Rural Britons will soon be able to upload and download up hill and down dale as EE plants the seeds of 4G broadband for Internet notspots, connecting country-folk in Cumbria. Rural Cumbria in the North of England is the first countryside area to see 4G connect country-folk with no access to fixed-line broadband. EE reckons …

O2 4G is coming to Edinburgh, Newcastle, Wetherby and Huddersfield in the next few weeks — and the oxygenated network is closing the gap on EE as it now covers a quarter of Britain’s population with 4G speed. It’s been 9 weeks since O2 threw the switch on its 4G network, and it now reaches over 15 million people in …

BBC iPlayer is set to come the Xbox One — but not in time for the new console’s launch this month. “We are working to bring BBC iPlayer to Xbox One in the future,” a spokesperson from the Beeb told me today, but the catch-up service isn’t on Microsoft’s list of video apps that will be available at first. “We …

Three, Tesco Mobile and HTC are among the big winners in this year’s uSwitch Awards, awarded by phone fans and industry experts to the best manufacturers and mobile networks for value, coverage, customer support and extras. Three scooped the most awards, taking home four gongs. Customer satisfaction ratings were tallied up to name Three as the network giving the best …

Shutterstock Vodafone has just gone 4G, but watchdogs say it’s fallen short on 3G. Ofcom has singled out Vodafone as the only network failing to live up to its 3G coverage obligations, but the network is working to make things right. EE, Three and O2 have all met the government’s target of reaching 90 per cent of the population. But …

Following the wallet-friendly Tesco Hudl, Asda is putting Britain’s cheapest mobile phone in your basket. The Alcatel 1010 costs just £5 on pay as you go. Asda reckons it’s the “UK’s lowest priced phone,” and is “expecting shoppers of all age” to take advantage of the diminutive price tag. You can buy it in branches of the supermarket or online. …

EE has unveiled its latest 4G deals: including a petabyte of data for £8m. Guess we’ll have to update our 4G price comparison… Just kidding: these are serious business deals for serious business people, as EE touts the advantages of 4G for big companies. EE has created super bundles netting a firm 50TB, 100TB, 200TB, 500TB or 1PB of data. …

Following Thor, Iron Man and the rest of the Avengers, Marvel superhero Daredevil is leading the way for four new live-action shows based on Marvel characters — and they’re only on Netflix. Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Iron Fist and Luke Cage will each star in their own full 13-episode series beginning in 2015, leading to a mini-series where they band together …

BlackBerry’s new boss has spoken out about his plans to save the troubled company, calling questions about BlackBerry abandoning handsets “ridiculous” and stalling talk of a switch to Android. Speaking to CrackBerry, John Chen identifies a “need to preserve the reason why BlackBerry is around,” and when asked about Android cautioned “jumping to anything is inappropriate.” “My job is really …

KitKat is coming to the HTC One from the end of January, or sooner if you have the Google Edition. The latest Android update, Android 4.4 makes its debut on the new Google Nexus 5, and will soon hit HTC’s flagship with Sense 5.5 along for the ride. HTC told me that the KitKat software update will also bring with it …