Month: January 2010
Brits prefer Facebook to Twitter, reckon swiftcover
swiftcover, the insurance company that's trying to be cool by using Iggy Pop in its adverts (despite the fact he would never be able to get insurance cover, ever), has commissioned a survey to find out what 'Rocks' and…
Vodafone claims Europe's largest base of digital music subscribers
According to Vodafone nearly 450,000 of its customers have signed up for music subscription services since it signed digital rights management free MP3 music deals with all major labels in 2009. Two million tracks are currently available through the…
HP and Omnifone announce Spotify rival for £8.99 a month
At the Midem conference in Cannes Omnifone and HP announced a partnership to bring digital music to PCs in ten European countries. Preloaded on HP's Pavilion, Presario and Envy PCs, MusicStation will provide access to approximately 6.5 million tracks from…
Magicbox upgrades Nocturne with internet radio
Magicbox has added Wi-Fi internet Radio to the original Nocturne XP-1. With the new XP-2 you can now listen to thousands of stations from the web as well as music from a number of other sources. Its gliding in and…
SeeSaw video-on-demand service begins beta trial tomorrow
Does anyone remember the ill-fated Project Kangaroo? Well out of it's ashes rises SeeSaw, a new video-on-demand service which include shows such as "Doctor Who", "That Mitchell and Webb Look" and "Cranford". The service, which aims to combine the best…
Couple conceive thanks to iPhone app
Those storks best watch their backs: it looks like iPhones will be delivering little bundles of joy from now on. Take Lena and Dudley Bryce from Kelvinside Glasgow. For four years the pair had tried to have a children, but…
70 million households will pay for internet TV by 2014
As many as 70 million homes will be paying for IPTV by 2014, according to research analysts Informa. That figure doubles the amount of users currently paying for shows over the internet. "The global total of pay IPTV homes will…
BeBook Neo joins the e-reader fight
Endless Ideas are today launching their new eBook reader, the BeBook Neo. This latest addition to the BeBook family features built in Wi-Fi, and basic web access to sites such as Google and Wikipedia, as well as a WACOM touchscreen….
Turbine City concept – Gallery
It gets pretty windy in Norway apparently. Well, windy enough for On Office's idea for a city built within wind turbines not to sound completely ludicrous anyway. The concept here is that with turbines growing in size to accommodate our…
HTC HD2 gets battery boost and kickstand
One of our only gripes with the fantastic HTC HD2 was its relatively poor battery life. E-tailer Clove look to have the problem solved, with a pre-order listing for a new extended-life battery for the handset. Whereas the battery that…