With the Christmas holiday shopping season nearing, Parents have started looking out for the best gifts for their children and according to a new study conducted by uSwitch, around 80 percent parents…
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Sony: Here’s your chance to buy a PlayStation 4 on launch day in London
Sony is hosting a special event to mark the launch of its PlayStation 4 in UK and Europe on Thursday night at London’s Covent Garden where those without pre-orders will have a…
Amazon Coins now available in the UK
Amazon has announced its Coins virtual currency for UK customers with an initial freebie offer whereby every Kindle Fire owner’s Amazon account will be credited with 400 Amazon Coins worth £4 for…
Microsoft may rename SkyDrive to NewDrive in UK
Microsoft lost a SkyDrive trademark battle to BSkyB and at the time was ordered to rename the service within “a reasonable time period.” It seems that folks over Microsoft may have finally…
David Cameron welcomes internet porn filters
UK Prime Minister David Cameron has welcomed family-friendly internet porn filters being offered by ISPs stating that such filters were required to keep children from ‘stumbling across hardcore legal pornography’. Cameron was…
Ofcom looking to free more spectrum to meet with future mobile broadband demands
Ofcom has unveiled its plans of moving spectrum in 2.3GHz and 3.4GHz bands from public sector and auctioning it for commercial usage to ensure that UK has enough spectrum to meet with…
Stop misleading people with false ‘free phone’ ads; ASA tells Carphone Warehouse
Carphone Warehouse has been warned by the country’s advertising regulator, The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), for misleading people with false ads. The matter started when Carphone Warehouse advertised the Samsung Galaxy S4…
Nominet revives .uk domain names plan
Nominet has announced its revival plans for the shorter .uk domain names starting summer 2014 enabling organizations in the UK to opt for a shorter ‘name.uk’ domain name in lieu or /…
iPad replaces I-Spy in cars
I-Spy, the classic distraction game, which keeps children entertained in the back seat of the family cars on long trips and prevents them from piping ‘are we there yet?’ all along, has…
RARBG, Torlock, LimeTorrents still unblocked in the UK, but for how long?
BPI and MPA, in cooperation with law enforcement agencies, are having a field day in the UK on one hand gaining ISP level blockades of domains allegedly involved in piracy and copyright…
UK ISPs fund multi-million pound online safety campaign
Major UK ISPs including BT, Sky, TalkTalk and Virgin Media are supporting a £25 million online safety campaign geared towards raising awareness among parents on how to tackle issues such as cyber-bullying…
London gets its own gTLD ‘.london’
London is the first city in the world to have been granted its own gTLD ‘.London’ and will be made available to thousands of businesses in the city starting spring 2014. The…
Sky Broadband Shield network-level porn filter released
Following the increasing government pressure on ISPs to look out for better online child protection, Sky has come up with its new network-level porn internet filtering system that will allow its broadband…
UK court orders ISPs to block SolarMovie, TubePlus
UK high court has ordered all six major ISPs in the country to impose a blockade on two streaming portals SolarMovie and TubePlus on copyright infringement grounds. SolarMovie and TubePlus are ranked…
Ofcom: Vodafone failed to reach 3G target
Ofcom, the UK telecoms regulator, has revealed that Vodafone hasn’t managed to meet with its 3G coverage obligations in stipulated time. As per terms and conditions related to 3G mobile spectrum licenses…