Month: June 2020
Over 1 in 10 working in cupboard or bathroom during lockdown
Nearly one in 10 adults have had to sit in a STORE CUPBOARD to get peace and quiet while working from home – and due to the limited range of their current home WiFi.A study of 2,000 adults also found 14 per cent of those in London have even had to work from their bathroom…
Brits spending quarter of day online, claims Ofcom
Ofcom data today finds that Brits are now spending more than a quarter of their days online with services such as Zoom seeing incredible growth. The broadband team at Uswitch has analysed Google search data for 20 apps between 1st April and 31st May to reveal the nations most-used online services contributing to this unprecedented growth reported…
Panasonic launches 10inch Toughbook A3
Panasonic has strengthened its popular Android line-up today with the launch of the TOUGHBOOK A3, a fully rugged tablet with a 10.1 inch display, costing approximately £1200 excluding VAT. With businesses increasingly turning to Android for their rugged mobile tablet and handheld needs, the TOUGHBOOK A3 is designed for emergency services personnel, utilities and field…
Gamers ‘spend 3 years’ of adult life playing online
Gamers will spend the equivalent of three years of their adult life playing online – splurging almost £16,000 in the process. A study of 1,000 adults who game regularly found an average of eight hours a week is spent competing online – a total of two-and-a-half weeks each year. But it doesn’t come cheap as…
Homeland is TV show most likely to be targeted by pirates
American counterterrorism thriller Homeland is the show most likely to be targeted by pirates, according to the latest survey from cybersecurity company McAfee. As Brits spend more time at home and streaming entertainment amid orders to stay in, McAfee conducted research to identify which popular movies and TV shows available on-demand today pose the highest…
Top 10 activities that will continue after lockdown – video calling tops list
Millions of Brits have enjoyed their lives online during lockdown and plan to continue having digital social catch ups and exercise classes because they believe it makes them MORE productive. A study of 2,000 adults discovered 72 per cent have used the internet more than ever while at home in recent months, with more than…
UK government abandons NHS contact tracing app
In an embarrassing and costly U-Turn, the UK has ditched the current NHS coronavirus contact tracing app, developed by NHSX, in favour of a solution from tech giants Apple and Google. The current system, piloted on the Isle of Wight, is to be abandoned after research found it could only identify four per cent of…
Twitch to stream Amazon Prime Premier League games for FREE
Amazon-owned, video live streaming service Twitch has announced that all four of Amazon Prime Video’s Premier League fixtures will be available on the service for free without the need for Amazon Prime membership. Twitch’s live chat features allow fans to discuss the match with fans around the world, perhaps the closest fans will get to…
Virgin Media reveals lockdown leap in broadband traffic
Virgin Media households have downloaded an extra 325GB on average during lockdown so far making use of their ultrafast speeds Customers now using enough extra data to watch 3.5 hours more Netflix and send tens of thousands of emails every single day Northern Irish customers are downloading the most and Scottish customers the least in…
Triumph launches first e-bike, Triumph Trekker GT
Iconic British motorcycle brand, Triumph Motorcycles, has launched an e-bike – the Triumph Trekker GT. Triumph’s first ever electric bicycle, it is expected to retail for £2,950. Featuring the latest generation of electric drive weighing in at just 2.88 kg, the Trekker GT offers a range of approximately 150km per charge through its 250w 60Nm…
