Student-com “Fresh Meat” is one of the shows appearing on All 4, the replacement for 4OD. Channel 4 O2 customers will soon get to see new Channel 4 TV shows like “Peep Show” and “Made in Chelsea” two days before anyone else. The channel’s online catch-up and on-demand service 4OD is relaunching as All 4, …
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BT Mobile’s first deals are SIM-only, meaning you supply the phone and BT supplies the calls, texts and Internet. ponsulak/Shutterstock BT is back in the mobile game. BT Mobile offers SIM-only 4G contracts that come with free BT Sport action and big discounts for BT Broadband customers. The first three contracts announced today by BT Mobile are 12 month deals, …
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The Amazon Fire TV Stick plugs into the back of your telly for online services on the bigger screen. Sarah Tew / CNET Stick this in your telly and fire it up: Amazon is launching the Fire TV Stick in the UK, and there’s a heavy discount if you get in there quick — if you’re prepared to fork out …
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You’ll never lock your phone: Everton’s Steven Naismith and Liverpool’s Steven Gerrard display the sort of blistering pace that scousers can expect from their smartphones. Alex Livesey/Getty Images Scousers are famous for their quick wit, but it seems their phones are faster — new figures reveal Liverpool has the fastest 4G LTE signal in the Britain. Online phone shop Mobiles.co.uk …
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Wuaki.tv streams to smartphones, tablets, laptops and other connected devices. EE Having called “cut!” on Orange Wednesday, EE is now calling “lights, camera, action!” on a new movie-related deal: EE Film Club. The promotion gives film fans on EE, Orange or T-Mobile a movie rental for £1 plus the price of a 35p text each week from Wuaki.tv. Online streaming …
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The revamped, customizable Windows 10. Nate Ralph/CNET Microsoft has laid out the minimum requirements for computers and mobile devices to run Windows 10 — and has also revealed that pirated copies of Windows will be upgraded too. Microsoft’s operating systems unit Executive Vice-President Terry Myerson took to the stage to talk up the new software at the Windows Hardware Engineering …
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The new Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge sports two curved edges. Sarah Tew/CNET Can’t wait to sign on the dotted line for a Samsung Galaxy S6 or S6 Edge? Then you don’t have to wait too long, as pre-orders open this Friday, 20 March, before the phone is delivered in April. Double-edged sword: Samsung’s curved Galaxy S6 Edge (pictures) +17 more …
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Swatch the throne: Swatch is the world’s biggest watch manufacturer. Swatch You’ll soon be able to pay for stuff with your Swatch watch, but the company is talking down the possibility of an Apple Watch-style all-singing, all-dancing smartwatch. Swatch is the world’s best-selling watchmaker with 18 per cent of the market, which includes the Omega, Longines and Calvin Klein brands. …
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The Vaio phone is on sale in Japan. B-Mobile Shortly after ejecting from Sony, the folks at Vaio are going up against their former company with a smartphone to compete with the Sony Xperia line. The Vaio name will no doubt be familiar as the brand name of Sony’s laptops. But as part of a raft of cost-cutting measures, Sony …
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The BBC Micro Bit is designed so children can “pick it up, plug it into a computer and start creating with it immediately”. BBC The UK’s 11-year-olds will be issued with a basic computer by publicly-funded broadcaster the BBC this year, to encourage them to get into coding. The simple Micro Bit computer will be given to 1 million children …
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