A form of peer-to-peer wireless networking, Wi-Fi Direct devices can establish wireless connectivity with each other without requiring a wireless router, hot spot or access point. The access itself is ...

Wireless networking based on the Wi-Fi IEEE 802.11 standards — thanks to the standardization and branding efforts of the Wi-Fi Alliance (www.wi-fi.org) — is one of the most widely adopted wireless ...

Apple Wednesday endorsed Wi-Fi Direct, an industry plan to eliminate the need for hotspots in order for wireless gadgets to connect. The standard, expected to be available by the middle of 2010, may ...

The Wi-Fi Alliance said that the new Wi-Fi Direct spec can be implemented in any Wi-Fi device --mobile phones, cameras, printers, notebooks, keyboards and headphones. The specification, previously ...