Tag: London 2012 Olympic Games
Usain Bolt breaks another world record, this time on Twitter
The records keep coming for Jamaican track athlete Usain Bolt. Hot on the heels of his sprint gold medal double at the London 2012 Olympic games, Bolt's broken a record over on social network Twitter too. The micro-blogging social network…
LONDON 2012: Olympic attendees asked to "take it easy" on Twitter, or BBC coverage could fail
Planning on tweeting at the London 2012 Olympic games? Perhaps you should think twice, as network overloads could jeopardise the TV coverage being broadcast from the games, including that of the BBC. Those watching the televised road race coverage on…
TECH PENTATHLON: A Geek Guide To London during the 2012 Olympic Games
TODAY IS THE DAY! After years of moaning, groaning, hype and hope, the London 2012 Olympic Games will kick off in spectacular fashion with Danny Boyle's £27 million opening ceremony. Though a few preliminary events like the football and archery…
TECH PENTATHLON: How to stream the London 2012 Olympics – websites, smart TVs, apps and set-top boxes
Today sees the penultimate instalment in the Tech Digest Tech Pentathlon series. As we're gearing up for the Olympics, we've already highlighted five of the best Olympic apps, some of the best Olympic gadgets hitting stores and also how to…
TECH PENTATHLON: Five Of The Best Olympic Apps
Day three of the Tech Digest Tech Pentathlon! To celebrate the start of the London 2012 Olympic Games, we've been pulling together our top tech tips to help you get the most out of the games. We've already showed you…
TECH PENTATHLON: Best Olympic Gadgets
We're just days away now from the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games, so it's time for part 2 of our five part Tech Pentathlon series. Today we're looking at Olympic themed gadgets. With seemingly every man…
TECH PENTATHLON: How to work from home during the London 2012 Olympic Games
Forget the naysayers; the London 2012 Olympic Games are going to be great. Sure, it's been expensive, and some of the organisational stuff has been fluffed slightly, but it's gonna be a hell of a show, with the world's greatest…
Here are the 80 London Underground stations getting Wi-Fi
Yesterday we saw the first ever tweet to be sent from Virgin Media's newly installed London Underground Wi-Fi system, and now we have a list of the initial 80 stations that are lined-up to see the service go live this…
HTC's Peter Chou to be London 2012 Olympics torch bearer
Not to be outdone by Samsung's announcement that the Galaxy S3 is to be the official handheld of this summer's London Olympics, HTC have announced that their CEO Peter Chou will be among the runners in the Olympic torch relay….
