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Movie rentals added by Google to Android Market in the UK

Published on: 8th November, 2011

Android devices in the United Kingdom will benefit from Google’s expanded film rental service. Owners of Android phones and tablets are now able to rent movies from the Android Market. Google will initially offer a selection including 1,000 titles. Users who want to watch videos on an Android tablet or phone have to download Google’s [...]

Simple, free Wi-Fi sign-in for UK’s Starbucks

Published on: 30th October, 2011

On October 2011, Starbucks, the British coffee houses, took a large stride forward in encouraging Internet use with a change in the Free Wi-Fi service. As well as for Canada and the USA, drinkers now just have to visit a single sign-in page at BT Openzone, in order to gain access to a hotspot. In [...]

Many Canada and UK stores run out of iPad 2

Published on: 31st March, 2011

Apple has repeated its past performance by selling out at retail for its international launch. Several Canadian Apple stores said they had run out of devices in a short time, while almost all third-party retailers, such as Future Shop and Best Buy also run out of supply. It has been difficult to quantify international sales, [...]

UK’s biggest spectrum auction to expand 4G services

Published on: 24th March, 2011

The UK is apparently preparing the largest spectrum auction ever this will include bands spreading across 250MHz of spectrum, no longer used by television broadcasters. Ofcom, the wireless regulation authority, seems to currently be working to finalize a strategy which will guarantee the spectrum is distributed among a minimum of four competing networks. In order [...]

Nokia sues Apple in Netherlands, Germany and UK again

Published on: 23rd December, 2010

Nokia refused to back off in its dispute with Apple over some patents and sued the American firm in the Netherlands, Germany and the United Kingdom. The complaints in The Hague, Düsseldorf and London accuse Apple of violation of 13 extra patents added to the other 24 already invoked in the United States complaints. This [...]

Windows for cars with Silverlight and speech-to-text

Published on: 23rd October, 2010

Microsoft, at the SAE Convergence 2010 event, revealed that its new Windows Embedded Automotive 7 is already available to all of its car and in-vehicle entertainment partners. Provided with touch input, enhanced speech commands, access to maps, navigation, third-party applications and music, as well as phone connection through Bluetooth, the new software has Silverlight integrated [...]

HTC Mozart has a support page on Orange UK

Published on: 12th October, 2010

Orange UK quasi-confirmed its plans related to the launch of the HTC Mozart smartphone by listing first-time setup directions for the handset on the carrier’s support page. There is not much information about the specifications of the phone. Information about installing the SIM card or the battery is missing and there is no reference to [...]

Spotify soon available for Windows Phone 7

Published on: 8th October, 2010

Microsoft has confirmed to make Spotify available for Windows Phone 7 phones in the near future. Currently limited to markets in Europe, the music steaming service is also offered as an application for Microsoft’s aging smartphones still using Windows Mobile 6. The utility called Windows Phone enable users to search or browse and play music [...]

Time Warner executive joins those against 99-cent TV rentals

Published on: 5th October, 2010

Jeff Bewkes, Time Warner CEO, has followed others in the industry who criticize Apple and Amazon’s 99-cent TV show purchases and rentals. Recently speaking at the Royal Television Conference in London, he said that renting the first-run TV shows for 99 cents an episode cannot be justified as the sale of those shows as series [...]

Zune Marketplace has expanded beyond US and ahead of WP 7

Published on: 25th September, 2010

Microsoft, for the first time in the run-up to its WP 7, has expanded the Zune Marketplace services beyond the United States. The unlimited Zune Pass music, video sales, MP3 downloads and movie rentals will become available in Germany, France and the United Kingdom this fall. Meanwhile, Spain will get all these services excepting video [...]

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