Jupiter Makes HotSpot List Harder To Find
No real explanation given here, but Jupitermedia has decided to relaunch their directory of WiFi hotspots. That alone, isn't very big news. There are tons of WiFi Hotspot directories, and more are showing up every day (some much better than others). What's odd to me is that the relaunch changes the site from hotspotlist.com to wi-fihotspotlist.com. In other words, they took a domain name that you at least had a chance to remember, and moved it to one that no one will remember (especially with the hyphen in the middle). I'm guessing their must have been some sort of trademark dispute, otherwise, I can't come up with a remotely plausible reason for the change.
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