September, 2013

• 10 September

  Netflix lands on Virgin Media TiVo boxes for lucky few

  

  Netflix, meet TiVo. The popular movie and TV streaming service is coming to Virgin Media’s set-top boxes. 40,000 Virgin Media customers will get Netflix on their TiVo boxes this week, ahead of a full launch later in the year. You have to be a paying Netflix customer to use the app, so that’s an extra …

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• 9 September

  Samsung handsets top iPhone for global Internet usage

  

  Samsung is still tops worldwide when it comes to mobile users hitting the Internet. Samsung devices accounted for 25.7 percent of all mobile Web browsing worldwide in August, beating out the iPhone’s 23.4 percent market share, according to research firm StatCounter. Nokia came in third place with 21.7 percent market share. StatCounter’s data is by no means the final say …

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• 9 September

  iPhone 5S packaging leaks, hints at fingerprint scanner

  

  Just two days to go until Apple lifts the curtain on its latest range of iPhones. What appears to be the iPhone 5S‘s packaging has just leaked, and it has a silver ring around the home button. Which suggests Apple’s made some changes to that part somehow. Get ready to forget your passwords, it looks like that fingerprint scanner we’ve …

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• 9 September

  iPhone 5C spied running iOS 7 in brief leaked video

  

  Apple’s long-rumoured plastic iPhone has been spied in video, showing off the iOS 7 homescreen, and the phone’s Safari browser. The smart phone is tipped to be called the iPhone 5C and come in a range of colourful hues. It’s been frequently pictured in pictures and videos of leaked casing and components, but the brief clip embedded below looks to …

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• 9 September

  Google Nexus 5 mock

  

  Is this what the Google Nexus 5 will look like? Phone fans make their best guesses with mock-ups of the fast-approaching follow-up to the Google Nexus 4, set to introduce Android KitKat any day. Purportedly built by LG, the Nexus 5 is set to be the next flagship for Google’s Android operating system, to be powered by the cutting edge and …

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• 9 September

  Roaming charges could be quashed by EU legislation next week

  

  Ever been stung by a whopping great phone bill when you’ve just got back from holiday? Well those days could soon be over, as the European Commission wants to ban roaming charges. This isn’t just pie in the sky, either. The commission will publish draft legislation next week that aims to put a stop to paying more on your mobile …

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• 9 September

  Windows Phone 8 GDR3 screenshots leak, show Driving Mode

  

  The next update to Windows Phone 8 is known as GDR3, but we knew that already. Well now some screenshots have leaked, showing off some of its features. The grabs were nabbed by a poster on the WP Central forums, who claims they bought a device from Craigslist that includes the new version of the OS. So what’s new? Driving …

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• 9 September

  BlackBerry axing dozens of sales jobs

  

  BlackBerry has laid off dozens of workers in another wave of sackings, according to reports from Canadian tech blog Cantech Letter. BlackBerry CEO Thorsten Heins. (Credit: Sarah Tew/CNET) The blog is reporting that sources close to the matter are describing the company’s consumer sales force as “gone” and enterprise as “gutted”. The reports are being echoed by The Wall Street …

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• 9 September

  Blue HTC One coming to Best Buy on September 15

  

  HTC fans in the US, listen up. The snazzy blue-hued version of the company’s flagship phone is headed to Best Buy retail stores on September 15. While we really loved the metallic blue HTC One when we saw it at IFA in Berlin last week, it was a mystery as to when the lovely gadget would hit American shores. Well, …

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• 9 September

  BlackBerry said to ax dozens of jobs from US sales force

  

  BlackBerry laid off dozens of people from it US sales force on Monday in another wave of layoffs at the embattled handset maker, according to published reports. The company laid off more than half its sales force on Monday, a source described as close to the matter told Canadian technology blog Cantech Letter, describing the company’s consumer sales force as …

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