Brits face hefty mobile internet charges
Many Brits are unaware of the financial risks of using their mobile phone to browse the internet, a survey from thinkbroadband.com has found.
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Right to reply: O2 say no shame in self-gratification
O2’s new app Priority Moments launched this week, to rave reviews. The problem was, many of these reviews were from O2 employees, posted before the app went live. Justin Schamotta from Choose looks at the dangers of dabbling in the dark side of online reputation management…
Spotify goes live in the US
Spotify has launched in the US, marking the online music streaming service its first expansion outside of Europe.
Yellow Pages book to be phased out in online shake-up
Yell is to switch its core business online, phasing out its iconic ‘Yellow Pages’ directory within four years.
Virgin Media users to get discounted Spotify accounts
Virgin Media has struck an exclusive agreement with digital music service Spotify to offer the music platform across multiple platforms, incuding PCs, mobile devices and connected TVs.
Right to reply: The con is (still) on after ASA slams Virgin Media online campaign
Virgin Media has had its wrist-slapped or, more accurately, received a good hiding from the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) over a controversial advertising campaign. Neil Hawkins, contributing editor Choose.net looks at how the broadband price wars are taking are getting nasty…
Guest comment: The catch in free credit reports- will it make a difference?
Last week, Callcredit, the UK’s third-largest credit reference agency announced that it will soon offer free, full credit reports online with a new site called Noddle. Julia Kukiewicz, editor of Choose.net, takes a closer look…
Right to reply: Will iCloud stress wireless networks too far?
With the growing trend for cloud services, networks must develop new approaches to cope with the demand for mobile broadband warns Cambridge Wireless ahead of its Future of Wireless International Conference this month.
The rise of the ‘connected home’: Are consumers willing to pay for extra services?
With more and more household devices becoming connected to the internet, such as energy controls and security systems, are consumers willing to pay the extra costs these systems will entail? New research from Ovum takes a closer look at the home of the future….
Global Internet traffic ‘to quadruple by 2015’
The number of network-connected devices will outnumber people 2 in three years time, while a million minutes of Internet video to be transmitted per second, according to a new report.