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Twitter hits 10m UK users

Adam Smith — Wed, 16 May 2012 08:51:30 +0000

Twitter has announced that it has hit some 140 million users globally, with 10 million users in the UK. That figure might still be dwarfed by Facebook, which is homing in on the magic one billion mark when it comes … Continue reading →

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Sniper Elite V2 still number one

Darren Allan — Wed, 16 May 2012 08:24:05 +0000

Sniper Elite V2 might have dropped almost 40 per cent in terms of sales, but it maintained the number one spot in the UK all-format chart (as compiled by Chart Track). EA’s football titles also continue to sell well, with … Continue reading →

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Virgin to allow mobile calls on planes

Darren Allan — Tue, 15 May 2012 08:57:14 +0000

Virgin Atlantic has announced that it will allow the use of mobile phones to make calls on its fleet of planes. It’s the first UK airline to offer passengers such a perk, although others already facilitate the sending of text … Continue reading →

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Sony and Panasonic team on OLED?

Adam Smith — Tue, 15 May 2012 08:19:35 +0000

It would appear that Sony and Panasonic could be set to team up in order to produce large screen OLED TV sets, with a more budget conscious slant. Budget conscious being a relative term when it comes to OLED, mind … Continue reading →

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Galaxy S III dual-core leak

Adam Smith — Mon, 14 May 2012 16:54:21 +0000

The Samsung Galaxy S III smartphone is out in just over two weeks time. The next big Android handset has a quad-core processor over here in the UK, but rumours have persisted for some time that there would be a … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear on Google

Brian Turner — Sat, 12 May 2012 01:08:35 +0000

The birth of writer and artist Edward Lear is today celebrated on Google, not least one of his most famous nonsense verses, “The Owl and the Pussycat”. Lear was born on 12th May 1812 into a middle-class family in the … Continue reading →

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BT has fibred-up 10m UK premises

Darren Allan — Fri, 11 May 2012 07:37:24 +0000

BT has announced that it has now extended its fibre network to cover 10 million premises across the UK. The firm notes that it had set the target of achieving that milestone by the end of the year, so it’s … Continue reading →

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Facebook introduces App Centre

Adam Smith — Thu, 10 May 2012 09:30:49 +0000

Facebook is preparing to roll out a new app store, which should be live for its 900 million plus user base within the next few weeks or so. The App Centre is billed as a new place to find social … Continue reading →

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Samsung Galaxy S III: Visa Olympic edition

Darren Allan — Thu, 10 May 2012 08:17:12 +0000

Samsung has already confirmed that the Galaxy S III is the official phone of the Olympics, and now Visa has announced its involvement with the handset. Visa has stated that a limited edition “showcase” S III device, with Visa payWave … Continue reading →

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Draw Something sheds users post-Zynga

Darren Allan — Wed, 09 May 2012 09:44:17 +0000

Draw Something has been seriously bleeding users after the game was acquired by Zynga, it would seem. Zynga has a reputation for either buying the top rival mobile games, or cloning them, and it took the former route in the … Continue reading →

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