Ubuntu’s software for phones swaps apps for “scopes”, which you find by hitting the orange Ubuntu logo. Rich Trenholm/CNET The first Ubuntu phone goes on sale in a limited run Wednesday, but don’t worry if you miss out: there’ll be around three more “flash sales” before the end of the month. The BQ Aquaris E4.5 …
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Streaming service Netflix is available in a range of countries and languages, including Spanish. Netflix Netflix has launched in Cuba, one of the first US companies to take advantage of a thaw in relations between the two countries. The US has imposed trade and travel restrictions since 1962 against the Caribbean island, which is 93 miles off the coast of …
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A shocked phone user, yesterday. PathDoc/Shutterstock Phones as recent as the Samsung Galaxy S4 and Note 3 could cost you a fortune every time you give a friend a wink or a smile. Shocked users have discovered that smiley-face emojis and emoticons are unwittingly costing them hundreds in their phone bills. Older phones, including the Samsung Galaxy S , S2 …
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The new version of BQ’s Aquaris E4.5 shows off Ubuntu software. Canonical/BQ The first Ubuntu phone is finally going on sale, and it isn’t just the software that’s doing things a bit differently: the BQ Aquaris E4.5 Ubuntu Edition will be available in a grab-it-while-you-can limited-numbers flash sale. The new version of BQ’s Aquaris E4.5 smartphone is the first chance …
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How can three skiers race each other down the same hill at the same time when they’re hundreds of miles apart? With Oculus Rift virtual reality headsets, a smartphone app and a 4G LTE connection, that’s how. Described as a “mixed reality” race, this contest pits real-life skier Vegard Engen — known as Dr V — against online gamers wearing …
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Samsung will host its next Unpacked event in Barcelona, Spain. Samsung The next Samsung flagship device is set to be unveiled on 1 March. Samsung has licked the envelopes and sent out invitations to journalists for Galaxy Unpacked, the regular event at which its new devices take their first steps. The tantalising all-black invitation reads “What’s Next” and hints at …
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“What? Carphone Warehouse has announced an MVNO with Three just days after Sky confirmed one too? All go, innit?” Ben Stansall/AFP/Getty Images Dixons Carphone is starting its own mobile phone network. The newly merged company that owns high street gadget and phone shops Currys, PC World and Carphone Warehouse is joining forces with Three for the network. Although it’s yet …
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Now playing: Watch this: Jay Z’s Tidal music service makes star-studded splash 1:14 Jay Z might have 99 problems, but a streaming service ain’t one. The rapper is splashing out $56 million on Swedish company Aspiro, which runs WiMP and high-quality audio service Tidal. Jay Z’s Project Panther has tabled a bid of 464 million Swedish crowns (around $56 million, …
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Notorious Spotify refusenik Taylor Swift at a Sony event in 2010 with then-CEO Sir Howard Stringer. James Martin/CNET Sony and Spotify have teamed up for PlayStation Music, which replaces Music Unlimited and will allow gamers to give their button-bashing a soundtrack with their Spotify tunes. Music Unlimited will close on March 29, after which the new service will launch some …
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The new BBC Taster lets you try out some of Auntie’s weird and wacky experiments for yourself. BBC The BBC wants to give you a say on how it spends your license fee on new and interesting ideas. BBC Taster is a new website where you can take a look at the experiments being tried by the BBC, then say …
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