UK phone network Ovivo Mobile shut down last night without any prior warning, leaving an estimated 50,000 users without a signal. The network, an MVNO that piggybacked on Vodafone’s infrastructure in the same manner as Tesco Mobile or Giffgaff, announced last night it was ceasing trading. I’ve contacted Vodafone for comment and will update when …

Marvel’s Powers comic books, about detectives who investigate superheroes, is coming to a PS4 near you. Sony’s first original TV show for the PlayStation Network will be an adaptation of Brian Bendis and Michael Oeming’s long-running series, according to Hollywood gossip site Deadline. It’ll be produced by Sony Pictures Television, the company behind Breaking Bad and Community, with scripts from …

Sky’s giving its programme guide a new lease of life with a smart TV-style homepage, rolling out to Sky+ HD boxes from today. The new design sees catch-up services and on-demand box sets getting equal billing with live TV, as the UK’s biggest pay-TV company adjusts its services to how we all watch our telly in the modern world. Search …

HTC’s new flagship blower, the One M8, will be available to London punters immediately after its 25 March launch event, retailer Carphone Warehouse has revealed. Immediately after the Taiwan-based phonemaker takes the white cloth off its latest meisterwerk, crates filled with the new phone will be taken from the venue and broached in six Carphone stores in the capital. No …

“My text will tell the anger of my heart, or else my heart concealing it will break,” William Shakespeare might have written, had he just been conned out of £80 on Gumtree. Sadly that bitter fate befell Edd Joseph, a young gentleman of Bristol, who resolved to indulge his inflaming wrath by sending the Bard’s entire works — 160 characters …

A new lower-capacity iPhone 5C has gone on sale across Europe, with the UK Apple Store charging £429 ($712) for the unlocked smartphone. French and German iPhone fans can get their hands on one for 559 euros ($779), while Australian Apple aficionados can spend A$679 ($616) on the new mobile. Interestingly, it’s also available in China, for 4,088 yuan ($660). …

EE’s planning an own-brand Android phone for money-saving cheapskates who want to pay over the odds for superfast mobile data. It seems like a niche market to be aiming for, but this photo, published by Engadget, purports to be just such a device. Engadget doesn’t seem to have seen the device itself, merely publishing the photo. It doesn’t say who …

Credit: Orangeornate/Shutterstock With Three up and running in London, and even Giffgaff set to offer 4G in the next few weeks, 4G has hit the mainstream in the UK. Most new smartphones are 4G-capable, so if you’re shopping for a new contract, which networks have the best deals? Let’s have a look. Value for money I’m going to look only …

Six months on from its well-received launch, Sony’s zhuzhed up its top-notch Z1 with the Xperia Z2, one of the highlights of Mobile World Congress last week. Phones 4U has pumped out some deals on this sharp new blower, starting at £47 per month for a free handset. That’s on a two-year Vodafone contract with 3GB of data on its …

The Beeb plans to axe its yoof-centric comedy and reality TV channel BBC Three from Freeview, the corporation has announced — but it won’t die completely, moving its, er, distinctive programming online to become the first iPlayer-only channel. Its Freeview slot will be taken by a time-shifted BBC One, letting tardy viewers catch up on what happened an hour previously …