Broadband, TV and smart home technology
Elgato has announced the EyeTV W, a WiFi-enabled mobile TV device for iOS and Android. The portable TV tuner comes with an aerial and a…
EE has posted its latest results, showing a slight increase in fixed-line broadband customers. A total of 718,000 subscribers take internet services from EE. The majority…
Sony has announced that a UK version of its popular Animax anime on demand channel is in the pipeline. The web-based streaming service will launch…
Dozens of residents and companies in the Lincolnshire villages of Althorpe and West Butterwick have been left without broadband for weeks thanks to copper criminals. …
BT and Huawei have announced details of a trial of G.fast technology which has the potential to deliver download speeds of up to 1Gbps. The…
Sample LiFi, light-based WiFi, kits have rolled off of production lines in China, promising speeds of up to 150Mbps. Produced for the China International Industry…
The EU has launched a Broadband For All map, showing where satellite broadband services providing 20Mbps speeds are available. The interactive map lets you click…
Residents of the Yorkshire town of Settle can now enjoy free public WiFi thanks to Clannet. The rural wireless ISP is providing free WiFi to…
Ofcom has announced plans to crack down on spam callers who exploit number spoofing to avoid detection. A ‘spoofed’ number on a call display could…
What is Smart Energy? Latest news stories about Smart EnergySmart energy refers to any kind of new technology which lets you remotely control, manage or…
A quick-witted BT engineer was able to assist in the arrest of three would-be cable thieves in Cambridge. The engineer, working on Milton Road spotted…
West Yorkshire broadband group Fibre Valley has called for the superfast catchment area to be expanded to include the Worth Valley. The area sits outside of…
Angus Council is to spend £2 million on rolling out superfast broadband to 93 per cent of the area. The local authority, situated to the…
UK Cabinet Office Minister Francis Maude has installed his own wireless network after getting fed up with the IT systems in parliament that prevented him…
The Internet Watch Foundation and Childline have joinded forces to help stop the spread of sexting among teens. The two organisations said they were teaming…
The BBC has announced that the upcoming fifth season of BBC One’s Moving On will premiere on iPlayer. Following in the footsteps of the BBC…
Northumberland County Council has published a map showing roughly where the final five per cent of rural locations are based. The iNorthumberland project will deliver…
Sky’s latest quarterly results reveal that the company has signed up over 5 million broadband subscribers. The company added an extra 111,000 customers to its…
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