Broadband, TV and smart home technology
Virgin Media has noted a spike in sign-ups for its London Underground-based WiFi network since the onset of the latest bout of strike action. The…
Cat owners: not content by spamming YouTube and Facebook with your furry critters? Now you can play with Mr Tibbles wherever you are. Called Kittyo, the…
Fibre broadband ISP Gigaclear has started to roll out gigabit fibre broadband as part of the Ultrafast Underriver project in western Kent. The project, expected…
Wealthy small businesses can now pony up for their own BT fibre broadband line from 163 more telephone exchanges. BT Openreach has confirmed FoD (Fibre…
Channel 4 has been forced to pull the data services on two of its channels after a glitch in the service caused some Samsung TVs to switch…
Apple TV, once described as a ‘hobby’ product by Steve Jobs, is now a billion dollar business according to chief executive Tim Cook. Cook revealed in a conference call following…
The Roku 3 is a streaming device that’s halfway between a smart TV set top box and a media hub. For £99 you get a…
Hulu has moved to block international viewers from trying to access it using VPNs (Virtual Private Networks) and proxy links. The move means that UK viewers won’t…
Streaming media leader Netflix is investigating using BitTorrent-style peer-to-peer technology to keep ISPs happy about the traffic it sends over their networks. Netflix has advertised…
Parents in the US were shocked to discover than their internet-connected baby monitor was hacked by a man who started screaming at their child. Adam and Heather…
Porn streaming site Fyre TV is suing Amazon over name of its Fire TV set-top box, which recently launched in the US. Fyre TV says…
Sunday afternoon wasn’t just bad for Steven Gerrard – it was a dark (screen) time for Sky Go and Now TV users trying to watch…
EE has signed up nearly 900,000 more 4G customers in the last three months while its fixed line customer continues to grow slowly. Despite EE…
All Roku owners can now add YouTube apps to their choice of streaming and home media content, and throw videos from their phone to their…
British Gas is updating its Hive smart energy app with geolocation alerts as it reaches 75,000 UK homes, The new feature will alert users when…
Sky+HD is in line for an upgrade to 4K Ultra HD with recordings stored online to take on Apple, Amazon, Netflix and Google. The UK…
Broadcasters should try to include a technology which boosts the range of bright and dark images as they take on 4K Ultra HD TV. So…
The BBC will make every performance from Proms 2014 available live and on-demand on BBC iPlayer. Every Prom will be available in HD Sound with performances…
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