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Majority of mobile phone customers on SIM only plans overpaying for data

The majority of mobile customers on SIM-only deals are overpaying for unused data at a total cost of £800 million a year, a consumer group has warned. A survey for Citizens Advice suggests that 71% of mobile customers with a SIM-only plan – or 12 million people – are overpaying for data they do not…

31st January 201931st January 2019 Chris Price Mobile phones, News

10 top tips to ensure you business can weather tough times

Two years ago, I was about to close my business – I’d tried everything to save it, but it simply wasn’t working. I’d been forced to let six staff go and it was down to just me and one other... Right at the last minute, we signed a key client and the company was saved.…

4th October 2018 Chris Price Business tips

The Digest: Apple not guilty… and 4 other things people are talking about today

[nextpage title="Next"] Jury finds Apple not liable of harming consumers in iTunes DRM case | The Verge "An eight-person jury has decided that Apple is not on the hook for what could have been more than $1 billion in a trial centering on extra security measures the company added to iTunes and iPods starting in…

17th December 2014 Stuart O'Connor Apple, Google, Internet, iPod, iTunes, Microsoft, The Digest

How can data improve train travel?

For millions of people trains are an annoying fact of life: Sure, they get you from A to B, but it never really is quite that simple, with delays, engineering and overcrowded carriages. Surely something can be done? Even when times are tight economically, isn't there a way that train companies can behave a little…

3rd December 2014 James O'Malley Transport

The Samaritans Radar app is a reminder that we have no control over how our data is used

It has been almost a week since Samaritans launched its "Radar" web app - and almost a week since the backlash began. Astonishingly, the charity is sticking to its guns - and this should remind us that once our data is out there, we can't control what happens with it. On the surface the app…

4th November 201418th July 2017 James O'Malley Facebook, Twitter, Web 2.0, Websites

O2 boosts holiday data allowance to 50mb

Good news for travellers this summer as mean old O2 (pictured) has received a visit from the ghost of holidays future, and has kindly relented and opted to give us a more generous data allocation when using our phones abroad. Under the new regime pay monthly customers will now be able pay £1.99 a day…

21st July 2014 James O'Malley Mobile phones

Could iPhones and Big Data make us healthier? Are we ready for the personal trainer state?

One of the often overlooked wonders of the modern world is improvements to both our health, and the healthcare we receive. In the early 20th century the average life expectancy of someone, somewhere on Earth, was 31 – about the…

3rd October 2013 James O'Malley Health

London's mobile Internet four times slower than in New York

While we may now be just a few short weeks away from the launch of the UK's first 4G network, courtesy of EE, our poor 3G mobile internet services have again made us the laughing stock of the western world….

15th October 2012 Gerald Lynch Mobile phones, Tech Digest news

Apple iPad dominates tablet market with 68% market share

Despite stiff competition from the Samsung Galaxy Tab range, Google's Nexus 7 and Amazon's Kindle Fire, Apple's iPad continues to dominate tablet sales, with a 68% market share. New second quarter data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) shows that…

2nd August 201217th February 2017 Gerald Lynch Apple, iPad, Tablet, Tech Digest news

A staggering 97% of Three's mobile traffic is data

Three have reported that mobile data now makes up a staggering 97% of all their network traffic, compared to the three percent shared between texts and calls. Though the company have strong support for the smartphone data plans, as well…

1st November 2011 Gerald Lynch Tech Digest news

Xbox boss urges games industry to improve safety for players

Digital key urged for police to unlock encrypted messages in ‘exceptional’ cases

Existing Huawei phone users will be ‘significantly impacted’ by Google block

Google stops Huawei from using apps like Gmail, Maps on phones

Driverless cars can work together to keep traffic moving, research finds

Full fibre broadband rolled out in schools in rural areas

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