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The Funniest Wi-Fi Names this Week

Posted on May 17, 2013 by Samuel

We have previously looked at how Wi-Fi names have been used to express political allegiance. For the purposes of entertainment we thought we’d take a look at the Wi-Fi names of contemporary America to see whether the spectre of Communism … Continue reading →

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Is escaping to the wilderness the answer?

Posted on May 15, 2013 by Samuel

We recently came across the news that Pinterest co-founder Evan Sharp uses our coverage maps in a rather interesting way. Rather than using them purely as they were intended, he and his wife use our maps to deliberately drive to … Continue reading →

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A few ways to use WeatherSignal

Posted on May 13, 2013 by Samuel

A few days ago we launched WeatherSignal – a new project to crowdsource weather data using native sensors in Android phones. We think this is a really exciting idea, and hope that our network of users will help us to improve … Continue reading →

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Funniest Wifi Names This Week

Posted on May 10, 2013 by Samuel

Every week the OpenSignal app picks up thousands of new Wi-Fi names. Rather than leave them languishing in our servers, we thought we’d share and analyse some of our favourites for you. 1) !!!DEADLY VIRUS!!! – Miami, Florida OH MY … Continue reading →

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Announcing the Launch of WeatherSignal

Posted on May 8, 2013 by Samuel

We’re pleased to announce the launch of a new app, designed to do for weather what OpenSignal already does for cell phone coverage. WeatherSignal is a new way of approaching weather data collection using native Android phone sensors. The ubiquity of … Continue reading →

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This Week’s Funniest Wi-Fi Names

Posted on May 2, 2013 by Samuel

Every day the OpenSignal app picks up thousands of new Wi-Fi names. Rather than leave them languishing in our servers, we thought we’d share some of our favourites with you. This week our theme is ‘The Neighbours’. 1) Serial killer … Continue reading →

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iOS app bug fix

Posted on May 1, 2013 by Samuel

A few weeks ago we launched the OpenSignal app for iOS. The app was received extremely positively and we got a lot of very enthusiastic feedback from our community. Unfortunately we quickly became aware of a bug that was affecting … Continue reading →

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What Consumers Want

Posted on April 30, 2013 by Samuel

What is it that people look for when buying a phone? Based on a recent study done by Compete and Google it appears that what chiefly matters to people is the device they are getting and how much they are … Continue reading →

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An apology to our Korean users

Posted on April 26, 2013 by Samuel

Much like everything else at OpenSignal, we crowdsource the translations we use in our Android app. What this means is that we make a list of phrases and words available on the Internet, and people voluntarily translate them for us. … Continue reading →

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iOS app bug fix is on its way!

Posted on April 25, 2013 by Samuel

Soon after releasing OpenSignal for iOS, it became clear that there was a bug affecting some of our users. I mentioned the bug in the blog post announcing the iOS launch and it was great to have so many users … Continue reading →

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