Text messages still play a big role in the daily lives of many, with almost one in three sending and receiving SMS messages every day – 30 years after the first text was sent – according to new figures. Despite a wide range of other communications platforms now being available, including services such as WhatsApp, […]
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UK tech firm Nothing launches first UK smartphone in five years
A British tech start-up has launched a new smartphone that bosses hope will challenge the dominance of Apple and Samsung. Tech firm Nothing launched its first phone today, called “phone (1)”, the first time a business has unveiled a smartphone designed in the UK for more than five years. The price is being kept under […]
New EU Roaming Charges Explained (Sort of)
As of July 1st 2014 the rates for roaming across the EU have dropped. This is great news for anyone who likes to travel in the EU and doesn’t want to disconnected while “on the road”. The EU’s Digital Agenda team released a short video to help explain the changes: Personally I’m looking forward to […]
Apple Confirm Screwup But Don’t Announce Fix
If you’re an iPhone 5 user then you might be using the “do not disturb” feature. (If you aren’t then you should – it’s really handy) The feature basically allows you to turn of certain types of notifications during specific hours while still allowing important calls etc., to get through. But it’s broken. According to […]
iTunes 12 Days Of Christmas Giveaway Starts Tomorrow
Get an iPad or iPhone for Christmas? Want some nice new shiny apps or other content, but don’t want to pay? Apple’s 12 Days of Christmas app lets you get free apps and other content – 1 item per day – from tomorrow until January 6th. You can download the app here. Related articles […]
The Obligatory iPad Mini Launch Post
If we didn’t post something about the launch of the new Apple iPad Mini you might wonder what we were up to .. So here it is.. First off, let’s look at it. Since we obviously don’t have an actual iPad Mini here’s a nice photo of one provided by Apple: Now we could try […]
Video: New iPhone Facebook App
Here’s a short video from Facebook showing off the new Facebook for iPhone