Broadband, TV and smart home technology
Amazon has given a thumbs up to a second series of Mozart in the Jungle, a look at the debauched goings on behind the scenes…
A(nother) new Kickstarter-funded Android games system wants to change the way you play games and watch. ZRRO (pronounced “zero”) is hoping to pick up $200,000…
How does this sound? We’ve teamed up with TalkTalk to give away a pair of Beats by Dr. Dre Solo 2 on-ear headphones. Can you…
4K Blu-ray players will hit store shelves in 2015, following an agreement on standards by the Blu-ray Disc Association. So why has this talen so…
BBC Three as we know it is set to shut down for good this autumn. That hasn’t stopped over a quarter of a million people…
Zen Internet has introduced a ‘self-install’ option for new customers who don’t want to wait for an engineer to turn up. The company currently offers…
Chromecast support for VLC looks set to be built in to an upcoming release – and could soon be heading to an iPhone near you. …
If you’ve been watching Breaking Bad spinoff Better Call Saul you’ll have noticed that things are a little strange at Chuck McGill’s house. Hotshot lawyer…
Security pressure group Privacy International has launched an online tool that lets you find out if the UK’s intelligence agency GCHQ has spied on you. …
Great British Bake Off star Sue Perkins has been announced as the latest host of Thronecast, Sky’s companion show to Game of Thrones. Broadcast live…
Researchers have managed to transmit data at speeds of around 200Gbps over distances of three meters using light instead of WiFi or fibre. So-called FSO…
The second series of Sky and CANAL+’s The Tunnel will reunite Stephen Dillane and Clémence Poésy – and hints at a new direction. Sky Atlantic’s…
Rural broadband provider Gigaclear has secured funding which it hopes will enable it to push ultrafast broadband into 6,000 new homes that previously lacked good…
The Government is asking the public to chime-in on the debate over the potential decriminalisation of the TV licence fee. The Department for Culture, Media…
If you’ve always rued the fact that you can’t get Virgin’s 152Mbps broadband in your street, fret no more, the cable company could soon be…
If you want the best of catch-up and live TV without shelling out for a subscription service, Freeview Play could be for you. Essentially, it’s…
The government is to spend £47.8 million on kitting out all trains in England and Wales with free WiFi. Despite many major network operators already…
TalkTalk has unleashed TV2Go, a service that lets owners of iOS and Android devices watch live and catch-up content over WiFi. Up to two devices…
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