First 4G mobile network coming to UK on 30th October
Everything Everywhere (EE) has set the launch date for its LTE (4G) launch in the UK, offering Orange and T-Mobile customers with superfast mobile internet connections on 30th October.
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BT woos new customers with ‘free’ YouView boxes
BT is to give away YouView digital boxes to people that sign up to its Infinity fibre broadband or TV Essential service, provided they pay a £50 activation charge plus delivery costs.
Apple faces backlash over new iPhone mapping technology
Apple’s new mapping technology, which replaces Google Maps, has come under fire from users and businesses alike for a myriad of inaccuracies and misplaced landmarks.
Search engine visits drop for first time this year
Visits to major search engines in the UK fell for the first time this year, with sports terms such as BBC Sport proving more popular than Olympic specific search keywords, according to new data.
BBC iPlayer offers mobile downloads to watch on the tube
The BBC has updated its iPhone and iPad app, allowing mobile downloads as an alternative to streaming for the first time.
Apple seeks US ban on 8 Samsung phones after patent victory
Apple is seeking a ban on eight Samsung phones in the US, after winning a landmark $1bn copyright lawsuit.
Global music trends- Streaming leads growth as physical sales drop 12%
Music streaming services such as Spotify, Deezer are leading driving much of its sales growth during this year, according to new research.
Chinese internet market – search engine Baidu toughens stance on corruption
In the Chinese internet market, the search engine Baidu dominates traffic generation to websites. This week it announced that four of its staff have been dismissed following corruption allegations that posts were deleted on its websites in exchange for personal payments. With three of the staff subsequently arrested by Chinese police, it shows the importance … [Read more…]
Baidu staff arrested for ‘deleting negative forum comments’
Chinese search giant Baidu has become embroiled in a bribing scandal, with four of its employees suspected of accepting payments to delete posts on the company’s forum.
Has Manchester become the hub of the UK’s high-tech boom?
London’s much heralded ‘Tech City’ was supposed to become a major part of the capital’s legacy following the 2012 Olympic Games but a report from Think Tank London last month has discovered that entrepreneurs have been left ‘frustrated’ by government policies.