Jon Gold
Senior Writer
Jon Gold covers IoT and wireless networking for Network World. He can be reached at jon_gold@idg.com.
GitHub repositories compromised by stolen OAuth tokens
GitHub, Salesforce warn of data theft from private code repositories.
New web portal opens for 5G experimenters
The FCC, in partnership with NYU and the University of Colorado Boulder, makes it simpler to test new devices and mobile applications
Unity out at Canonical amid big shakeups
With layoffs coming, Canonical is shifting developer resources from the Unity desktop front end to GNOME development
Controversial LTE-U wireless tech OK'd by FCC
Ericsson, Nokia get go-ahead for LTE-U base stations despite early fears they might interfere with Wi-Fi
A year after terrorist attacks, phone privacy laws unchanged – but watch out for Trump
Some say the privacy climate has improved due to technology advances, but that could change with the new administration
What we talk about when we talk about 5G wireless
An FAQ on the next big thing in wireless technology: 5G
FAQ: What is 802.11ad wireless technology?
Short-range super Wi-Fi is just starting to hit the market
EU outlines stiff new net neutrality rules
Meanwhile, a court battle over net neutrality is ongoing in the United States
FAQ: What the FCC’s 5G vote will mean
Thursday's vote will identify and open new high frequency bands for the next big jump in mobile data capabilities
Tech culture still pushing out women, study finds
Social dynamics and 'culture fit' are big reasons that female engineers leave the profession at a higher rate than their male counterparts
Open-source really could help get you a job, study finds
Cloud, OpenStack, and networking expertise in open source are all sought by those filling jobs
5G cellular slowly, carefully taking shape
Experts share visions of 5G cellular networking at CableLabs InformED Wireless event in New York
Edward Snowden: Privacy can't depend on corporations standing up to the government
Service providers aren't to be trusted, Snowden says at Free Software Foundation's LibrePlanet event at MIT
Why did Linux Foundation cut independent board seats?
Linux Foundation’s bylaws were changed Jan. 15 to do away with two seats on its board designated for non-corporate members
Google paid Apple $1B to be default iPhone search engine
Court transcript also revealed that Google has made a total of $31 billion in revenue on Android
Wi-Fi startup gets $25 million backing from Cisco, Verizon, others
By eliminating self-interference from Wi-Fi radios, Kumu Networks aims to make Wi-Fi hotspots twice as efficient
Data scientists have the hottest job in America
In a new report on the best jobs in the U.S., 10 of the top 25 were jobs in the technology industry
Mozilla will donate $1 million to open-source projects
The Mozilla Foundation, which underwrites the development of the Firefox browser, announced Friday that it would contribute $1 million to various open-source software projects under the auspices of the new Mozilla Open-Source Support...
Worries mount that upcoming LTE-U deployments will hurt Wi-Fi
Despite the assurances of its inventors, there’s an ominous lack of proof that LTE-U technology won't muck up current Wi-Fi deployments