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BBC to launch Alexa rival

The BBC is developing its own Alexa-style digital voice assistant for next year which it claims is capable of understanding regional accents. ‘Beeb’ is being considered as the wake-word used to get the attention of the voice-activated technology, which is designed to work on existing devices such as smart-speakers, mobiles and TVs instead of launching…

27th August 201927th August 2019 Chris Price Amazon, News, smart speaker

Review: BT Complete WiFi, from £39.99 per month

Name: BT Complete WiFi Type: Broadband service Specs: Click here for full specs Price: From £39.99 per month Fed up of not being able to get WiFi throughout your home? BT has introduced what it claims to be the only service that guarantees 'wall to wall' coverage in every room of the house. Called Complete…

29th March 201929th March 2019 Chris Price News

Parts of central London in ‘Broadband Blackspot’, according to Which? report

Parts of central London, including Westminster, have some of the lowest Broadband speeds in Britain Parts of central London, Stroud, Tunbridge Wells and Canterbury are among the more surprising areas suffering from the worst broadband in the country, according to new Which? analysis of customer speed tests. The consumer watchdog…

22nd January 201921st January 2019 Chris Price Broadband

BBC iPlayer users 'should pay licence fee'

BBC viewers who avoid paying the annual licence fee by only watching television via the iPlayer may not get away with it for much longer. Acting BBC Trust chairwoman Diane Coyle said the BBC will propose that those using just…

25th June 2014 Stuart O'Connor BBC, Computers, HDTV, Internet, iPad, iPhone, IPTV, Smartphones, Tablet, TV

Samsung's full range of Smart TVs now with all catch up TV services

Samsung has become the first TV manufacturer to offer all of the UK's terrestrial TV catch up services in one place with the full complement of players now available across its range of 2011, 2012 and 2013 range of Smart…

14th June 20137th April 2017 shinychris Tech Digest news

BBC iPlayer now available on Windows Phone 8, but Windows Phone 7.5 version canned

It's been a long old wait, but the BBC iPlayer catch-up TV app is now available on Windows Phone 8 devices. Rather than a ground-up build of the service, the Windows Phone 8 version of the app is actually a…

15th May 2013 Gerald Lynch Tech Digest news, Windows Phone 7, Windows Phone 7 apps, Windows Phone 8

Tablets now fuelling more BBC iPlayer views than smartphones

For the first time ever, the BBC iPlayer TV and radio catch-up app has received more streaming requests from tablets than from smartphones. Revealed during the BBC's monthly BBC iPlayer performance review, March 2013 saw 200,000 more requests come in…

19th April 2013 Gerald Lynch Online TV, Tech Digest news

Game streaming will take years to become mainstream, says Xbox boss

Pokemon Sword and Shield fans revel in UK-like Galar region

Apple bans vaping apps over health concerns

Labour’s free full fibre broadband pledge: How will it work?

How Will 5G Affect the Online Gambling Industry

Huawei sells foldable smartphone without Google

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