When it comes to sharing your smartphone's data plan, there are two options, mobile hotspot and USB tethering, but which is ...

T-Mobile UK has quietly removed the option for customers on its only unlimited data plan to tether to other devices, which could be a sign that operators are struggling to find a cost-effective way to ...

Few topics I have written about have generated such strong responses from readers as my recent article about tethering, and how carriers are going to be cracking down on those who abuse it. I still ...

Tethering: It’s one of the most convenient features your smartphone has, yet carriers insist on restricting it. Tethering most often refers to using your smartphone as a mobile hotspot. In other words ...

U.S. carriers have started blocking an app that allows Android smartphone users free wireless tethering for other web-ready devices. The application, "Wireless Tether for Root Users," is still ...

The latest Chrome OS Canary build has a new feature in it called “Instant Tethering,” which makes it possible to automatically tether the laptop to your phone in the absence of an internet connection, ...

With some unauthorized hacks, you can share your smartphone’s internet connection with other devices, free of charge — and AT&T has had enough of that. On the iPhone, for example, the hack MyWi has ...

Editor’s Note: The following article is an excerpt from Take Control of iPhone and iPod touch Networking & Security, iOS 4 Edition, a very nice ebook saddled with an ungainly title and available for ...