Tag: Britain
Opinion: Why Gordon Brown, Dr Tanya Byron and the Nanny State should stay out of technology
When does a Government go too far in a bid to protect its citizens? When it locks people up without a charge? When it bans people from taking to the streets and puts them under curfew? Or when it employs a TV presenter to look at how the Internet and computer games are harming the nation’s youngsters?
This week it’s been announced Dr Tanya Byron – star of such TV greats as House of Tiny Tearaways – is to preside over a review of what effect the web and console adventures are having on kids across Britain. And I for one find it not only laughable, but downright disgusting that Gordon Brown and his cohorts think they have the right to interfere in our lives which such a pointless exercise…
Ofcom survey: overall TV watching down, digital and HD up
The latest Communications Market Report from Ofcom shows that, overall, Britons are watching slightly less TV than last year, down 4% to 3 hours and 36 minutes per day, but that viewers are watching more digital terrestrial, satellite, and high definition content.
Digital TV of some kind is now in four out of five UK households, while for those 450,000 homes who have access to some kind of high definition content, 33% of their viewing time is spent watching it.
Echoing similar studies in the US, it seems that a significant proportion (43%) of those who do have high definition TV are viewing more as a result , particularly premium content such as films and sport.
UK's biggest iPhone survey: iPhone looks great, it's expensive, and 7.6% want one!
The results of last month’s Shiny Media iPhone survey are in, and it makes for some interesting reading.
With 487 respondents, it’s the UK’s largest iPhone survey to date.
Drunk Brits reveal themselves online
In a recent survey by Paypal, 15% of respondents said that they had revealed personal information about themselves whilst under the influence of alcohol.
With six months to go, one in ten Glaswegians haven't heard of digital switchover
Surprising as it may be with the amount of press and TV coverage, one in ten Glaswegians haven't heard about the digital TV switchover, two-thirds said they weren't prepared for it, and 6% said they were refusing to get rid…
iStockphoto and AMUSE partner to give UK mobile users personalised wallpaper
iStockphoto, which is the world's most visited stock imagery and video site, has partnered with AMUSE Entertainment Group, to allow a selection of its stock photography to be used by mobile phone users. A pilot phase is being launched in…
BT to cut broadband prices for competitors
BT has announced that it will cut the price of its broadband rates from the beginning of May. It plans to cut the amount it charges to competitors who use its infrastructure by 9%….
UK's busiest eBay street is in a Norfolk village
Though I think our household comes close for Internet deliveries (we're certainly almost on first name terms with the staff at the local Post Office sorting office), a street in a Norfolk village trade more items on the eBay auction…
British consumers increasingly unhappy with broadband provision
A new survey from Point Topic has highlighted an increasing dissatisfaction with UK broadband providers. When the survey of 5,000 people was carried out in February 2006, 92% said they were very satisfied or fairly satisfied with their broadband service….
Britons being ripped off by gadget firms
Wow, here's something we didn't know already – us Brits are being ripped off by gadget makers who charge higher prices here than anywhere else. According to the Evening Standard, we're being charged hundreds of pounds more for computers, games…
