February 27, 2009
Neptuny will be launching Contentwise 2.5 at IPTV World Forum in Olympia, London from 25th – 27th March 2009. ContentWise 2.5 is the latest release of the real-time Content Recommendation engine specifically designed for Digital Media, that helps both IPTV providers and final users to make IPTV a successful experience. Two exciting new features of ContentWise 2.5 are support for user communities and metadata ...
Neptuny launches enhanced Content Recommendation engine
by NeptunyNeptuny will be launching Contentwise 2.5 at IPTV World Forum in Olympia, London from 25th – 27th March 2009. ContentWise 2.5 is the latest release of the real-time Content Recommendation engine specifically designed for Digital Media, that helps both IPTV providers and final users to make IPTV a successful experience. Two exciting new features of ContentWise 2.5 are support for user communities and metadata ...
Nokia netbook on the cards
by David Allen
Nokia is thinking about jumping on the netbook bandwagon, its boss has confirmed.
CEO Olli-Pekka Kallasvu said the company is currently working on its own mini-laptop to rival the Asus Eee PC and the Acer Aspire One.
"We are looking very actively also at this opportunity," Kallasvu said.
Meanwhile, Taiwan-based notebook makers have reported that ...Fox to air special episode of Family Guy
by David Allen
AdaptiveMobile To Address Surge In Mobile Traffic
by Alan HartenAs mobile usage increases around the world, and with more and more devices such as Notebooks and enhanced mobile phones like the Storm from Blackberry and the iPhone, the strain on network infrastructure has become increasingly disturbing to network providers. But a new set of solutions from AdaptiveMobile has solved the problem and saved money for mobile network providers, by recognising ...
The Simpsons gets another two seasons
by David Allen
B4U to be main media sponsor of Music Awards
by David Allen
Carphone Warehouse to cut 450 jobs
by David Allen
Jack Straw’s email hacked
by David Allen
YouTube and iPlayer heading for Freesat
by David Allen
Consultation started on BBC’s Canvas
by David Allen
Team Sky takes to the track
by David Allen
UK households to get 32 Mbps by 2019
by David Allen
Nokia bringing out mini laptop
by David Allen
Free 8GB IPhone from Softbank
by Franz BicarA few days ago, I wrote about a $99 iPhone from Best Buy. Now we have news that Softbank, Apple's partner and the iPhone carrier in Japan, plans to introduce a new program Friday that will give some iPhones away for free with a new two-year contract. This deal is basically for new subscribers who is going to sign up for ...
February 26, 2009
The HomeGrid Forum, which promotes the United Nations’ ITU-T G.hn standard, has been joined by CEPCA, HomePNA and UPA Unite in its efforts to promote G.hn. The alliance will help to ensure that G.hn-based products are compatible with those using other technologies such as powerline, phoneline, and coax networking. The G.hn standard is designed to unify the networking of content and devices ...
UN’s ITU-T G.hn standard gains support
by Jan HarrisThe HomeGrid Forum, which promotes the United Nations’ ITU-T G.hn standard, has been joined by CEPCA, HomePNA and UPA Unite in its efforts to promote G.hn. The alliance will help to ensure that G.hn-based products are compatible with those using other technologies such as powerline, phoneline, and coax networking. The G.hn standard is designed to unify the networking of content and devices ...
Flirtomatic to use Xtract mobile intelligence
by David Allen
Flirtomatic, a mobile social networking service, plans to use Xtract's flagship software tool Social Links to analyse user data and more accurately target adverts.
Social Links will give Flirtomatic a 3D dashboard style overview of member profiles.
The 3D profiles will show age, location, gender, behaviour patterns, and influence information in an easy ...Momail supports all new MWC mobiles
by David Allen
Mobile email service Momail is compatible with all the new mobile devices launched last week at Mobile World Congress 2009 in Barcelona, the company announced yesterday.
As soon as handset specifications were officially released, Momail verified its ability to support them.
Top new models supported by Momail include the Touch Diamond2 from HTC, ...Sharp Limited Edition 65-inch Aquos XS series
by Franz Bicar
Right now, you can purchase a brand new high definition LCD TV for about $5000. A lot of people would even say that that price is too much. With the current economic situation, a lot of people would want more value for their money. So how can you sell ...Virgin Media goes further into the red
by David Allen
UKTV could be sold off
by David Allen
Samsung Ultra S7220 Phone
by Franz BicarYesterday we featured a phone with a candy-bar design. Today, we are giving you another and this time its from Samsung. Samsung is very popular with their slim sliders and in fact, I believe, they have perfected this type of design. So, its a bit surprising when they turn up with a candy-bar design. The phone is its quad-band Ultra S7220. ...
