It’s the end, but the moment has been prepared for: the next Doctor will materialise live on television in a Doctor Who special this weekend. If it feels different this time, it’s because it’s the first time the Doctor has been announced live on TV. Zoe Ball — you were expecting someone else? –presents the …
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The Samsung Galaxy S5 could have real steel. A newly discovered patent adds fuel to rumours that the follow-up to the Samsung Galaxy S4 could be made of metal. Uncovered by Patent Bolt, the patent was filed in South Korea in 2011 and registered in the US last year. It shows a new Galaxy mobile with a sharply angled metal …
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At Google Play you can now press play on some of your favourite TV shows. Google has finally added TV to download to your Android device, including top British telly like Luther, Doctor Who and Peppa Pig. The UK is the first country after the US to see TV shows go on sale at Google Play. There are TV shows …
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O2 is the second 4G network to launch in the UK. The new extra-fast phone data service will take on rival EE before the end of this month. O2 will launch a 4G LTE service in London, Leeds and Bradford on 29 August, sending the Internet into phones and tablets at a faster rate than 3G — as long as …
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The 4.7-inch Motorola Moto X is the first smart phone from Google and Motorola working together after the Big G bought Moto two years back, and it reminds us of a bad actor — because it’s a bit wooden. The new Moto X is available in black and white, but you can customise the phone online at the new Moto …
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An Englishman’s home is his castle, and so is a film fan’s Netflix account. There’s nothing worse than your other half pinching your laptop or tablet for a marathon of trash-watching, thus royally scrambling your recommendations — or worse, telling your Facebook friends you spent the whole weekend watching My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding. But those days are over thanks …
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Sky is building a special Sky Go app for Android tablets with 10-inch screens… except it has one glaringly widescreen flaw. It only works in portrait mode, according to Alun Webber, Sky’s managing director of product design and development. Update: Sky has clarified that the menus only work in portrait orientation. Actual viewing of programmes and films does work in landscape mode, …
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Score one for Sky: Microsoft has to change the name of SkyDrive to avoid confusion with the British satellite TV broadcaster. A UK court has ruled in favour of British Sky Broadcasting Group’s contention that the naming of Microsoft’s SkyDrive cloud storage service infringes on the Sky trademark. As a result of this British ruling, Microsoft is changing the name …
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Brace yourselves, phone fans: despite the success of the HTC One, HTC reckons it’s losing money for the first time. HTC’s bottom line for the period between April and June looks less than healthy, with second quarter profits collapsing by 83 per cent compared to last year, the company has revealed. The company behind the excellent One Android phone made …
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The Amazon Kindle Fire HD is about to be updated to match the new Google Nexus 7. Reports say both the 7-inch and Kindle Fire HD 8.9 tablet will be updated with eye-popping new screens. The screens are expected to get a serious upgrade. The 7-inch model will get a bump to 1,920 x 1,200 resolution, or 323 pixels per …
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