Raspberry Pi Foundation is expected to announce the release of a low-cost, compact Raspberry Pi Model A+ as early as this week after a product listing [now deleted] showed up on Element14’s…
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EE TV goes on sale; free if you opt for £9.95 broadband plan
EE is offering its new home TV service, dubbed EE TV, to new and existing EE mobile customers and those who opt for a minimum £9.95 home broadband plan, they will get…
Gear S going on sale in the UK tomorrow exclusively through Samsung site, stores and O2
Samsung has revealed that its Gear S smartwatch will be going on sale in the UK starting this Friday i.e. November 7 exclusively through Samsung Experience stores, its online storefront and O2….
Facebook complied with 70% government data requests in UK
Social networking giant Facebook on Wednesday revealed that it complied with 70 per cent of data requests from UK government while also revealing that global government requests for user information rose 24…
UK Gov launches ‘Call for Information’ on benefits and risks of digital currencies
The UK Government has launched ‘Call for Information‘ on benefits and risks of digital currencies including Bitcoin, Litecoin, others – one of the moves it claims will support growth of Britain’s emerging…
Google supports Bitcoin; installs BTM on its London campus
Google has showed huge support for Bitcoin by installing a Bitcoin Telling Machine (BTM) at its London campus. The BTM will allow Google employees as well as visitors of the campus to…
Virgin Media’s free Wi-Fi service hits 150 London tube station milestone
Virgin Media on Monday announced it has expanded its Wi-Fi coverage to include six new London Underground stations, rounding up the total to 150 milestone mark. Wimbledon, Richmond, Morden, East Ham, Barking…
Wi-Fi Hotspot numbers to explode globally in next 4 years; to reach 14m mark by 2018 in UK
The number of public hotspots in the world is set to explode over the course of next four years and the same is true for the UK as well says a new…
World War II tech eLoran deployed as GPS backup in the UK
General Lighthouse Authorities (GLA) has announced that they have deployed a World War II technology called Long Range Navigation system, which they have named eLoran, in seven ports across Britain to serve…
BT YouView customers finally get £5.99-a-month Netflix
BT has announced that its YouView set-top boxes owners will now be able to stream movies and TV shows through Netflix. Availability of the streaming service is a result of the deal…
Pirate Bay co-founder Gottfrid Svartholm Warg found guilty in Denmark hacking case
Gottfrid Svartholm Warg, co-founder of the torrent website Pirate Bay, has been found guilty of hacking charges in Denmark’s ‘largest ever hacking case’ on Thursday. The Danish court found Warg and his…
UK government to turn 1,000 buildings into free Wi-Fi spots
The UK Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has announced plans to turn more than 1,000 public buildings across the country into free public Wi-Fi hotspots as part of the government’s…
LG Display unveils 0.7mm bezel FHD LCD Panel – world’s narrowest
LG Display has unveiled its new 5.3-inch Full HD LCD panel for smartphones, which has world’s narrowest bezel at 0.7mm. Thickness of the new display is narrower than the 0.8mm thickness of…
ARM outs three new Mali GPU chips, video accelerator, display processor
Chip maker ARM on Monday unveiled three new graphics processing unit (GPU) chip designs based on its Mali mobile graphics architecture aimed at low end mobile market. The Cambridge, UK-based chip maker…
20% Brits ready to pay more for a house with good broadband connection, new research claims
One in five Brits are ready to pay more for a house offering a fast broadband connection, new research claims. According to the new survey conducted by Halifax, around 20 per cent…