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EV owners could get 1000 FREE miles, claims Volkswagen
Volkswagen claims that electric car owners could get more than 1,000 miles of FREE driving per year following the rollout of its car charging network. Volkswagen announced last year it had partnered with Tesco and Pod Point to install around 2,400 charging points for electric cars. Currently electric vehicle (EV) owners at 100 Tesco stores…
O2 network goes down – millions unable to use 4G mobile data
UK customers have reported not being able to use mobile data to access the internet and other services on the company’s network. It has confirmed engineers are working to fix the issue. We are aware our customers are unable to use data this morning. Our technical teams are working on the issue with high priority.…
Tesco to roll out free electric car charging points for shoppers in partnership with VW
Tesco is to roll out free charging points for electric cars at hundreds of its stores from next year. The supermarket chain, which is the largest in the UK, will work with Volkswagen to develop more than 2,400 electric vehicle (EV) charging points by 2020. A standard 7kW charger will be free, with a faster…
Christmas gift guide: Top 5 alternatives to Tesco’s Hudl2 for under £150, including Amazon Fire HD6, Google Nexus 7
So the Hudl2 is no more. The web tablet, which was a surprise hit among customers, was withdrawn from sale by Tesco, just a month before Xmas. In a statement the supermarket chain said: "We have sold out of Hudl2 tablets and will no longer be selling it in our stores or online. We would like…
The Digest: Facebook restricts violent videos… and 4 other things people are talking about today
[nextpage title="Next"] Facebook restricts violent video clips and photos | BBC News "Facebook has begun placing warnings over videos posted to its site, stating their contents might 'shock, offend and upset' if viewed. The alerts prevent the videos from automatically playing in feeds unless they are clicked, unlike other clips. The site is also preventing…
TalkTalk buys Blinkbox from Tesco for £5m
Tesco has announced this morning that it has finally sold Blinkbox to TalkTalk - for a surprisingly low £5m. According to Business Insider, integration between Blinkbox and TalkTalk's existing TV business will be kicking off immediately - with "revenue synergies" (ie: job cuts) expected. Interestingly, it isn't just a video on demand business TalkTalk has…
Is TalkTalk planning to buy Blinkbox?
There have been rumours for a while that Tesco is looking to offload its struggling on-demand service Blinkbox - and today we're hearing reports that it looks like TalkTalk could be a buyer. According to The Guardian TalkTalk has been TalkTalking to Tesco about a possible sale of the service - which is apparently lost…
Original Hudl gets a price cut to £79
Tesco has slashed the price of its first tablet - following the announcement of the Hudl 2 a couple of weeks ago. The original 7" Hudl is now £79 - and for the price you still get a not-too-bad device: 1.5ghz processor, Android KitKat and 16GB of storage. Presumably Tesco will be stopping Hudl 1…
Is Tesco building ROBOTS?
Tesco is expecting robots, wearable technologies and "cognitive computing" to become commonplace within the next five years, according to the company's Chief Information Officer. According to Brand Republic, the executive has been speaking at the IGD Convention, where he has used a lot of business buzzwords to explain the inevitable: "We’ve only scratched the surface,…
Tesco evasive on the future of Blinkbox streaming service
Speaking at the Tesco Hudl 2 launch this morning there was one topic that Tesco's Group Digital Officer Michael Comish clearly didn't want to talk about: the fate of Blinkbox, the on-demand video and music streaming service that the retailer owns. When asked directly by a Bloomberg journalist amongst the assembled hacks whether the service…