Broadband, TV and smart home technology
The government has officially unveiled plans to monitor social network and email traffic in real time in the Queen’s Speech. The expected laws will enable…
Orange TV Check, a second screen app in the style of GetGlue, is headed to an iPhone near you this month. The app, which is…
The BBC is working on ‘second screen’ apps for phones and tablets, for a number of its programmes, starting with the Antiques Roadshow. The app…
It won’t do the Kessell Run in 12 Parsecs but it will get you attention across the technosphere: reactionary hacker collective Anonymous forced Virgin Media…
The Guardian wants to create the most up to date picture of the state of Broadband Britain by way of a big old Google Map….
TalkTalk has announced that 350,000 UK homes are using HomeSafe, the 18-rated content filter that was launched a year ago today. TalkTalk’s Tricia Clarke says…
Cloud-based video games service BT OnLive has been cut in cost by a third for new players on BT Broadband and Infinity. A monthly all-you-can-play subscription…
Another day, another Apple iTV concept, offering us a glimpse of what the iTV set – or iPanel, depending on what you think it’ll be…
BT looks to be preparing a self-install option for its BT Infinity 2 fibre optic broadband packages as it begins a technical trial of microfilters…
TalkTalk’s chief executive Dido Harding has called for Ofcom to begin regulation on the rental fee paid by ISPs to BT who want to launch…
If you’re one of those sun-kissed outdoorsy types who watches TV at work to kill time until your next radical adventure – you’ll like EpicTV….
If you thought that fibre broadband in the UK started and ended with Virgin Media and BT’s networks, think again; Magnet Networks will be launching…
Residents of Whitchurch gagging for some fibre from BT are in for a wait; rollout of fibre optic broadband line to the Hampshire village is…
Welcome to #digitalvoices for May 5, 2012. If you’re inspired to heave your pebble into the proverbial pond of online debate, follow the links with…
Everything Everywhere’s launched another live trial of 4G LTE, this time in Threlkeld, Cumbria in the north of England. The trials, demoing 4G LTE on…
The second round of candidates to become ‘super-connected’ cities in the UK have been announced by Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt. 27 UK cities have been…
Scotland and London addresses were added to BT’s fibre network this week, while rural Yalding in Kent has been speeded up by local provider Call…
O2 has struck a deal with coffee chain Costa, which sees its customers able to enjoy free Wi-Fi with their black Americanos and flat whites….
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