Broadband, TV and smart home technology
TalkTalk has quietly added streaming channels like Sky 1 and Sky Arts to the main TalkTalk TV programme guide. The subscription channels were previously only…
Free WiFi courtesy of O2 has arrived in of Argos’s UK and Republic of Ireland high street stores. O2 WiFi will let those waiting in…
Virgin Media has updated prices on its site ahead of forthcoming price rises that will affect all customers in February. Costs for broadband and phone…
Netgear has launched a new range of home video monitoring products that come with night vision. The VueZone motion detection video monitoring system will allow…
Netflix is to stream its first original documentary, The Short Game, on 12 December. The film follows eight of the most competitive golfers around the…
A firm has invented a light switch it claims will understand its surroundings and change lighting in the home to suit. The Goldee Light Controller…
Estuary TV, the UK’s first Local TV station, will launch tomorrow in Grimsby on Freeview channel 8 and Virgin Media channel 879. It’s the first…
WiFi hotspots that are free and open could abet terrorists and fall foul of the law, according to a recent survey by Purple WiFi. The…
Free-to-air satellite TV operator Freesat is to launch its Free Time TV platform on a range of smart TVs from next year. Moving onto smart…
Cult sci-fi show Farscape appears to be headed to Netflix if a recent teaser is anything to go by. The company’s Twitter account has…
Yorkshire based wireless internet service provider Quickline has done a deal with troubled Lincolnshire wireless ISP Linpop that will save the firm from administration Financial…
Superfast broadband in five areas of rural Cambridgeshire has gone live today. The switch on marks the start of Connecting Cambridgeshire’s roll out of fibre…
The ASA has teamed up with Trading Standards to crack down on companies that repeatedly break ad rules. The ASA said it would now be…
New Sky TV customers can get a free Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 8.0 by Christmas if you sign up by November 28. The limited-run offer…
Amazon has made its Lovefilm streaming TV and movie app available to download on the Xbox One. The app has been brought out on the…
BT YouView subscribers can now record streaming internet TV channels, but TalkTalk’s YouView users are still waiting for their update. The 15.11.10 software update rolled…
TV manufacturer LG admitted that it collected data about viewing habits from users of its Smart TVs but added no personal details were ever gathered…
LG is investigating claims that its smart TVs broadcast information about viewers’ habits. The investigation follows allegations made by a UK-based IT consultant who described how…
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