Tag: Service
Gmail launching free IMAP email for all users
Google has today announced that it will be rolling out free IMAP email to all its Gmail users. For the uninitiated, IMAP (Internet Message Access Protocol) is generally considered the best way to synchronise an email account across multiple devices….
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eBay launches social-networking site, eBay Neighborhoods, about two years too late
eBay aren’t making any money from Skype these days, so have obviously had a few long nights sitting at the drawing board, thinking of new ways to conjure cash out of thin air. And what have they come up? Yet another social networking site. Zzzzzzzz…
eBay Neighborhoods features around 600 online communities, for people passionate about buying and selling specific products on the auction site. There’s message boards, product reviews, photos and social mapping…
Shiny Video Review: Tesco's VoIP USB Stickphone
Who knew Tesco offered quite so many products alongside their groceries and mobile phones? They’ve branched out into their very own VoIP service, and released a USB ‘Stickphone’ which retails for £19.97 from Tesco stores, and…
Shape Services offers Skype on the iPhone
The first bills are trickling through for iPhone customers, and judging by reports – heck, videos too – they’re long to say the least, as users are calling all and sundry, and even developing a closer relationship to their grans all of a sudden.
The news that Shape Services have released a Skype service for the Apple phone will be music to iPhone users’ ears. It’s web-based so navigates the iPhone’s third-party app unfriendliness perfectly, and allows for IM chat, Skype to Skype calls, and even calls to regular phones if you’ve upgraded to a SkypeOut account…
Shiny Video Interview: Kat chats to Head of Entertainment at T-Mobile about their Music Jukebox service
As Stuart reported on Tuesday, T-Mobile has launched a new service, Music Jukebox, which allows users to download music tracks straight to their mobile phones or PCs. I took some time on Tuesday to chat to Damian Byrne, the Head of Entertainment at T-Mobile…
Virgin to introduce broadband "speed cap" for heavy downloaders
Virgin Media has confirmed that it will introduce a range of speed capping measures for those who download large amounts from the Net during peak hours. Peak hours count as 4pm to midnight, and Virgin claim that only the top…
