March, 2014

• 6 March

  BBC Three to move to iPlayer, freeing up space for BBC One +1

  

  The Beeb plans to axe its yoof-centric comedy and reality TV channel BBC Three from Freeview, the corporation has announced — but it won’t die completely, moving its, er, distinctive programming online to become the first iPlayer-only channel. Its Freeview slot will be taken by a time-shifted BBC One, letting tardy viewers catch up on …

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• 5 March

  Best Buy sale trims price on cellular iPads

  

  Consumers looking for a 3G or 4G iPad can save some cash via Best Buy. Starting Wednesday and running through Saturday, the retailer’s latest sale brings down the cost of a cellular iPad to that of a Wi-Fi model. The details of the sale are tricky, but here’s how it all plays out. Buy any cellular model iPad at Best …

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• 5 March

  Lenovo will launch Ashton Kutcher

  

  Back in October, Lenovo signed up Hollywood actor Ashton Kutcher as a product engineer. And this year the company will launch its first range of tablets designed by Kutcher, Lenovo has said. Lenovo’s chief marketing officer David Roman told Re/code about the company’s plans. He insists it’s not a publicity stunt, but that Kutcher will actually have a hand in the …

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• 5 March

  BlackBerry promises no ads on BBM chat

  

  BlackBerry is attempting to draw a line in the sand when it comes sponsored ads reaching BBM users. In a blog posted Tuesday, BBM product and brand marketing head Jeff Gadway acknowledged that BBM Channel creators will be able to send sponsored posts and invites to their subscribers, but such content won’t seep into the actual chats. The sponsored content …

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• 5 March

  Stealthy startup Clinkle nabs another big name: Twitter’s ex chief designer

  

  Clinkle, the mobile-payments startup that doesn’t want to talk about what its product actually does, has snagged yet another noteworthy figure in tech: the guy who used to lead Twitter’s design efforts. Clinkle has hired Josh Brewer to be its vice president of design. This will be the fifth senior-level hire for Clinkle in the last six months. The company, …

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• 5 March

  Galaxy S4 and Note 3 KitKat update stops cheating

  

  The upgrade to Android 4.4 KitKat hasn’t only added some cool new features to Samsung’s best phones — it’s cleaned up their reputations too, according to a new report. Ars Technica ran the Galaxy S4 and Galaxy Note 3 through a gamut of tests to compare their performance before and after the update, and the mighty mobiles are no longer …

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• 5 March

  Google exec: Android adoption most successful in history

  

  A Google executive claimed Wednesday that Android has seen the fastest and most successful adoption of any operating system in history. Speaking at the Morgan Stanley Technology, Media and Telecom Conference, Nikesh Arora, senior vice president at Google, said the following, courtesy of Seeking Alpha: I mean, look, in the history of operating systems, I think Android has been the …

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• 5 March

  ACCC smacks down telco Medion for misrepresenting “unlimited” claims

  

  Telco Medion has provided a court enforceable undertaking to the ACCC after misrepresenting its Aldi Mobile Unlimited Pack, which had significant usage restrictions. (Credit: Medion) Medion, which took over providing service for Aldi Mobile after ISPOne entered voluntary administration in August last year, was found to be misrepresenting its 30-day “Unlimited Pack” available through the Aldi Mobile website, the ACCC …

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• 5 March

  Verizon touts nationwide wireless test to claim it’s still no. 1

  

  Verizon Wireless is trying to quell its competitors’ claims that they offer better performing wireless networks than it does with results of a new study published by RootMetrics. On Wednesday, Big Red highlighted findings from a recent RootMetrics nationwide wireless test, which shows that Verizon dominated in five out of six categories that were tested by the wireless analytics company …

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• 5 March

  Flipboard buys Zite from CNN to quash a rival

  

  Flipboard, the magazine-style news reading app, is buying competitor Zite from CNN, the companies announced Wednesday. The deal includes an advertising partnership between CNN and Flipboard, which will phase out Zite as a standalone app while adding the Zite recommendation technology into the Flipboard app. The majority of the Zite team, sans CEO Mark Johnson, will join Flipboard. Neither CNN …

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