Open Garden raises $11M as it adds more features to FireChat
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Open Garden has built a name for itself with FireChat, an off-grid messaging app taken up by protest movements around the world,…
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Artists use FireChat to chat with their fans at music festivals
As the NH7 Weekender festival kicks off on Saturday in Delhi, India, not just attendees, but the bands and artists taking the stage are coming armed with the FireChat app.
FireChat hits 200K phones in Hong Kong as Open Garden makes its chat app more secure
Open Garden’s smartphone app allows protesters to communicate without an internet connection, but it’s also being used to spread disinformation. With verified accounts and private chatrooms, Open Garden hopes to solve that problem.
As Hong Kong protests escalate, FireChat sees a surge in off-grid messaging
Bogged-down cellular networks and the looming threat of government censorship have led Chinese protestors to turn to FireChat, a smartphone messaging app that doesn’t need an internet connection to work.
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Firechat’s new update makes it easier for Burners to chat their friends in the WiFi-less desert
FireChat’s — the group chatting application that works without cell service — latest version is out just in time for this year’s Burning Man.
FireChat bridges the platform gap: Android and iOS users can now chat without an internet connection
FireChat, an anonymous messaging app that functions without an internet connection, works on both Android and iOS but not between them. A new version of the app, however, breaks down that barrier.
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Qualcomm invests in 4G-bandwidth sharing, getting in on M87’s $3M Series A
Austin’s M87 is trying to turn smartphones into extensions of the mobile network, sending mobile connections hopping from device to device before hitting the tower. Qualcomm has taken notice.
Austin startup M87 wants to turn your phone into a shared node on the 4G network
M87 has developed software that allows smartphones to hop across each other’s radios to get the best connection to the network. M87 founders gave Gigaom an exclusive look at how the technology works.
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Open Garden brings Wi-Fi routers into its crowdsourced broadband mesh
An new app from Open Garden allows Wi-Fi network owners to share their password with the startup’s shared bandwidth community.
Could you build the next-gen mobile network using Kickstarter and Indiegogo?
The architecture of our mobile networks is going to have to change to keep up with more people and devices, and crowdfunded options like the Serval Project and BRCK may show us a path forward.
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Open Garden lets mobile users cultivate a crowdsourced mesh network
Internet access is limited by service providers, who act as gatekeepers to the treasures of connectivity. But could crowdsourcing connectivity be the answer to the problem for mobile users? That’s the question startup Open Garden is looking to answer.