Broadband providers must work together
by David Allen
UK celebrates ten years of broadband
by David Allen
ITV could merge with Channel Four and Five
by David Allen
Panasonic launches duel tuner Freesat HD PVR
by David Allen
Freesat gets a new Chairperson
by David Allen
Living TV to air Jade Goody’s wedding in March
by David Allen
February 25, 2009
Embedded content has become a key factor in choosing a new handset, according to survey by app store GetJar.
Embedded content is more important in a purchase decision than price, design or touch screen capability for 69% of users.
Twelve percent of those polled said embedded content is the most important factor ...
Embedded content key when choosing new handset
by David Allen
Embedded content has become a key factor in choosing a new handset, according to survey by app store GetJar.
Embedded content is more important in a purchase decision than price, design or touch screen capability for 69% of users.
Twelve percent of those polled said embedded content is the most important factor ...Vizio, Beats Sony, Second in HDTV Sale
by Franz Bicar
A few weeks ago, Vizio announced that it would stop selling Plasma high definition televisions and focus on something that they are comfortable with - LCD televisions. It maybe a business move or it could be a economic strategy, but I really hope they would reconsider as they have ...Nokia 6720 Classic
by Franz BicarWith the advancement of technology, phones are generally evolving in features and form factors. We have super slim phones, touch screen phones and even ones that are transparent. However sleek these designs are, major manufacturers like Nokia, Samsung and ZTE are still making candy-bar phones that are targeted for the no-nonsense, less fancy crowd. For Nokia, the 6720 Classic is a ...
Virgin Media boosts broadband to 10 Mbps
by David Allen
A number of Gmail users were unable to access their accounts yesterday, the problem being made public through users of the micro blogging site Twitter.
At first, there was not much information for users about what had happened and what Google were doing to fix the problem.
User on Twitter were saying that there was no problem with Imap ...
BBC Trust says no to local news
by David Allen
Shed TV to launch in March
by David Allen
Broadband battle won by 85 year old
by David Allen
Tiscali users speak out about filesharing
by David Allen
UKTV History re-brand launches
by David Allen
Second school musical for Sky
by David Allen
Dave ja vu launched by UKTV
by David Allen
February 24, 2009
Mobile broadband is becoming more and more popular, which is not surprising as it allows customers to connect to the Internet wherever they are, without having to worry about the cost of a landline. There are plenty of cheap mobile broadband deals around to attract customers. For example, an 18 month contact with T Mobile offers a super fast dongle, with a ...
Broadband Genie warns on mobile broadband prices
by Jan HarrisMobile broadband is becoming more and more popular, which is not surprising as it allows customers to connect to the Internet wherever they are, without having to worry about the cost of a landline. There are plenty of cheap mobile broadband deals around to attract customers. For example, an 18 month contact with T Mobile offers a super fast dongle, with a ...
Pipex launches software rental service
by David AllenPipex yesterday unveiled Rentsoft, a new pay-as-you-go software platform for small businesses. Rentsoft gives SMEs access to leading software applications on a subscription basis. Small companies subscribed to Rentex will be able to download and use the lastest version of selected software, ranging from accounting and payroll applications to HR and business planning programmes. Companies will be able to trial software free for ...
Acme Packet Grows Despite Recesion
by Alan HartenLong time key player in VOIP and data networking, Acme Packet, is going against the worldwide recession trend and cautiously forecasting a 5% growth this year from its move into the mobile market. The company has launched a new move into the internet of the future, mobile internet, and is looking to the high speed bandwidth and more readily connectibility of ...
Plug-and-View Video From Aspen
by Alan HartenVideo over the internet is the coming thing, as fibre connections become more common and increase available bandwidth exponentially but at an affordable cost, and manufacturers are jumping onto the bandwagon with new innovations. With the US going over totally to digital television this year, the demand for more fibre connections will dramatically increase, with a concomitant drop in cost as ...
Watch movies with friends on a single handset
by David Allen
MindTree and Texas Instruments have jointly unveiled a new Bluetooth application that allows users to listen to the same audio stream on different headsets.
The technology opens up a new range of uses for handsets, including song sharing, and watching a movie with friends.
Commenting on the application, Texas Instruments' marketing ...EMI clamping down on down loaders
by David Allen
Charity concern over child abuse websites
by David Allen
Gateway is back in the UK
by David Allen
BBC, BT and ITV look into next gen Freeview
by David Allen
Online privacy concern for consumers
by David Allen
Virgin Media says UK not behind on next-gen broadband
by David Allen
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