No wireless LANaccess point or complicated ID or password entry is required, and once pictures have been downloaded to the smartphone, it is simple to upload them to social networking sites.
At tables scattered across the cafeteria of the Shepard Broad Law Center, students have their faces buried in computer screens as they access a variety of applications over the law school's wireless LAN.
The Gathering, Norway's annual week-long LAN party, plans to set a new world record for the "fastest internet access in the universe" with a 200Gbps connection.