What Are "Hotspot 2.0" Networks?

Did You Know? ZIP codes, or Zone Improvement Plan codes, were introduced to the U.S. mail system in 1943 and were expanded to the ZIP+4 system in 1983. Geek Trivia The Most Intense Period Of Conflict In The History Of Paleontology Is Known As The? Jurassic Rush → Great Lizard Battle → Dig Site Massacres → Bone Wars → Advertisement Download 2017 Ultimate IT Security Kit (over $16 value!) FREE for a limited time The 2017 Ultimate IT Security Kit compiles the latest information to help you decrease threat exposure and data loss. These resources cover the basics, the important developments, and unique approaches to reduce exploitation. Download this exclusive kit to gain all the knowledge you need to protect yourself and your business! Click here to download Want to Change Your Email Preferences? At some point in the past you subscribed to the How-To Geek newsletter, but if you'd like to change the frequency or unsubscribe, you can do so by clicking the button. Change my Subscription (or unsubscribe) Today's How-To Geek Articles By popular request, we're including a quick list of the daily articles at the top of the daily email as well as the regular format near the bottom. How to Keep Your Child’s Videos Out of Your YouTube History What Do the Little Checkmarks in WhatsApp Mean? What Are “Hotspot 2.0” Networks? How Do You Reopen a Windows Firewall Prompt? How Control Your Eero Wi-Fi Network with the Amazon Echo How to Scan and Diagnose Hardware Issues on Your Mac with Apple’s Built-In Tools How to Get More Accurate Results from Spotlight on macOS Jump Between Sections of Windows 10’s App List by Clicking the Letter Headings How to Restart Chrome in One Click Using a Bookmark How to Take Good Landscape Photos How to Install the Latest Version of Flash on Ubuntu Linux How to Log In to Your LastPass Password Vault With Your Fingerprint in Windows Geek Comic Today's Tech Term Binder A Binder is a software utility that embeds two or more selected files within a single host file, then compresses it and allows it to be saved under one name. When the host file is clicked open, the embedded files are then decompressed and any executable files are run. An example of a popular, but now discontinued Binder is Microsoft’s “Pack and Go” feature that was a part of PowerPoint. What We're Reading This section contains what we're reading from around the web, along with commentary from our editors. Think of it like your daily digest of the most interesting things online. The Inside Story Behind Pebble's Demise The CEO of the feisty smartwatch company explains what went wrong, and why Fitbit scooped it up. [Back Channel] If Animals Have Rights, Should Robots? We can think of ourselves as an animal's peer—or its protector. What will robots decide about us? [The New Yorker] Curiosity finds tantalizing clues as it ascends Martian mountain Boron, changing minerals offer evidence of a habitable lake and complex chemistry. [ArsTechnica] How to Keep Your Child’s Videos Out of Your YouTube History Anyone with kids has likely been in this situation: you’re waiting somewhere—in line, at a restaurant, at the doctor’s office, etc.—and your kid just isn’t having it. Darling little Susie is really showing what she’s got, so you do whatever you can to get her to chill out, which usually means pulling out the ol’ smartphone, loading up YouTube, and handing it over. Read This Article → What Do the Little Checkmarks in WhatsApp Mean? When you message someone through WhatsApp, little ticks or checkmarks appear next to it. These tell you the status of your message. Let's look at what they all mean. Read This Article → What Are “Hotspot 2.0” Networks? Hotspot 2.0 networks are a new wireless standard designed to make it easier and more secure to connect to public Wi-Fi hotspots. They’re supported in the latest version of Windows 10, macOS 10.9 or newer, Android 6.0 or newer, and iOS 7 or newer. Read This Article → How Do You Reopen a Windows Firewall Prompt? If you are setting up a new program that needs network access, but are not paying close enough attention, you might end up accidentally causing Windows firewall to block the program. How do you fix such a mistake? Today’s SuperUser Q&A post helps a frustrated reader fix a firewall headache. Read This Article → How Control Your Eero Wi-Fi Network with the Amazon Echo Thanks to the power of Alexa and its open API, you’re able to control a vast number of devices using just your voice. If you have an Eero Wi-Fi system, you can even control your home network with the Amazon Echo. Read This Article → How to Scan and Diagnose Hardware Issues on Your Mac with Apple’s Built-In Tools Can’t get your Mac to start up? The problem could be software, in which case your best bet may be to reinstall macOS. If that fails, though, the problem could be hardware-related. Read This Article → How to Get More Accurate Results from Spotlight on macOS If you use Spotlight to search for files on your Mac, you might notice that results may often be cluttered with things that are useless or irrelevant. If you want more accurate results from your Spotlight searches, there’s an easy fix. Read This Article → Jump Between Sections of Windows 10’s App List by Clicking the Letter Headings The app list on the Windows 10 Start menu is presented alphabetically, and grouped by letter. But scrolling through it can be tiring. Click the letter at the top of any group to reveal a quick index for jumping to any section of the list. Read This Article → How to Restart Chrome in One Click Using a Bookmark Chrome doesn't really need to be restarted often. But, if for some reason you want to restart Chrome without having to close and reopen it manually—which takes a few clicks—there's a quick and easy way to restart the browser with a bookmark. Read This Article → How to Take Good Landscape Photos Landscapes are one of the classic art subjects. Since the days of the Roman Empire, artists have been painting them. Taking landscape photographs is just a natural extension of this ancient tradition. Let's look at how to do it properly. Read This Article → How to Install the Latest Version of Flash on Ubuntu Linux After axing Flash for Linux in 2012, Adobe revived the Flash plugin for Firefox and other browsers on Linux in 2016. But Ubuntu still installs the old version of Flash by default, unless you go out of your way to get the new one. Read This Article → How to Log In to Your LastPass Password Vault With Your Fingerprint in Windows Password managers like LastPass are the most secure way to generate and store passwords for all your favorite sites. And, if you want to make them a little easier to use, you can log into your LastPass vault instantaneously using just your fingerprint. Read This Article → Advertisement Download Cyber Ransom Survival Guide: The Growing Threat of Ransomware and RDoS - and What to Do About It It's 9:30 in the morning. You've grabbed your morning coffee and caught up on email. Now you're settling in to read an article online. 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