The plan to bring cellular phone service and Wi-Fi to New York City's subway stations is back on track, according to a report from the NY Daily News.

A company called Transit Wireless will be installing the wireless technology in the subways, and then cellular phone service providers would pay Transit Wireless to carry their signals.

According to a statement on the Transit Wireless website, the company "was formed specifically to respond to the Metropolitan Transit Authority's Request for Proposals to design, market, install, own, operate and maintain a neutral, shared wireless infrastructure to provide seamless, uninterrupted commercial wireless services to...the 277 underground subway stations in New York City."

Unfortunately it seems that it will take up to 6 years before all 277 stations are wired.

Starbucks announced Monday that starting July 1st it will offer free Wi-Fi Internet access at some 7,000 locations nationwide. The service is described as "one click" and will be offered through AT&T.

Then later in the year the company will launch Starbucks Digital Network - a free content network in partnership with Yahoo!. Starbucks says that it will give "customers free unrestricted access to various paid sites and services such as wsj.com, exclusive content and previews, free downloads, local community news and activities, on their laptops, tablets or smart phones."

A class-action lawsuit was filed in Oregon Monday against Google because its Google Street View (GSV) cars inadvertently snooped on Wi-Fi communications.

The two people who filed the suit say they used unprotected home Wi-Fi networks and a GSV car cruised by their residences at least once.

London's Mayor Boris Johnson pledged this week that the entire city would have Wi-Fi Internet access by the time the 2012 Summer Olympics open. The Evening Standard reports the plan includes installing "hotspots" into streetlights and bus stops so commuters and homes can get online wirelessly. They Mayor did not comment about pricing.

Back in April it came to light that Google's Street View cars were not only snapping photos in Germany, but were also scanning and logging private citizens' wireless local access networks (WLANs) and unique media access control (MAC) addresses. Now it turns out that Google was also capturing partial content of communications from non-password-protected WiFi networks.

Google explained in a blog post on Friday how this happened. It was a mistake.

Google goes on to say, "As soon as we became aware of this problem, we grounded our Street View cars and segregated the data on our network, which we then disconnected to make it inaccessible. We want to delete this data as soon as possible, and are currently reaching out to regulators in the relevant countries about how to quickly dispose of it."

US Airways on Monday became the latest U.S. airline to launch in-flight wireless Internet access using Aircell's Gogo Inflight Internet. US Airways initial role out includes five Airbus A321, but the company plans to expand the service to its entire fleet of Airbus A321 by June 1.

Costs vary by flight length and the type of device used. For more on pricing visit the Aircell website here.

Time Warner on Thursday announced that its subscribers in New York City now have free access to thousands of the company's regional Wi-Fi hotspots.

From Time Warner's Wi-Fi site: "Road Runner customers can access Time Warner Cable WiFi for FREE from numerous "Wi-Fi zones" around the city, including eight LIRR platforms along the Port Washington line, four parks in Queens as well as the 79th Street Boat Basin, and Bryant and Madison Square Parks in Manhattan."

Ford has announced that starting in 2010 it will offer WiFi connectivity in its SYNC-equipped cars and trucks.

Ford says that the system will allow users to plug their own compatible USB mobile broadband modem into SYNCs USB port to produce a secure wireless connection that will be broadcast throughout the vehicle.