Broadband, TV and smart home technology
The TPS (Telephone Preference Service) has announced the launch of a new ‘TPS Assured’ kitemark designed to give customers peace of mind when they’re contacted…
YouView has updated its Android app adding a voice search feature and the option to search for programmes over the next seven days. The…
Virgin Media has been forced to change the terms of its unlimited broadband service following another ruling from the ASA (Advertising Standards Authority). Complaints were…
TalkTalk’s hoping to convert Freeview homes to pay-TV with a YouView ‘zapper’ box and pay-as-you-go Sky TV channels. The Essentials TV package gives customers a…
Direct Save Telecom, the low-cost no-frills ISP has reported a jump in customers over the last three months. Over 3,000 customers have switched to Direct…
Though BT was able to prevent any major broadband outages that might have been caused by St. Jude’s Storm, reports of minor incidents in affected…
TalkTalk has launched a new HomeSafe call blocking service that lets customers report and block excessive marketing spam callers. Customers receiving excessive calls from marketing…
A Welsh scrap metal dealer has pleaded guilty to handling stolen goods after he was discovered to be in possession of over £11,000 worth of…
A small update is rolling out TalkTalk’s Huawei-made Plus TV boxes. The update will fix a problem that customers have experienced where the Plus TV…
Virgin Media has today launched SmartCall, a mobile VoIP service for Virgin home phone customers. The SmartCall mobile app (iOS, Android) will deduct minutes from…
Neo from Heatmiser is another smart energy solution that’ll let you control the heating from your phone. The system takes a leaf out of Honeywell’s…
Researchers from a number of UK universities are claiming to have achieved transmission speeds faster than 10Gbps in an LiFi – light-based WiFi – experiment. …
The UK’s leading ISPs have been asked to block a further 21 file-sharing sites after receiving fresh court orders from rights holders. The sites, including…
Property search site Rightmove has added broadband speed and availability data to homes and flats on its website. When you’re searching for a place to…
EE has announced that 4G has switched on in 14 more UK towns and cities including Carlisle and Hatfield. The continued expansion of EE’s 4G…
Sky entertainment channels including Sky 1 and Sky Atlantic are coming to Now TV for the introductory rate of £4.99/month. The new Entertainment Month Pass…
BT has announced that despite the damage caused by the recent weather, dubbed St. Jude’s Storm, there have been no major broadband outages. A number…
ISP CityFibre has announced plans to transform Peterborough into a Gigabit City, by connecting over 64,000 premises to fibre-optic broadband. The £30 million city-wide project…
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