Broadband, TV and smart home technology
The Lovefilm Instant app for LG smart TVs has been updated, bringing the Watchlist playlist feature and an improved search to the living room. The…
There’ll be no room for fibre-to-the-cabinet when ultrafast broadband promoters celebrate the first Gimme Fibre Day on November 4. The worldwide celebration is being organised…
A 15Mbps connection will be good enough to stream 4K Ultra HD movies, says Netflix boss Reed Hastings. The on-demand movie streaming service hasn’t announced…
Vodafone has announced the latest expansion to its 4G network which now reaches 80 towns and districts across Greater London. Customers and businesses from Harlow…
The BBC has announced that BBC One+1 will be arriving on UK screens within the next 12 months. The timeshift channel, the first one the…
Jersey Telecom has announced that its well on its way to rolling out 1Gbps fibre broadband to all residents by 2016. The island-wide ISP has…
What are the latest deals? Every so often broadband, TV and home phone providers come up with amazing deals, and we bring them to you. Here’s…
TalkTalk has cut the price of its Plus TV broadband and TV deal to £10/month for the first six months. The package normally costs £15.50/month…
The BBC has revealed plans to extend the iPlayer’s 7 day catch-up window to 30 days. The next generation of the popular on-demand service will…
The UK has joined the world’s top 10 digital economies, taking eighth place from Japan and leap-frogging Hong Kong and Luxembourg. The UN’s 2013 report…
North and North East Lincolnshire council has secured extra funding which will increase superfast broadband availability. The North Lincs Broadband Programme, originally due to connect…
nCube is a smart home system that lets you tailor a money-saving solution to suit your needs. Whether you want to save on energy…
TalkTalk broadband customers can now log in to an online portal to diagnose problems and call out the engineers. The Online Service Centre can resolve…
Wattio is the latest company to demonstrate a smart home solution that lets you control appliances with your iPhone. Much like Valta, Wattio lets you…
Mobile phone networks could be recruited to improve broadband coverage for the UK’s superslow ‘Final 10%’ at a meeting today. The Final 10% Project meeting…
Radio 1 is to get its own channel on the BBC iPlayer. As well as letting viewers tune in to the aural delights of Nick…
Lovefilm has announced that it’s signed up international crime show Crossing Lines for Lovefilm Instant in the UK. Starring Donald Sutherland, William Fichtner (Prison Break)…
Who’s in charge of EU data roaming costs? Latest news for EU data roaming chargesFalling mobile roaming costs are a gift from the European Commission, which…
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