Author: Ashley Norris
Vodafone announces 4G for the UK – steals march on EE, offers free Spotify, Sky
Finally. Vodafone has announced its 4G service for the UK and it looks like a compelling package which will have rivals EE looking over their shoulder. For although the Voda deal comes in at the same price as EE of £26 per month its overall package is significantly stronger. At present EE limits users to…
Dodgy analogies – why Apple are Republican, Catholic, Blur, Nigella, Cavalier and, err Swap Shop
As you may have read there is a bit of spat going on in the US over whether bloggers love or hate Apple. The source of the debate is conservative political pundit Rush Limbaugh who said on a radio show. "'As you know, I spend a lot of time as a hobby reading high-tech and…
HTC to bring Desire 500 mid range smartphone to the UK in August
Some big-ish news from HTC this morning. The Taiwanese maker has just announced that its mid range smartphone - HTC Desire 500 model will go on sale in Europe, including the UK, from later in the month. Features-wise the Desire 500 looks like a contender with a 4.3-inch screen,1.2GHz quad-core chipset, win cameras (8MP and…
Aha! Create your own Alan Partridge radio show with Radio Alan the iPhone app
Aha, you can't move for Alan blinking Partridge at the moment what with his new film Alpha Papa hitting the cinemas today. The legend that is North Norfolk Digital's finest broadcaster is also eying up your iPhone too. For launched today is the the official Alan Partridge app, Radio Alan: The Alan Partridge Player which…
Nokia phablet (and tablet) coming in September?
Nokia is one of the few makers left that hasn't delivered a phablet phone with a screen bigger than five inches. The serious gossip is that is about to change with some pundits predicting that the Finnish company will announce its first big screen mobile next month. A source has told My Nokia Blog that…
YO! Sushi's Robot Drone flying waiter
This is really something else. In fact it had me checking the date to ensure that it wasn't from April 1st. Anyway everyone's favourite Japanese food emporium YO! Sushi has unveiled the iTray, a flying robot that takes food directly to diners. It sounds like its customised Drone quadrocopter - that one from Parrot I…
John Lewis to offer the UK's largest TV – Sharp's AQUOS LC-90LE757
Fancy a big TV, and we mean the biggest you can buy? Well John Lewis has announced that it has bagged the Sharp 90inch AQUOS LC-90LE757 LED TV and it will be on sale in the store in the next couple of weeks. The TV is, as you'd imagine, a bit of a monster that…
Sky adds new +HD box and £10 streaming gizmo
A couple of big-ish announcements this morning from Sky TV. The satellite TV broadcaster/broadband provider has announced the imminent arrival of a new Sky+HD box, with integrated wireless facilities and a Now TV £10 box that enables viewers to watch on demand services. The announcement of the new box was included in the company's financial…
Watch out chubby dogs! Here comes Fitbark, a fitness tracker for canines
Are you concerned that your dog is looking a little on the chubby side? Well no worries because some enterprising New Yorkers and our pals at Kickstarter are coming to the rescue. After fitness tracking devices for humans like Fitbit and Jawbone we may soon have a versions for dogs called FitBark. Basically it is…
Dailymotion debuts innovative iPhone video editing app
Here's an interesting move. Dailymotion, which as you may or may not know is the second most popular online video portal after YouTube, has released an iOS app that let's the user shoot, edit and upload HD video. The idea is that if you use the app it will optimse your videos so they look…