obama and his administration control: 1. Bottom line? 2. 3. MyBarackObama.com - MBO.com was huge. MBO.com is still up and running. 4. 5.

IAmInTown.com. JoikuSpot - Connect Your Laptop to Internet via Cell Phone | Mak. JoikuSpot Light is an awesome piece of freeware which allows you to tether your mobile phone’s 3G capabilities and turn it into a wi-fi hotspot. Bascially, it gives you a dead-simple way to connect your laptop or pc to internet via cell phone. Not only does this mean you’ve got a wi-fi hotspot in your pocket – this also means you have less hardware to lug around if you want to use your laptop and connect to internet through mobile. No more Bluetooth/Cable/USB dongles. Everything’s now 100% wireless. Joikuspot currently runs on the Symbian platform, which means it caters for the higher end Nokias (N and E series) as well as a few of Samsung’s higher end phones. It’s extremely simple to set up and easy to use. Some of my favorite features include: Encryption support ““ Joikuspot is incredibly secure and supports WEP including 128bit key generator for your security. Battery threshold ““ This feature shuts down Joikuspot when the battery level is too low.

Facebook Connect vs Google Friend Connect: Fight! Amidst all the talk about data portability and net identity, all that end users want to know is: how can I use this, and is it any good? Now both Google Friend Connect and Facebook Connect are open to everyone; we've looked into these two services to see what they offer and which one is easier to use. So, what's the main difference here? In the simplest of terms, both Google Friend Connect and Facebook Connect let you create applications on your website that allow your visitors to interact with the site and their friends by logging in with their Google, Facebook, or OpenID credentials. The key difference between the two services is the fact that Facebook is one social network, while Google Friend Connect is open to any site, service or social network that uses OpenID for identification.

For example, with Google Friend Connect your visitors can log in using their Gmail credentials, meaning that they don't really have to be a part of any (strictly defined) social network at all. Ease of use.