Amazon is cutting the cost of the Kindle Fire HD, knocking 12 percent off the Android tablet’s price. The price of the 7-inch, 16GB tablet has been slashed to $169 in the U.S., 139 pounds in the U.K., and 169 euros elsewhere in Europe. The Fire HD originally cost $199. The discount follows a similar …

Happy birthday YouView! The Internet-tastic TV box is one year old today. A year after its birth, YouView is now in 400,000 homes, largely thanks to being given away by broadband providers BT and TalkTalk. Since launching on 4 July 2012, YouView has updated the set-top box five times and launched apps for Apple and Android phones and tablets. We …

Jay-Z’s new album Magna Carta Holy Grail drops today for a million lucky Samsung fans. With its patriotic debut coming on July 4, there are 1 million owners of a Samsung Galaxy S4, S3 or Note 2 who will get to sup from Magna Carta Holy Grail today, three days before it’s released to the rest of the world. To …

Nokia has dropped another clanging hint about the hotly tipped Nokia Lumia EOS camera phone, promising 41 million reasons to get excited about the new device. In a canary-hued teaser picture, Nokia says “originality” is just one of the 41 million reasons to watch a live video from the New York event on 11 July where the phone is expected …

The rumoured smaller version of the HTC One is bringing along a bigger buddy. A new leak once again hints at both an HTC One Mini and an HTC One Max — not to mention two mystery Nokia phones. O2 Germany hints at the four phones in a listing of future devices, alongside phones we’ve already seen in the UK, …

Sky has revealed its promised price hikes. With the spectre of BT Sport and a potential price war looming, Sky’s prices are to rise by an average of 2.5 per cent in September. Some packages increase by 50p per month and others by £1, with your new bill depending on which packages and extras you subscribe to. First, the 50p …

The Nokia 207 and Nokia 208 are two new budget-friendly 3G phones that Nokia says will be the “the most affordable yet”. Both phones are traditional candybar devices, with a comfortingly old school nine-button keypad beneath the screen. They come in Nokia’s signature colourful casings, in red, blue, yellow, white and black. The smaller screen and lower power means longer …

BT Sport is offering to take Sky inside, as their sporting scrap spills into the pubs of Britain. But as the battle heats up, BT promises its sporting coverage will be “more relaxed” and “less formal” than Sky’s frenetic shows. Speaking to a TV industry shindig, BT boss Marc Watson, revealed that BT plans to charge pubs a whopping 20 …

EE is doubling 4G speeds this week as it unveils more new deals. Oh, and EE is going to buy you lunch with its new NFC contactless payment thingy called Cash on Tap. EE already promised to double speeds in 10 cities, including London, Birmingham and Edinburgh, but has today promised a boost for Derby and Nottingham too. Increased speeds …

There’s another player coming into the smart phone game. It’s time for HP to decide whether to adopt Android for a second crack at phones and tablets. “HP has to be in the game,” HP exec Yam Su Yin told the Indian Times, signalling a return to the market after the failure of HP’s first foray into phones and tablets …