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September 30, 2008
by David Allen
In one of those industry get togethers, the big names in mobile broadband, software and laptop manufacturers are putting their collective heads together to come up with a branding mark that will show consumers that the product is mobile broadband ready.
This is now a standard across the board, and as there are already brand marks for most services such as Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and HD, it is only natural ...
by David Allen
The government has come up with plans to protect kids while they are online.
The UK Council for Child Internet Safety has been created, to educate and set up key points which can be used to ensure the safety of children while they are using the Internet.
The concerns range from cyber bullying to the use of violent video games, but how this council is going to police ...
September 29, 2008
by Janet Harris
Rocudo, a new service which allows music fans to mix their own tunes and share their creations with friends, is launching at Amsterdam Dance Event 2008 in October.
With Rocudo's Studioware technology, music fans can create Mixes & Remixes of tunes provided by Rocudo's label and artist partners, with an easy to use widget.
They can then share them with friends on the Internet, on sites such as ...
by David Allen
Spam or junk emails have been around for so long now that it has almost become second nature that emails and spam go hand in hand, but in reality it should not be like that and to make things worse, according to a recent survey, some places are more likely to get spam than others.
The Top Ten places in the UK for spam are: Egham, Surrey; Alton, Hampshire; ...
by David Allen
BT have not wasted anytime in setting the Phorm targeted advertising system rolling.
It has only been a few days since the police dropped their investigation, however, as from tomorrow (Tuesday 30th September) the third and final trial will be starting.
Unlike the secret trials, which caused all of the problems for both BT and Phorm, these trials will be undertaken on consenting BT customers, as the company ...
by David Allen
BT have informed their Openzone customers, in an email, that free access to the Cloud's Wi-Fi hotspots will no longer be available from 9.00 am on the 2nd October.
The emails were sent out to all BT Openzone customers, saying that although the company knows the news might affect customers' Wi-Fi coverage, or hotspots they regularly visit, the good news is that because availability of Wi-Fi from BT ...
by David Allen
It should come as no surprise that China is fast becoming one the biggest broadband users in the world.
However, according to recent data, both the USA and China have around seventy eight million broadband connections.
What is a surprise, is the growth that is happening in China.
Growth is twice that found anywhere else in the world, which just goes to show that within a year or so ...
September 26, 2008
by David Allen
The long awaited vote on file sharing by the European Union members has taken place, and it would initially appear to be that they have voted against the three strikes and you are out policy.
This is going to be great news for the groups who had been protesting against it.
It is also going to cause problems for the French government, who were the ones that initially come ...
by David Allen
It was only two weeks ago when a BT exchange in Mayfair had £2 million worth of equipment stolen.
Now the same thing has happened at Stepney Green in east London, the area that services the Docklands.
This second robbery of internet equipment affected three ISPs, including Andrews and Arnold (AAISP) who were using the 21CN network.
The work that had to be done in order to get the area ...
by David Allen
Google have been around for ten years now, and in order to celebrate they have launched a programme called Project 10100, which is supposed to mean Project 10 to the 100th, which for anyone who does not know is the real meaning of “Googol”.
The project is calling for ideas. If there is someone out there who thinks that they have an idea for the next big thing, and ...
by David Allen
The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) is trying to help people check up on the information that is held about them by various organisations.
The ICO says that under the Data Protection Act people are able to access information held about them to make sure that it is correct.
In order to help people see how exposed they are, the ICO have created a free health check on its website. ...
by David Allen
A project that set out to connect the people of the county of Cumbria to the broadband network has been hailed a success; project Access now claims that 99.8 per cent of the business and residential properties in the area are now able to receive broadband.
The project was initially launched by the Northwest Regional Development Agency (NWDA) at the request of business owners, who believed that they were ...
September 25, 2008
by David Allen
In just about a year, mobile broadband has grown so fast that it has now overtaken Wi-Fi as the preferred way for UK computer users to access the internet while away from home or the office.
In a recent survey by Point Topic it was found that forty seven per cent of internet users will access the internet by mobile broadband when away from their fixed line broadband, ...
by David Allen
In the last year almost sixty per cent of the consumers in the UK have switched services suppliers for the provision of mobile phones, broadband, TV and utilities.
Long contracts, which have not really been a problem recently, are all of sudden under the microscope with customers looking to either get out, or not willing to sign up for new long term contracts due to the current financial climate.
Region ...
by David Allen
Despite the huge interest in mobile broadband over the past year, there has been one significant absence from the range of mobile broadband providers.
Virgin Mobile have been the only top mobile provider not to offer a mobile broadband service, but that is about to change.
Following their shopping around, it seems that Virgin Mobile have decided that they are better off where they are and have gone ahead ...
by David Allen
BT have selected the 2Wire Intelligent Gateways for deployment on the BT super fast network.
This fibre based broadband network is part of the planned upgrading of the entire BT network, which was announced earlier in the year.
However, this is not their first time that 2Wire and BT have been in partnership, as BT has used their residential gateway equipment for nearly five years.
BT say that their ...
by David Allen
It seems that the word “free” is being used too freely by internet service providers these days, according to the public and the now the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA).
The advert in question is by the Carphone Warehouse brand TalkTalk, and it read like this: "When you get your landline from us we give you broadband that's free".
However consumers complained that not all parts of the UK would be ...
September 24, 2008
by David Allen
The Japanese provider Softbank is launching the first femtocell network in Japan, with the help of UK firm Ubiquisys and NEC.
NEC and Ubiquisys are long term partners in this type of technology and this deal with the Japanese provider Softbank is a huge stepping stone to the launch of a network.
There is a femtocell service in place already by other networks, but this only caters for voice. ...
by David Allen
In order to speed up the necessary work to change the BT network over to fibre optic, it seems that Ofcom have given BT a licence to print money, by allowing them to charge whatever they want to the wholesale customers.
At the same time Ofcom are encouraging other providers to collaborate with each other in order to get the best out of their services too, as this would ...
by David Allen
It was not that long ago when online retail was being given the collective thumbs up by various organisations as being one of the best things that the internet has been used for.
Yet it now seems, from another quarter, that maybe there are some problems with online retail experience.
According to the online behavioural analysis company, Tealeaf, in their survey called the Online Customer Experience, it was found ...
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In one of those industry get togethers, the big names in mobile broadband, software and laptop manufacturers are putting their collective heads together to come up with a branding mark that will show consumers that the product is mobile broadband ready.
This is now a standard across the board, and as there are already brand marks for most services such as Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and HD, it is only natural ...
