Broadband, TV and smart home technology
Remote Scottish communities need high speed networks that community broadband schemes can link to, says the head of Shetlands Telecom. Marvin Smith believes an official…
The My Xbox Live app for iPad has updated bringing super-sized Xbox 360 controls to the 9.7-inch touchscreen. Pretty much the full console UI has…
Sky’s Antonia Salmon explains Now TV on YouView As well as getting some hands on time with the Now TV iPad app, we got a…
At the launch of Sky’s Now TV on-demand service, we got to have a quick play around with the iPad app. One of the things…
Sky’s Now TV has been announced and will be coming to PC, Mac and Android phones tomorrow. The on-demand video platform costs either £15 a…
Budget broadband provider Primus Saver has halved the cost of its cheapest rival with a £1.20/month 20GB package. That’s the headline price: you’ll also be…
Maybe it’s the suckiest summer in 100 years, but you lot have been busy commenting on our work this week, and if I’m not mistaken,…
The worst weather in the history of BT and the GPO has engineers working around the clock, with emergency conditions declared in 17 of Openreach’s…
Maybe it’s the rain keeping BT Openreach engineers busy in their wellies fixing the network as it is, but it’s been another unexpectedly quiet week for…
The future of rural broadband rests with community FTTP, claims a Cumbrian MP after Fujitsu dropped its bid to build a superfast broadband network for…
Using an array of LED transmitters and receivers, Outstanding Technology has set up the Commulight System which beams information to iPhones, iPads and Android devices…
The BBC could win back £25m of its own Licence Fee cash if it goes ahead with a successful bid to run the UK’s local…
The Digital Economy Act has been criticised by Entanet’s head of marketing Darren Farnden on a blog post. The Act, passed in to law in…
BT Openreach should be free to set wholesale prices for its fibre-optic network and get a break from further price cuts on copper-carried ADSL broadband…
QI presenter and Twitter mainstay Stephen Fry takes on Richard Branson in the latest ad campaign for Virgin Media’s TiVo service features. The first of…
A campaign to highlight awareness of Wales’ rural broadband not spots is organising a mass speed test to take place on the weekend of the…
Freeview’s HD broadcasters could add 3D without losing an HD channel using a system approved this week by Europe’s TV standards organisation. It’s called ‘service…
Cash-strapped and loss-making Welsh TV service S4C is to axe its high definition TV channel at the end of this year. Called Clirlun, the channel…
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