Author: Chris Price
Chris has been a journalist since the 1990s. In addition to editing TechDigest.tv and ShinyShiny.tv, he also regularly contributes tech/business articles to The Daily Telegraph and Tech Radar. A passionate swimmer, Chris has his own swimming blog and is a qualified lifeguard. He can be contacted at [email protected]
Labour’s free full fibre broadband pledge: How will it work?
Labour has set out its plans to deliver fast and free full fibre broadband across the country if it wins the General Election. But how feasible is the plan and what impact will it have on rivals? What is full-fibre? Full-fibre is a newer, faster broadband technology which relies on fibre-optic cables, instead of the…
Huawei sells foldable smartphone without Google
The Mate X uses Huawei’s own processor chips (Martyn Landi/PA) Chinese tech giant Huawei has begun selling its first foldable smartphone without Google apps or US-made processor chips following sanctions imposed by Washington. The Mate X went on sale in China and competes with Samsung’s Galaxy fold. Huawei has announced…
BT shares plunge after Labour’s free broadband promise
BT chief executive Philip Jansen BT shares dropped nearly 4% and TalkTalk put the sale of one of its businesses on hold after the Labour Party announced plans to turn broadband into a public service Jeremy Corbyn is due to officially announce the new policy in a speech in Lancaster…
Labour promises free full-fibre broadband for all
Labour has promised it will deliver free full-fibre broadband to every home and business by 2030, if it wins the General Election. The party intends to bring parts of BT, including Openreach which provides broadband infrastructure, into public ownership under plans it said will result in a massive upgrade in the UK’s internet infrastructure. The…
Apple picks up three prizes at EE Pocket-lint Awards
Apple has picked up three awards including the best flagship phone of 2019 at the annual EE Pocket-lint Awards. The tech giant’s iPhone 11 Pro won the award, while the Apple Watch Series 5 was named best smartwatch and the iPad Air won best tablet or 2-in-1 device. The iPhone 11, announced in September, was…
Developers reveal missing features from Google Stadia
Several key features will not be ready when the Google Stadia gaming platform launches in less than a week’s time, developers at the firm have revealed. Stadia is a cloud-based service which will stream games to players via an internet connection instead of requiring them to be downloaded, with Google’s servers handling much of the…
Motorola revives Razr flip phone with foldable screen
Motorola has revived its popular Razr flip mobile phone as a modern smartphone with a foldable screen. Unveiled in the US, the reinvented Razr has a 6.2-inch screen which folds in half to shut in the same way as older “clamshell” handsets. Flip phones such as the original Razr were popular in the early 2000s,…
Esports gamers face ‘same psychological pressures as athletes’
Competitive Esports gamers taking part in tournaments face equivalent pressure and stress levels as elite athletes in sports such as football, research claims. A study at the University of Chichester found that Esports gamers face up to 51 different stress factors – including concerns over competing in front of a live audience and communication issues…
Facebook bug turns on iPhone camera as users scroll through app
A Facebook bug has been discovered which allows the social media giant’s app to access the iPhone camera as a user scrolls through their feed. The social network has confirmed it is aware of the bug and says it will be submitting a software fix for the issue to Apple. A screen recording of the…
Hillary Clinton worried about young women on social media
Hillary and Chelsea Clinton with Fearne Cotton (Fearne Cotton’s Happy Place) Hillary Clinton has said the idea of perfection that is often portrayed on social media is “insidious” and undermines the confidence of young women. The former US secretary of state said that people in the public eye should talk more…