Broadband, TV and smart home technology
Freephone 0800 numbers could be free to all callers and the cost of special numbers such as 0845 and 0870 made easier to understand. Communications…
Google and Paramount have done a deal which’ll see the likes of the Godfather Trilogy, Ferries Bueller’s Day Off and, er, I Love You Man…
Digital UK, the body responsible for the switchover told Recombu Digital that Stage 1 went “very smoothly, with nothing unexpected,” adding that 400,000 homes in…
While the new iPad won’t be able to access superfast 4G when they (finally) hit the UK, the Option Beemo will. A new USB dongle…
Broadband-delivered smart TV and apps feature in more than half of LG’s 2012 TV range, with more than 70 per cent of sets including WiFi…
Alongside proposals to monitor internet activity in real time, the UK Government may be debating a separate Private Members Bill that would see ISPs shuttering…
Plans for new surveillance laws giving the UK Government freedom to monitor people’s browsing habits in real time look to be delayed. Speaking to the…
Skype believes that video calling will be commonplace thanks to cameras in every piece of kit from TVs to phones by 2020. Theo Short, Skype…
Sky’s unlimited broadband users will get free unlimited WiFi across 10,000 The Cloud hotspots from mid-April. Subscribers will be able to automatically login using an…
The Institute of Contemporary Arts has decided to usher in the Digital Switchover, which begins in London today, in style. The transmitter unit from a…
Online movie service blinkbox has signed a deal with Disney in the UK and Ireland that’ll see subscribers able to get favourites like Toy Story,…
Netgear Genie, an app for iOS and Android devices, cements the mobile phone’s rightful place in the living room. Free to download from the App…
LittleBigOne is a digital TV and broadband service that’s just launched in South Yorkshire, bringing channels like MTV, Cartoon Network, GOLD and Bloomberg as well…
Users of Plusnet and Entanet in Scotland have been struggling to connect to the web thanks to the snow spell that’s currently gripping the country….
Independent films will be available on the small screen as soon as they hit the big screen with the Curzon cinema chain’s new smart TV…
Samsung has released results of a survey that shows that over half of the UK can’t remember what it watched on TV last night. The 1,000-strong…
Sky has announced that it’ll be broadcasting all of the BBC’s HD channels that have been set up for the London 2012 Olympic Games. The…
BBC Two will be the first of the analogue channels to shut down tomorrow, as the Digital Switchover process finally begins in London. From tomorrow…
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