Tag: data

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…

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…

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…

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…

Orange reveal cheaper data roaming plans for holidaymakers

Orange have re-jigged their data roaming costs, making it a little bit more affordable for holidaymakers to surf the web abroad over the summer. Paying in advance, and only coughing up the cash if they actually end up finding the…