brendan_gill

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by brendan_gill 9y ago
OpenSignal | https://opensignal.com/ | Angel, London | ONSITE Our mission is to become the global standard for understanding mobile network experience; our Wifi and mobile apps, which crowdsource this data have been downloa
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by brendan_gill 10y ago
OpenSignal - London, UK (Full time, permanent) At OpenSignal we have built the most exhaustive dataset on the wireless industry to date through leveraging mobile sensors. This data is directly measured from consumer devices as opposed to tr
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by brendan_gill 11y ago
OpenSignal - London, UK (Full time, permanent) At OpenSignal we're using mobile apps to tap into the smart phones we're all carrying around with us to build up global crowdsourced sensor networks. Our first sensor network is for w
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by brendan_gill 11y ago
CEO/Founder of OpenSignal here. Yep, our data is collected from anyone who downloads the OpenSignal app. Our mission is to provide a real world, empirical alternative to the traditional source of this data which is the operators themse
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by brendan_gill 11y ago
OpenSignal - London, UK (Full time, permanent) At OpenSignal we're using mobile apps to tap into the smart phones we're all carrying around with us to build up global crowdsourced sensor networks. Our first sensor network is for w
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by brendan_gill 11y ago
OpenSignal - London, UK (Full time, permanent) At OpenSignal we're using mobile apps to tap into the smart phones we're all carrying around with us to build up global crowdsourced sensor networks. Our first sensor network is for w
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Android Fragmentation: 24k devices, 1.2k brands(opensignal.com)
19 points by brendan_gill 11y ago|0 comments
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by brendan_gill 11y ago
OpenSignal - London, UK (Full time, permanent) At OpenSignal we're using mobile apps to tap into the smart phones we're all carrying around with us to build up global crowdsourced sensor networks. Our first sensor network is for w
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by brendan_gill 11y ago
OpenSignal - London, UK (Full time, permanent) At OpenSignal we're using mobile apps to tap into the smart phones we're all carrying around with us to build up global crowdsourced sensor networks. Our first sensor network is for w
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by brendan_gill 11y ago
Totally appreciate this is not something the average user understands. In the long run it would be nice if we could offer VPN style functionality without users actually having to understand what a VPN actually is (e.g. an "Enter secure
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by brendan_gill 11y ago
Indeed, there are risks involved, but I'd argue that connecting to public Wifi is a pretty common existing habit already. There are good ways to stay protected though whilst doing this e.g. using a VPN.
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by brendan_gill 11y ago
We'll be adding sign-in via email soon.
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by brendan_gill 11y ago
There are a number of others building hotspot databases like this but mainly taking a purely automatic, heuristic approach. Our plan is to augment this with an engaged community of users who can help curate the database further in a way tha
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by brendan_gill 11y ago
Could you shoot us an email? We can probably send you the APK file: http://opensignal.com/blog/contact/
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by brendan_gill 11y ago
In the user interviews we carried out some of the key use cases we've found for Wifi use are: - People without unlimited data plans who would prefer to preserve data on their mobile plan - People travelling abroad and want to avoid roa
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by brendan_gill 11y ago
Indeed - this is exactly the challenge we are working on. In future versions I think we will provide more detail on the classifications (e.g. 6 out of 7 users marked this as Free).
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by brendan_gill 11y ago
Hi all - I'm one of the founders of OpenSignal and wanted to add some technical detail on what we're doing here - It's a V1 (although 4 years in the making!) and would love any feedback. The source of the Wifi database is our
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by brendan_gill 11y ago
Offline Wifi packs (w/ maps!) is one of the top priorities on our development roadmap
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Show HN: App recommending free Wifi based on hotspot heuristics and crowd-input(wifimapper.com)
26 points by brendan_gill 11y ago|45 comments
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by brendan_gill 11y ago
OpenSignal - London, UK (Full time, permanent, visa sponsorship available for exceptional candidates) At OpenSignal we're using mobile apps to tap into the smart phones we're all carrying around with us to build up global crowdsou
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by brendan_gill 12y ago
OpenSignal - London, UK (Full time, permanent) At OpenSignal we're using mobile apps to tap into the smart phones we're all carrying around with us to build up global crowdsourced sensor networks. Our first sensor network is for w
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by brendan_gill 12y ago
OpenSignal - London, UK (Full time, permanent) At OpenSignal we're using mobile apps to tap into the smart phones we're all carrying around with us to build up global crowdsourced sensor networks. Our first sensor network is for w
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by brendan_gill 12y ago
OpenSignal - London, UK (Full time, permanent) At OpenSignal we're using mobile apps to build up global crowdsourced sensor networks by tapping into the smart phones we all carry everywhere we go. Our first sensor network is for wirele
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by brendan_gill 12y ago
OpenSignal - London, UK (Full time, permanent) At OpenSignal we're using mobile apps to tap into the smart phones we're all carrying around with us to build up global crowdsourced sensor networks. Our first sensor network is for w
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by brendan_gill 12y ago
OpenSignal - London, UK (Full time, permanent) At OpenSignal we're using mobile apps to tap into the smart phones we're all carrying around with us to build up global crowdsourced sensor networks. Our first sensor network is for w
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by brendan_gill 12y ago
OpenSignal - London, UK (Full time, permanent) At OpenSignal we're using mobile apps to tap into the smart phones we're all carrying around with us to build up global crowdsourced sensor networks. Our first sensor network is for w
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by brendan_gill 12y ago
OpenSignal - London, UK (Full time, permanent) At OpenSignal we're using mobile apps to tap into the smart phones we're all carrying around with us to build up global crowdsourced sensor networks. Our first sensor network is for w
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by brendan_gill 12y ago
OpenSignal - London, UK (Full time, permanent) At OpenSignal we're using mobile apps to tap into the smart phones we're all carrying around with us to build up global crowdsourced sensor networks. Our first sensor network is for w
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by brendan_gill 12y ago
OpenSignal - London, UK (Full time, permanent) At OpenSignal we're using mobile apps to tap into the smart phones we're all carrying around with us to build up global crowdsourced sensor networks. Our first [1] is for wireless sig
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by brendan_gill 12y ago
Thanks Yosh - really nice of you. I'm sorry it didn't work out differently.

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