Broadband, TV and smart home technology
The Welsh Governement has admitted that rural residents could miss out on a grant scheme, because they don’t know where the broadband not spots will be. …
The UK’s biggest ISPs have been ordered to block two streaming sites, SolarMovie and Tubeplus, by a High Court order. The sites, which stream popular…
Customers who can’t fit a dish on their house could still get satellite broadnand, thanks to Phasor Solutions’ new flat antenna. London-based Phasor Solutions successfully carried out tests…
BT is planning to offer Plusnet broadband customers a YouView-based TV service. Customers would be able to get the smart TV service, which blends digital…
The MiiPC is an Android-based PC that works in tandem with mobile apps that let parents keep an eye on what sites their kids are…
Microsoft has unveiled its Xbox One SmartGlass app for Windows Phone. The app has been launched ahead of this Friday’s release of the console. The…
Just a month after Yahoo launched its Yahoo Screen app for iOS devices, it has launched its app for Apple TV. Yahoo Screen on Apple…
BT Sport could bid for the broadcast rights to future World Cup games, taking them from the BBC and ITV. Matches would still be broadcast…
Movie server firm Kaleidescape is offering new customers buying one of its Cinema One player 50 free movies worth £500, until the end of this…
Openreach engineers have fixed the few remaining places that were disconnected by the severe weather at the end of October. Following the brief bout of…
Freeview, Freesat and Virgin Media viewers will be able to get highlights of Ashes games thanks to Sky showing clips on its free channel Pick. …
Residents of the village of Dodsworth in Barnsley have hit their target of raising £11,000 to install a BT street cabinet to provide the area…
People living in rural parts of Lincolnshire are to be helped to get high speed internet using wireless broadband. The Lincolnshire scheme aimed to get…
Openreach engineers have been working overtime to reconnect broadband and phone customers knocked off the grid by St. Jude’s Storm at the end of October. …
Tesco is offering customers 12 months of unlimited broadband for free when they take a home phone line as well. The Tesco Homephone contract is…
Sky Go has added 14 new channels to its catch-up library including UKTV’s Watch, Gold and History. Other channels joining the new line up include…
Netflix has exclusively secured the services of Sarah Linden and Stephen Holder for the final episodes of The Killing. The US version of the hit…
Parents setting up Facebook profiles for their children who aren’t old enough to use the service contribute indirectly to online bullying. A survey compiled by…
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