The tethering application was on the Android Market for a few weeks and had more than 10,000 downloads and a 4.5 star rating from users, Lemons said.

US carriers have started blocking an app that allows Android smartphone users free wireless tethering for other web-ready devices. Read the whole story ...

If you have an Android phone, you'd actually have a bit of an advantage if you need to remain connected while dealing with a home internet outage.

Here are a few options Android users can use to tether a computer to a phone without using the tethering capabilities built into Android 2.2. For the most part the free apps are only available for ...

So much for free tethering apps on Android phones, at least in the Android Market. AT&T, Verizon Wireless and T-Mobile are now blocking these apps, which offer a free or cheap alternative to the ...

TetherGPS works with nearly any Android tablet—not just the Nook Color—and it basically tethers your tablet to a GPS-enabled Android phone via Wi-Fi. The Android phone will feed GPS data to ...

Correct. In fact Android has had wifi tethering built-in since 2.2. Carriers remove (from the firmware of phones they sell) or block (from Google Play) it and related apps but Google itself doesn't.

USB tethering allows you to share your Android phone's internet with a computer with the help of a USB cable. It is handy when your computer has trouble connecting to the Wi-Fi networks, or your ...

The big news about the coming Android 2.2 update, code-named Froyo, is that it will allow you to tether your laptop or netbook to your Android phone for high-speed wireless access anywhere. But ...