Richard Trenholm

Free Premier League action on Sky Sports on opening day

The first day of the new Premier League football season will be free to watch on Sky Sports — even if you don’t own a dish. Unbelievable Jeff! If you’re not a Sky customer, or if you are but don’t fork out the extra moolah for the sports channels, you can still watch the opening …

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Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini on sale this weekend, costs £365

The Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini goes on sale on Saturday, for £365. The cheaper version of the Samsung Galaxy S4 is arriving this weekend both on contract and SIM-free. Although we were originally expecting the sawn-off S4 on 5 July, online shops now promise the Android smart phone in mere days. Retailer Unlocked Mobiles offers the phone SIM-free and unlocked …

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Samsung Galaxy S4 spotted in red and blue with double speed

Warning: this story contains colourful language. The Samsung Galaxy S4 has been glimpsed for the first time in red and blue, and boasting super-speedy 4G with bells on. It’s not just the casing that’s been brightened up: this is the LTE-Advanced version of the S4, glimpsed in crimson and cobalt blue. These leaked pictures appear courtesy of Naver, a website in …

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Orange, TalkTalk and BT Vision are worst for complaints

Virgin and O2 customers are some of the happiest around, while those of you on Orange, TalkTalk and BT Vision are tearing out your hair. That’s according to the latest complaints figures from telecoms watchdog Ofcom. Ofcom has totted up the number of recent complaints about the major telecoms services, Internet service providers, and pay-TV companies. Between January and March …

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British Airways lifts mobile phone ban, but only on landing

Please remain in your seats while the seatbelt light is illuminated — but y’know what? Feel free to whip out your phone. British Airways is the first European airline to let you switch on your phone straight after touching down. BA has decided to allow you to switch on your phones, tablets and other electrical kit as soon as your …

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BlackBerry now takes care of business on iPhone, Android

BlackBerry now separates business and pleasure even if you have an iPhone or Android phone. The BB system for securing your company data is available as an app from iTunes or Google play. Secure Work Space is an iOS or Android app that fences off work email and attachments, work calendar and contacts, and work documents from the apps containing …

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YouView Android app out now, Dave catch

The YouView app for Android is out now for your phone and tablet to help you record the latest telly from anywhere in the world. And when you get home, you can catch up on Dave in case there’s an episode of Top Gear you haven’t seen ten times. YouView is FreeView with the Internet built in, basically. You can …

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Free Wi

Glastonbury has a new headliner: 4G. The Rolling Stones, Arctic Monkeys and Mumford and Sons will share the country airwaves with EE’s super-fast Internet connection, pumping out free Wi-Fi from the back of a tractor. Britain’s first 4G network is providing Wi-Fi to revellers at Glastonbury Festival this weekend, outfitting one of Worthy Farm’s eco-friendly biodiesel-fuelled New Holland tractors into …

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iOS 7 preview now on iPad as well as iPhone

You can now try iOS 7 on your iPad. The preview version of the next generation of Apple software is now available for tablets as well as the iPhone and iPod touch. The preview software is available to app developers and anyone willing to register with Apple as a developer. The Music and Photo Booth apps are different, but apart …

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Wimbledon star sports ads on her fingernails for 4K TV

British tennis star Anne Keothavong will sport adverts on her fingernails and shoelaces, of all places, to show off the detail of 4K Ultra High Definition TV at Wimbledon. 29-year-old Keothavong will sport microscopic advertising — or microtising, if we have to — on her fingernails, the hem of her skirt, her shoelaces and her tennis bat, as she tries to …

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