Remote controls are cool. Especially Doctor Who remote controls shaped like your favourite time traveller’s sonic screwdriver. Yes, you’ll soon be able to use Time Lord technology to turn on your telly. Licensing.biz reports that a planned new remote control is based on the current green-glowing sonic screwdriver as wielded by the Eleventh Doctor, played …
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27 June
BT Vision is UK’s most complained about pay TV service
BT Vision is the most complained-about pay TV service in Britain, according to figures published by Ofcom. The media watchdog has revealed the best and worst of UK providers, with BT Vision garnering easily the most complaints in the all-new pay TV category. 0.27 complaints per 1,000 customers from BT Vision customers were registered between January and March this year, …
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27 June
Westinghouse shows off 4K TV
While Westinghouse positions itself as a budget brand, it has shown it’s also willing to experiment with cutting-edge technology. The 55-inch is the company’s first TV to feature a 4k resolution, and is planned to be released in the first quarter of 2013. The TV features a Quad HD resolution, which is essentially a consumer version of 4K, and measures …
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26 June
San Diego schools spend $10M on iPads for students
Apple The purchase, reported by several local media outlets, is said to be one of the largest educational iPad rollouts in the U.S. K-12 market. The 26,000 iPads will be spread out in 340 classrooms starting this fall. Apple’s push to get iPads and digital textbooks in the classroom appears to be paying off. The SDUSD was able to draw …
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26 June
Zynga game changers: New games, friend network, API
SAN FRANCISCO — As Facebook has been colonizing the planet, approaching a billion users for its social network, Zynga has been drafting in its wake. The social-gaming company, which launched July 1, 2007, with a poker game, accounts for nearly 15 percent of Facebook’s first-quarter revenue and has more than $1 billion in revenue annually on its own. But lately, …
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26 June
Huawei Ascend D Quad delayed by production glitch
A latecomer to the quad-core battle, the unfortunately named Huawei Ascend D Quad (don’t say it too fast) looks to have been delayed by manufacturing issues, the Verge reports. The news comes via comments from Huawei chief Yu Chengdong, posting on Chinese microblogging site Weibo. Peering through the fog of Google Translate, it looks like “technical problems” have held back …
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26 June
Monster Inspiration headphones: Hands
As many you already know, Monster had a partnership with Beats to manufacture Beats by Dr. Dre headphones, which now come in a variety of styles and sizes. Not too long ago the two companies severed ties, but that hasn’t stopped Monster from making new headphones, and its Inspiration models officially arrive today, making their initial appearance at retail in …
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26 June
Nokia 808 PureView out 30 June, costs whopping £500
Nokia’s 41-megapixel 808 PureView is up for pre-order now, but will cost you half a grand to acquire. The Finnish company has confirmed that its snap-happy Symbian phone will be released at the end of June, and can be pre-ordered right now on Amazon for the eye-watering price of £500. So what exactly does your monkey buy you? You’ll primarily …
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26 June
BlackBerry L series, N series offer choice of touch or keys
Feast your eyes on the first phones to be powered by BlackBerry 10, the next generation of BlackBerry software. BlackBerry builder Research in Motion seems to have ditched the trademark keyboard for the first BB10 phone, but hedged its bets with a second phone that keeps the popular clicky keys. N4BB has got its mitts on a leaked document purportedly …
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26 June
Samsung resolves Galaxy S III shipping delays
Sprint warned last week that delivery of the Samsung Galaxy S III smartphone would be delayed because of “overwhelming demand and limited supply.” Around the same time, AT&T and Amazon distributor BluTekUSA announced the same. It appears Samsung Electronics wasn’t quite prepared for the wild popularity of its mobile phone. The smartphone-maker has said it was expecting to sell more …
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