Sony has turned to indie darling Wes Anderson, director of The Royal Tenenbaums, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou and Fantastic Mr Fox to flog its new Xperia phones. The Sony Xperia S and its smart phone siblings are made of imagination, apparently. The ad is inspired by childrens’ vision of a dream phone and …
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What would you do with £62bn? Apple has figured out an answer to that question, and will today reveal its plans for the $98bn cash fortune it has been saving up for a rainy day. At 1pm this afternoon, Apple head honcho Tim Cook and chief bean-counter Peter Oppenheimer will host a conference call for the world’s media “to announce …
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Anyone got a charger? If you’re tearing your hair out at your phone running out of juice all the time, it could be that your favourite apps are to blame. New research suggests that up to 75 per cent of free Android apps’ battery use is spent on adverts and other hidden tasks. New Scientist reports the findings from Purdue …
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The new iPad ushered in a record weekend for Apple, the fruit-flavoured iPhone folks have revealed. Announcing plans for its £62bn cash reserves, Apple’s boss said he was “thrilled” with the new tablet. There were no sales figures forthcoming during today’s announcement, but based on the fact that Apple has been making money hand over fist for quite some time …
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The hotly tipped Samsung Galaxy S3 is set to be the first phone to use Samsung’s new quad-core Exynos processor, which will see the new phone run significantly faster and longer than current phones. The Korea Times quotes a Samsung executive who reveals that the S3 will be the first to use the Exynos 4412 chip. The Exynos 4412 is …
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Samsung and LG have been slapped on the wrist to the tune of — wait for it — £25.5m for swindling customers with fake discounts on phones. The South Korean Fair Trade Commission issued the price-fixing fine to several Korean companies, both handset builders and phone networks. The phone makers, including Samsung and LG, deliberately jacked up the prices of …
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The Samsung Galaxy Ace Plus lands in shops tomorrow. Samsung has confirmed the budget Android phone will go on sale this Saturday, 17 March — but without Ice Cream Sandwich on board. The Ace Plus is a successor to the Samsung Galaxy Ace. The original Ace sported a classy design, respectable battery life and a crisp and clear screen, all …
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The BBC is finally flinging open Auntie’s basement. Classic TV and radio shows from the BBC archives are to go on sale online in a plan codenamed Project Barcelona. BBC boss Mark Thompson confirmed the plans, which we reported last week. Classic BBC programmes will be yours to download for a “relatively modest” fee, including many shows that have not …
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As the late, great Etta James famously sang: at last. The Samsung Galaxy S2 has begun to update to Ice Cream Sandwich, the latest version of Android — and it’s coming to the UK next week. After an extended bout of to-ing and fro-ing, Samsung has confirmed the Android 4.0 update starts today for Samsung’s hugely popular S2, the leading …
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Sky has had a reprieve from being forced to give up its grip on the latest movies. The Competition Commission is adding online movie streaming services Lovefilm and Netflix to its investigation of the market for movies on pay TV, potentially leading the way for a reversal of its provisional findings that Sky’s exclusive film rights agreements were anti-competitive. The …
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