Nov
18

Murdoch threatens to take his ball and go home

James Murdoch told delegates at the Morgan Stanley TMT conference in Barcelona that News Corp might pull out of its £7.8bn bid for BSkyB and invest overseas instead. Mr Murdoch’s impatience.. more
Nov
18

BBC vows action if ISPs throttle iPlayer

The BBC won’t sit back and let Internet service providers push it around, and will take at least some action against potential throttling of its iPlayer and other services. Erik Huggers,.. more
Nov
18

Virgin Media slates broadband speed con merchants

Virgin Media has launched another salvo against misleading broadband advertising. The company has previously singled out bad practices in advertising when it commissioned a survey by ICM which showed that 90%.. more
Nov
18

Facebook Credits gift cards now on sale in the UK

Tesco and Game in the UK are to sell the virtual currency of Facebook in gift card form. In other words, you’ll be able to drop into their shops and pick up a gift voucher present, which can then be spent by the recipient on.. more
Nov
18

HTC means Business with new division

HTC is launching a new business division to help companies get the most out of its range of mobile phones. The idea is to help business users decide on which smartphone might be for their staff, even going as far as offering loan schemes for.. more
Nov
18

Cut the Rope hits 3 million download mark

Cut the Rope, the latest big mobile game from Chillingo, the company that published the original Angry Birds, has now reached the 3 million downloads milestone. It sold a million copies in its first 10 days, and then another million in the following 10 days,.. more
Nov
17

Wednesday NewsBytes: Fitwatch website now back online; Kent village has UK’s slowest broadband; Google launches Boutiques.com

Fitwatch is a website which was taken offline by the Met police yesterday, because it was offering advice to students involved in the recent tuition fees protest who feared they might be subsequently identified. However, the site was brought back online this morning, refusing to.. more
Nov
17

Independent spin-off i launches iPad app

The cut price, compact version of the Independent newspaper, simply called i, has launched an app for the Apple iPad. The print version of the 56 page paper costs 20p, and is designed to appeal to younger readers used to getting their news on the.. more
Nov
17

Ofcom timetable sees LTE arriving by 2014

Ofcom has set out a timetable for the auction and provision of next-gen LTE wireless real estate in the UK. The process of auctioning and implementing the 800MHz and 2.6GHz spectrum won’t come to anything like a swift conclusion, however. Ed Richards, CEO of Ofcom,.. more
Nov
17

Google introduces Boutiques.com, a new way to clothes shop

Google’s ever increasing sphere of influence now extends to the world of fashion, apparently, with the launch of a new website. No, it isn’t flogging Google doodle T-shirts, rather Boutiques.com is a site which helps women check out clothes they might appreciate. It is, in.. more