May
28

Nokia offers free taxis to promote Ovi Maps

Here’s an interesting promotion from Nokia. The Finnish mobile giant is sponsoring free taxi cabs in four major cities: Glasgow, Manchester, Birmingham and London. If you spot an Ovi Maps branded.. more
May
28

UK iPad launch sees people queueing since yesterday

As we post this story at 8am, the iPad is just going on sale across the country. Apple‘s tablet will be available at Currys and PC World stores, plus some other.. more
May
27

Vodafone announces Nokia N8 smartphone

Vodafone has revealed that it will be selling the Nokia N8, and has put the smartphone up on its site. Apparently the much anticipated new flagship Nokia handset is “coming soon”,.. more
May
27

Sony PS3 to gain ground on Xbox 360 in 2010

The number crunchers down at Strategy Analytics are forecasting that the PS3 is going to catch up with the Xbox considerably in 2010. Industry Gamers drew our attention to this report, which shows how the three major consoles have performed in the first quarter. The.. more
May
27

UK comes 33rd for broadband speed

The UK has been ranked 33rd in a Global League table of broadband speed tests in a table produced by Ookla, the internet speed testing leader. While the leader of the download speeds is South Korea, with an average of 34.19 Mbps, the UK clocks.. more
May
27

Go get a PSP Go and get free games

Sony has announced that it will soon be bringing out quite a big offer to attempt to simulate sales of its PSP Go handheld console. The unit hasn’t been all that well received, with lukewarm sales at best, despite offers such as HMV who dropped.. more
May
27

ESPN scores international football rights

The sports broadcaster ESPN has managed to get the exclusive UK TV rights from forty one international football matches. This will also include some of the Euro 2012 qualifying matches. With this deal, the sports broadcaster will be able to show at least sixteen of.. more
May
27

Dell Streak launch next week

The launch of the Dell Streak is set to hit the stores on the 4th June, following a deal agreed with the Carphone Warehouse and O2. Dell are expecting this five inch mini tablet to carve out a market right in between the Apple iPhone.. more
May
27

Free films from LoveFilm

With the FIFA World Cup in South Africa starting in less than two weeks, for businesses not associated with the football are having to think up alternative methods of attracting customers or risk losing out for three weeks or so. The DVD rental service LoveFilm,.. more
May
27

Lost breaks download download record

The finale of the series that has baffled and confused many viewers, Lost, has become the subject of another record: this time it is downloads, as the show has become a record breaker when around a million users downloaded the last two episodes on BitTorrent... more