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London Residents got a little extra spectacle today, as Microsoft unveiled a giant scale replica of its Surface Pro 2 in Trafalgar Square. The huge Surface, complete with a functioning Type Cover 2, is the latest publicity stunt by Microsoft in its bid to grab a market share for its latest tablet. UK Rapper Dizzee…
An infrographic from UK carrier Three sheds some light on iPhone usage in the UK, revealing the who, what, where and when of iPhone activities in the UK. Not surprisingly, 96.2% of users use their iPhones for sending SMS, and 91.4% use their devices for chatting with their friends and family. It turns out that…
The BBC’s popular iPlayer app for Android provides streaming for tons of BBC shows. Now the latest update adds a load of new features including the ability to download shows to watch offline and support for Android 4.3 Jelly Bean. Get ready to consume all the Doctor Who you can on your Nexus 7 or other…
You might be able to use Google Glass in the shower but, in Britain at least, you won’t be able to use it behind the wheel. British magazine Stuff recently revealed that regulators in the U.K. are moving to ban the use of Google Glass when operating an automobile. A U.K. Department for Transport outlined the…
The HTC One just got a little bit hotter. A red version of HTC’s flagship handset has been spotted online in the U.K. on mobile phone retailer Handtec’s website. Don’t equate the red color with Verizon, however, as we still are unsure of even the less flashy models coming to the carrier. The red HTC One…
It didn’t take long for Facebook Home to run for the border and make itself a niche in Canada, and it appears to have set sail for the UK as well! Home, unveiled at an event at Facebook headquarters earlier this month, and out in the US since the 12th is now available in the…
Samsung’s luck is finally starting to turn around. It won a case in the UK when a judge ruled in its favor saying the Galaxy Tab 10.1 doesn’t copy design aspects of Apple’s iPad. The judge had some interesting things to say about Samsung’s tablet however. Judge Colin Birss said it’s not likely consumers will…
The Nokia Pureview 808 is an average smartphone with a plethora of ordinary features except for one: it has a 41MP Carl Zeiss lens. Photography enthusiasts can rejoice because it’s now available for pre-order on Amazon UK. Now hold on just a second. Is this thing really capable of snapping photos with a 41 megapixel…
The Advertising Standards Authority is questioning Apple’s use of 4G LTE as a legitimate feature of the iPad in the United Kingdom. While the rollout of LTE technology is moving along quickly in the United States and Canada, in the UK, almost no one has access to it yet Apple still advertises certain models of…
Android has taken over in the United Kingdom as the #1 smartphone operating system in terms of market share. Kantar Worldpanel ComTech measured smartphone usage between January 2011 and January 2012 to find that Android had a 36.9 percent share while Apple’s iPhone had 28.5 percent. In fairness, this should be expected. It technically compares software…