Broadband, TV and smart home technology
Business and charity organisations in Coventry are being urged to take advantage of the voucher scheme worth up to £3,000 to improve broadband connectivity. The…
Four villages in Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire have been upgraded to fibre as part of the respective county’s superfast broadband projects. A roadside cabinet has been…
BBC crime drama Ripper Street will return for a third season on Amazon Prime Instant Video, the unwieldy new name for video streaming service Lovefilm…
Virgin Media has announced Web Safe, a new family-friendly set of parental controls. Web Safe lets parents apply age-appropriate filters to specific websites. It can…
Virgin Media has launched a new 152Mbps service and has begun to increase the top speeds of all of its fibre broadband services. Customers previously…
ZTE has revealed a 4K Ultra HD set top box at this year’s Mobile World Congress. The snappily named ZTE ZXV10 B803 supports the latest…
BT TV has added more HD channels, including TLC and Discovery to its offering on YouView-based TV service. With the HD Extra pack, which costs…
People watching BBC programmes on its iPlayer service should pay the licence fee, according to the BBC’s director general. Tony Hall said at a media…
BT has managed to secure rights to show live German Bundesliga football in the UK and Republic of Ireland until 2017. The new two-year contract,…
TalkTalk has reported a four-fold increase in the number of customers taking up its landline privacy features in the month since it was made free….
Honeywell’s Evohome smart energy system launches in the UK today, giving you even more control of your central heating. Many smart energy systems we’ve seen…
BT engineers have successfully saved homes and businesses in Manchester, West Yorkshire and Lancashire disconnected by the recent bout of flooding and heavy rainfall. The…
A UK tech company has launched a new Bluetooth device that allows people to control virtually every aspect of their home. The company, Cambridge-based CSR…
Not long after 4G came online in the UK and Europe, 5G could soon be with us, but a European Commissioner warned that governments and companies…
Mobile operator EE has entered into a six-year partnership with Wembley stadium. The tie-up will bring investment in technology into the stadium with enhanced 4G…
England will see the most of a £250 million taxpayer-funded pot designed to increase superfast broadband coverage in rural areas. The lion’s share – £184.34…
BT has officially taken the wraps off one of its worst kept secrets, the new YouView+ box. Borrowing the streamlined styles of its Home Hub…
Netgear and HTC have signed a deal to use the Miracast standard for throwing audio and video from phones and tablets to TVs. Announced at…
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