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Everything Everywhere to offer 4G in UK as early as next month
Ofcom, the independent regulator for the British communications industries, has today approved an application from Everything Everywhere to use its existing 1800 MHz spectrum to deliver 4G or LTE services.
Darren McCarra
21st August 2012
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Did Quora just introduce embeddable quotes? – Yes
Question and answer service Quora has introduced embeddable quotes, allowing users to easily post Quora content to blogs and other websites.
Darren McCarra
20th August 2012
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Sky Sports TV app arrives on Android as Premier League season kicks off
In a bid to tackle the proliferation of illegal streaming of the English Premier League, Sky has released its Sky Sports TV app for Android. Like its current iPhone counterpart, it's subscription-based and designed for viewers who do not have a traditional subscription with Sky but want to enjoy sports coverage on mobile.
Darren McCarra
18th August 2012
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Google expands Voice Search availability to 100 million new users
Google has added 13 new languages to Voice Search on Android bringing faster searching to potentially 100 million new users.
Darren McCarra
17th August 2012
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New insect species discovered on Flickr
Flickr has been receiving some good press of late. Earlier this week it emerged that Yahoo!'s new CEO Marissa Mayer may or may not have joined Flickr but intends to make the photo sharing site a priority going forward - reportedly already doubling its development team. Now, Flickr has apparently aided the discovery of a new species of insect.
Darren McCarra
16th August 2012
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English Premier League shut down 30,000 illegal streams last season
The English Premier League shut down more than 30,000 illegal internet streams of its football fixtures last season, according to the BBC's Radio 1 Newsbeat.
Darren McCarra
16th August 2012
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YouTube release native PS3 app, controllable via smartphones
Starting today, Sony PlayStation 3 owners can enjoy an improved YouTube experience by way of a new native YouTube app on the home entertainment system.
Darren McCarra
14th August 2012
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Google+ getting custom, pretty URLs
Google+ has begun to introduce custom URLs to a "limited number of verified profiles and pages", but promises platform-wide availability to all of its 170 million or so users in the future.
Darren McCarra
14th August 2012
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Olympics inspire record Twitter conversation
After 16 days and 150 million tweets, the London 2012 Olympics have come to a close. As witnessed by so many other major world events, huge conversation and debate happened on Twitter. We take a look at some of the numbers.
Darren McCarra
13th August 2012
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Kevin Rose and 4chan's Chris Poole join Dublin Web Summit lineup
Well-known serial internet entrepreneur Kevin Rose and 4chan founder Chris Poole have both joined this October's Dublin Web Summit lineup.
Darren McCarra
10th August 2012