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 ...

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 ...

SAN RAMON, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Mopria ® Alliance, a global non-profit membership organization chartered to drive industry-wide standards and solutions for printing and scanning to connected ...

A vulnerability in Android's Wi-Fi Direct functionality has been uncovered by security researchers. Wi-Fi Direct - the technology that allows two devices (including printers, cameras and PCs) to ...

The Wi-Fi Alliance has now certified more than 550 products for Wi-Fi Direct, the peer-to-peer networking technology that allows devices to communicate without the need for an Internet connection.

The Wi-Fi Alliance, a consortium of companies that includes Apple, yesterday announced that it has developed a new specification that will facilitate direct peer-to-peer connections via Wi-Fi between ...

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