Broadband, TV and smart home technology
YouView was formally (finally) announced today and the first YouView product – the Humax DTR-T1000 – will be in the shops by the end of…
Channel 4’s 4seven catch-up service has touched down on Sky, Virgin Media and Freeview 4seven is basically Channel 4’s take on the BBC’s iPlayer, a…
Sky has announced an update for its Sky Go for Android app. On-demand content from Sky 1, Sky Atlantic, Sky Movies, Sky Living and Sky…
Virgin Media has announced that 41 London Underground tube stations now have access to Wi-Fi. The wireless network has been used by over 100,000 tube…
A late but nonetheless worthy addition to Smart TV Tuesday is Infinitec’s Pocket TV. Pocket TV is a tiny little device that looks a lot like…
Yesterday BT Openreach announced that the premium Fibre to the Premises (FTTP) service, promising speeds of up to 330Mbps, has been made commercially available to…
The Country Land and Business Association (CLA) isn’t optimistic about the UK Government’s target to get superfast broadband to 90 per cent of the country…
Direct Save Telecom is launching a new monitoring service aimed at keeping customers in the loop about the connection charges associated with directory enquiry calls….
Twitter has published its first Transparency Report which shows the number of information requests from various governments around the world. The US government tops the…
Tooway Direct has announced an upgrade to its satellite broadband services which sees download speeds jumping to 18Mbps. This is a speed boost that’s been…
Zen Internet has announced that it’ll be launching a 330Mbps FTTP broadband service. Following yesterday’s announcement from BT Openreach, 330Mbps FTTP lines are now commercially…
Word on the street is that Match of the Day main man and former England striker Gary Lineker may put in a transfer bid from…
Netflix has nabbed exclusive streaming rights to Arrested Development in the UK and Ireland via a deal with 20th Century Fox. “Arrested Development is one…
Plusnet has quietly announced that it’s trialling BT Openreach’s new 330Mbps fibre optic broadband service. At the footnote of a blog post from late last…
To celebrate the arrival of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy on LoveFilm, the video streaming service will be hosting a live online Q&A session with director…
BT Openreach has announced the full commercial launch of its top tier Fibre to the Premises (FTTP) service which promises download speeds of up to…
Arqiva has announced that it intends to buy Spectrum Interactive’s Wi-Fi network for £23.4 million. The Wi-Fi network, which mainly covers central London, consists of…
Price: £45 (£55 Duo pack) www.doro.co.uk Home phones seemed to have finished their evolution years ago, when DECT set a world standard for digital cordless…
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