Spend time researching IOGEAR and you’ll quickly learn we are pushing the envelope when it comes to implementing wireless PC to TV streaming and WiFi network adapters as a means of accessing and sharing content. But despite our love for the elimination of cable clutter, sometimes getting a device to connect via WiFi just isn’t an option. Maybe it’s your apartment building with thick brick walls or a country estate where the fifth bathroom can’t get a signal. Whatever the reason, it’s worth considering affordable options like a Universal WiFi N Adapter (GWU627) that give Ethernet enabled devices hope for accessing a home’s WiFi network with data rates up to 150Mbps and a range of 320 feet.

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“Convergence” is one of those budding buzzwords that marketers and even scientists use when describing the prolonged combination or mixing of various entities. The blending together of traditional and social media is one example as is the simultaneous inward movement of eyes towards each other.

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Bluetooth technology has become sort of ubiquitous when talking about devices such as tablets, smartphones, headsets, wireless keyboards and other communications tools. Many of us use Bluetooth products every day without giving thought to how or why it works. Fortunately, because you’re reading this blog today, you have the opportunity to learn.

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Technology has the power to change the way we teach and learn, but only when students and teachers are given access. We’ve talked previously about iPads in Elementary schools and Chromebooks challenging tablets for a slice of the education technology pie, but the challenge of funding new technology products and services for both schools and individual students remains a significant roadblock.
Fortunately, one California University has created a program that gives students and professors the option of renting the latest educational tech gadgets and gear to coincide with specific course work. Students who may need an expensive HD camera, software or some other device for a class are no longer forced to shell out full price for educational technology items they may only use temporarily. With astronomical tuition prices, the “TechRent” program is being welcomed for the financial reprieve it provides.
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