Tethering is awesome. It's the act of using your cell phone as a high-speed modem for your laptop. Alas, usually it involves jailbreaking or unlocking your phone, or paying your carrier exorbitant ...

UPDATE: Apple has removed iTether from the App Store. Don’t say we didn’t warn you. If you’ve downloaded the app already, you should be able to keep using it. Original story below. An iPhone tethering ...

Apple seems unable to make up its mind over NetShare, the iPhone tethering application which first appeared, disappeared, reappeared, and has now vanished again from their App Store. In what could ...

Google has reportedly pulled a tethering application from the Android Marketplace to mollify its first wireless carrier partner. Android, which Google says "brings Internet-style innovation and ...

That’s the sound young developer Nick Lee, who “implemented” some tethering code in his app, should hear when sales explode. In less than 3 hours, the app reached the top section of paid apps in the ...

One of the most oft-requested new features in the iPhone 3G is modem access/tethering. Now that it has a chip capable of 3G data downloads, it stands to reason that you'd be able to connect your ...

Android smart phones, including the Motorola Droid, can act as mobile Internet hot spots if they're running a tethering app. This allows business travelers to access the Internet while on the road, ...

Looking to connect your laptop to your iPhone's data connection? The iTether app may have been for you. Unfortunately, it's been pulled from the iTunes App Store. Roger Cheng Former Executive Editor / ...