Pay-TV provider BSkyB is to show live Premier League matches on Apple’s iPhone. Users can watch live sports on Sky Sports and ESPN as well as Sky News over a wi-fi connection for £6 a month. Besides the Premier League, users can also watch Scottish football, cricket and golf via Sky’s new application. BSkyB, [...]
Handset maker SonyEricsson has unveiled its first phone built around Google’s Android operating system. The Xperia X10 has an eight megapixel camera, touch screen, GPS and can use apps from the Android Market or SonyEricsson’s Play Now Arena. The X10, known as Rachel while under development, will go on sale early in the first quarter [...]
Smartphones are going mass market, fuelled by the public’s “insatiable appetite” for social media, analysts say. They predict an explosion in sales alongside price falls for smart handsets next year. It comes in a week which sees the launch of Blackberry’s latest handset, the Storm 2. Meanwhile the Palm Pre, dubbed an “iPhone killer” finally [...]
A controversial broadband tax should be law before the next election, according to Minister for Digital Britain Stephen Timms. The 50 pence a month tax will apply to everyone with a fixed line telephone. Speaking at a debate in London, Mr Timms said the tax will be presented to parliament as part of the Finance [...]
Mobile providers have said that US proposals to ensure all traffic on the internet is treated equally should not be applied to wireless traffic. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) wants rules to prevent providers blocking or slowing down bandwidth-heavy usage such as streaming video. Providers claim a two-tiered system is essential for the future vitality [...]
Traditional versions of the iconic device are a thing of the past, but future iterations will have a long and vibrant future.I was recently cleaning out a closet and came across an interesting artifact: my first iPod. It was nearly eight years ago that I was among the very first people in New York City [...]
Jul 29 2009 | Posted in
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Protests have forced China to clarify whether net-filtering software has to be used on every new PC. From July, every PC sold in China was supposed to be supplied with the Green Dam Youth Escort software. The software was created to stop people looking at “offensive” content such as pornographic or violent websites. But [...]
Apple Inc. slashed the entry price for an iPhone in half and lowered some laptops by $300 Monday, the company’s first dramatic price cuts since the recession began a year and a half ago.With co-founder and CEO Steve Jobs absent until his medical leave is over at the end of June, Apple’s biggest unveiling at [...]
Jun 8 2009 | Posted in
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These days with more and more of us working from home, working on the road, and generally dealing with multiple suppliers, contractors and business partners in locations all over the world, the conference call is supplanting the face-to-face meeting. Here are some tips on getting the most out of your conference call…Tip One: Send Out [...]
May 31 2009 | Posted in
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