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British Telecom announced that its Wi-Fi service is now available in more than 5 million hotspots across the UK and Ireland. The company has been adding over 20,000 new hotspots each week over the past year and is now offering unparalleled service to its Broadband customers who can access these hotspots for free while not…
Google announced that in the coming months Android will include native support for Bluetooth Smart Ready and Bluetooth Smart devices. Devices that come with a dual-mode Bluetooth chip will qualify as Bluetooth Smart Ready, allowing users to connect their phones to ultra power-efficient Bluetooth Smart accessories, like the FitBit Flex or the Pebble watch. Up…
British Telecom is getting ready to return to the mobile game, almost 13 years after it sold off what is now O2. At the time BT was forced to consolidate its assets, opting to sell the company due to its heavy debts following the bursting of the telecoms bubble. Since then, the UK’s dominant landline…
According to latest data from Wireless Intelligence, there are now 100 million LTE connections around the world. All these connections are spread across 163 networks in 70 countries, and the forecast is that there will be more than 400 live networks across 120 countries by December 2017. Industry growth has been primarily driven by operators…
VoIP service provider Rebtel conducted a study to show what moms want for Mother’s Day and what their sons and daughters plan to do about it. Unsurprisingly, more than 90% of respondents who plan to get in touch with mom said they will use voice, with over a third expecting to talk for an hour…
Pelican Imaging, the company that makes unique array camera technology, has recently raised $20 million in additional funding from a number of investors including Qualcomm and Nokia. Moreover, the company has also confirmed that it is in talks with an unnamed handset manufacturer to deploy its lens-array. All said, we’re not surprised that folks all…
InvenSense, which is the leading provider of MotionTracking devices, announced the IDG-2030 and IXZ-2030 dual-axis Optical Image Stabilization (OIS) gyroscopes. These components are made to eliminate the effects of hand jitter to achieve blur free images and jitter free HD video, especially in low light conditions. At 2.3×2.3×0.65mm, the IDG-2030 is the world’s smallest dual-axis…
Earlier today, Sony announced the availability of its Sony Xperia Z and a price drop for its Xperia ZL smartphones in its online store. Shortly thereafter, Sony revealed another announcement, the availability of the Xperia SP for pre-order. The Xperia SP is available for pre-order online through the U.S. Sony store, and can be purchased in…
Rogers is in the midst of rebranding parts of its high-speed network to LTE Max to highlight the fact that it runs across two high-frequency bands, AWS (1700/2100Mhz) and 2600Mhz. The idea here is to convey the message that Rogers is different from other Canadian carriers and that its network is fastest out there, providing…
Samsung unveiled a new version of its NFC tag that can sing along the hot-new Galaxy S4. Just like that was the case with the original TecTile, this one also allows you to program specific commands when the phone touches the tag. Here’s the official pitch: Samsung is introducing TecTile 2, an update to the…