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PayPal Launching In The UK and Europe Soon
22/02/2013 | Nicholas GriffinPayPal announced yesterday that they will be bringing their PayPal Here service to the UK and Europe, allowing customers to use Chip and PIN with existing cards to pay for items at small business, that would usually only ask for … Read More
Burger King’s Twitter Account Hacked, Pranksters Claim It’s Now Owned By McDonalds
19/02/2013 | Nicholas GriffinBurger King was recently forced to close its Twitter account after prankster hacked it earlier today, claiming that the company had been sold to the rival fast food restaurant McDonalds.
The hackers changed the accounts profile picture to the McDonalds’ logo, … Read More
Twitter Shutting Down Posterous By The End Of April
17/02/2013 | Nicholas GriffinTwitter confirmed earlier this week that they will be closing down Posterous by the end of April, the blogging and note-sharing service was originally launched last year, and allowed users to post blogs to their Spaces via email, after which … Read More
Opera Acquires The Mobile Web Browser, Skyfire For 155m
15/02/2013 | Nicholas GriffinAfter it’s decision to move to WebKit happened earlier this week, Opera has today announced that they have acquired the mobile web browser, Skyfire. Known for their web browser and video optimisation division, the company paid $155 million in cash and stocks … Read More
Tesco Launches Clubcard TV Streaming Service
11/02/2013 | Nicholas GriffinTelco have today announced the launch of their rival to services such as Netflix or Lovefilm, imaginatively called “Clubcard TV”, the service promises to be free forever, offering streaming to Clubcard holders”
At the moment the service will only be … Read More
Skydrive Now Hosts Over A Billion Office Documents
08/02/2013 | Nicholas GriffinMicrosoft’s storage service in the cloud, Skydrive has today been announced to be hosting over a billion Office documents. In order to celebrate the guys over at Microsoft have decided to add some new features to the service.
Well I should probably … Read More
TP-LINK 300Mbps Universal Wireless N Range Extender Product Review
07/02/2013 | Nicholas GriffinWe all have what you might call “wireless deadspots” in the home, places where your wireless router simply doesn’t cut it. TP-LINKs TL-WA850RE has been released to tackle these deadspots and extend the coverage and signal strength of your existing wireless network.
iTunes Store Breaks Records With 25 Billion Songs Song Worldwide
06/02/2013 | Nicholas GriffinApple has today announced that the have set new records with iTunes, selling more than 25 billion songs from the iTunes Store.
They also announced the 25th song to be downloaded which was ”Monkey Drums” (Goksel Vancin Remix) by Chase Buch, … Read More
Instagram Launches Web Feed For Photos
06/02/2013 | Nicholas GriffinFinally Instagram have decided to expand the features accessible view the web browser, now allowing users to share and view their photos from the web.
The new feed will allow users to follow users streams via the web browser, adding features such … Read More
BT Transforms Infinity Broadband Into A Truly Unlimited Package
04/02/2013 | Nicholas GriffinBT have today announced that they will be upgrading the BT Infinity package into one that is “truly unlimited”, which behind the marketing lingo means that the broadband package will no longer have any fair use policies or traffic management. … Read More
Huawei E589 4G MiFi Device From EE Product Review
01/02/2013 | Nicholas GriffinJust last week I received an EE branded bow-tied box in the mail (pictured in the gallery below), which at first I thought was some type late Christmas present, until I seen the EE logo that is.
Upon opening the box I was … Read More
Google Updates Maps With 9,500 Pictures of the Grand Canyon
31/01/2013 | Nicholas GriffinGoogle have today updated their maps application with over 9,500 pictures of the Grand Canyon as part of Google Trekker, a new foot-based Street View project, which aims to use the same 360 degree panoramic camera techniques you will find … Read More
