Wednesday, October 2, 2013

Facebook's check-in based free Wi-Fi rolling out nationally with Cisco's help


Last year, Facebook began trialling a novel approach to Wi-Fi: it gave consumers free access to high-speed internet in exchange for checking in at a business. Starting today, it's expanding that initiative even further with the help of Cisco. The two companies are collaborating on what's being called CMX for Facebook Wi-Fi. That branding is a bit of a mouthful, but for end users it's largely the same experience. When you visit a participating retailer, hotel, or other business, hopping onto the Wi-Fi network is as easy as joining the local network and checking in with your Facebook account. For users, it offers a near-instantaneous login process that gets them browsing faster. "We like to think of everything first and foremost from the...


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Source: The Verge - All Posts http://www.theverge.com/2013/10/2/4795732/facebook-cisco-partner-free-wi-fi-check-ins

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