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...known to lead impromptu tours around the major landmarks of the neighborhood, from the Democracy Monument to the gentrifying nightlife of Khao San Road. He's also[an error occurred while processing this directive] the tech head responsible for installing a computer in every room and for setting up wi-fi Internet access throughout. There's even some family history behind the inn. It's actually a converted shophouse that was built on a plot granted to the Tulyanond's ancestors by King Chulalongkorn (Rama V). The land has been in the family now for seven generations...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Family Thais | 6/6/2006 | See Source »

...presents. And her son Joey has been known to lead impromptu tours around the major landmarks of the neighborhood, from the Democracy Monument to the gentrifying nightlife of Khao San Road. He's also the tech head responsible for installing a computer in every room and for setting up wi-fi Internet access throughout...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Family Thais | 6/5/2006 | See Source »

...reach the village of Nyarukamba in western Uganda, visitors have to clamber up a thin, almost vertical dirt track. It's not the kind of place you would expect to find subsistence farmers surfing the Web with wi-fi computers or making VOIP (voice over Internet protocol) phone calls. But that's exactly what the village's 800 or so inhabitants have been doing--thanks to a wireless, solar-powered communications system installed in the Ruwenzori mountains by Inveneo, a San Francisco nonprofit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Villagewide Wi-Fi: WIRELESS INTERNET IN AFRICA | 5/22/2006 | See Source »

...avoid being caught again "with our britches down," Meffert says, he not only has Plans A and B for emergency communications but also Plans C, D, E and F. He has moved the backup generators to higher ground; installed a wi-fi system downtown and backed up "hot spots" like city hall, emergency operations and the police command center with solar chargers; brought in wi-fi-compliant phones that allow emergency management to text message as well as make calls; and wrangled four vans with satellite uplinks in the event all else fails. Finally, he got what he jokingly refers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: You're On Your Own | 5/21/2006 | See Source »

...Each suite at the Kemang Icon is different. Some, appointed in darker tones, are for those who like their surroundings understated; other suites, in pastels, are more splashy. But all come with surround-sound stereos, flatscreen TVs, cordless phones, wi-fi capability and iPod docking stations (if you need new music, download it from the hotel's iTunes library, stored on an iMac in the lobby). For relaxation, there are five spa treatment rooms, a yoga studio with 360-degree views of the city, a residents' lounge and bar, and a rooftop pool overlooked by diners at the Edge...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Going South | 5/21/2006 | See Source »

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