The next big battle in mobile could be over who will dominate the untapped local search and advertising markets. Google, the Internet giant of giants, has been adding local marketing to its core suite of services for the last few years. It’s launched a local daily-deal effort with Google Offers. And it’s been pushing its local search and location-based services …

This post has been updated since its original publish date of March 14, 2010, with new picks. Earlier this week we highlighted some of your favorite smartphones and as promised then, we now have your least favorite. These handsets (presented in no particular order) had a lower average user rating (2.5 stars or lower, with at least 10 user reviews) …

Hyperoptic, a new ISP from the founders of Be Broadband, has launched with an offer of one-gigabit-per-second fiber-to-premises connectivity for some properties in London. No other ISP offers residential customers 1Gbps connectivity, and the fastest available speed currently is Virgin Media’s up-to-100Mbps cable service. However, at the moment individuals cannot sign up for Hyperoptic’s service. Only communal installations in multi-dwelling …