October 2013 Archive

31st October

• Why hasn’t BT Openreach fixed my broadband?
• Google’s Nexus 5 promises a flagship experience for a fraction of the price
• 2014 Porsche Panamera Turbo S is fast and frugal
• Skoda lets kids aged 11 drive its cars with Young Driver project
• 10 best cars to feature in horror movies
• BT TV numbers jump to over 900,000
• X-Files creator Chris Carter’s The After pilot exclusively coming to Lovefilm
• It’s been a long time coming, but Intel has finally started shipping its LTE modem
• Woman charged for using Google Glass while driving, but how dangerous is it?
• Blinkbox app arrives on PlayStation 3
• Drivemotion Animator lets you thank, flirt with or give fellow motorists the finger
• Local TV channels for Cambridge and Scarborough named: Cambridge Presents and Yorkshire Coast TV
• Sky On Demand, Sky Go and Now TV get UKTV’s Dave HD, Gold and Watch
• O2 is the second network to offer LTE tariffs on PAYG
• BT shy of 7 million broadband subs as 195,000 take superfast fibre
• TPS Assured kitemark to sort the genuine sales callers from the spammers

30th October

• Magnum MK5 is a 545kg track day weapon
• YouView app for Android update adds voice and programme search
• Sony SmartWatch 2 review
• Caught in the Act: Driver Disqualified for Sexting
• Virgin Media reduces traffic management again after ASA ruling
• VIDEO – TalkTalk Essentials TV: YouView, broadband and phone for £7.50/month
• Suzuki’s X-Lander, Crosshiker and Hustler concepts look eerily familiar
• Direct Save Telecom sees 3,000 customers switch to its £1.95 Aldi-esque broadband
• Is Jaguar Land Rover planning an electric Evoque?
• Twitter now displays inline pictures and videos by default
• Reports of St. Jude’s Storm’s damage to UK broadband come flooding in
• Lenovo’s Yoga series gains two unique Android tablets
• Driverless pods coming to UK in 2015, Milton Keynes gets first dibs
• A ‘limited number’ of iPhone 5Ss have been hit with battery issues
• TalkTalk launches HomeSafe spam call blocking service
• Google will release a tweaked version of Glass ‘later this year’
• Vodafone extends its bonus LTE data offer until the end of January 2014
• Ford Focus still selling like hotcakes: 114 sold every hour
• Welsh scrap dealer nabbed with over £11,000 of broadband copper cable

29th October

• Alfa Romeo Giulietta Review (2014)
• Google Hangouts now supports SMS and animated GIFs
• TalkTalk Plus TV update rolls out to YouView+ Huawei boxes, fixes PIN problem
• Facebook has totally redesigned Messenger for iOS and Android
• Woman drives over man’s head after pub dispute
• Virgin Media SmartCall launches: Make unlimited home phone calls over WiFi
• Electric Boris Bikes coming to London
• Wazuma V8F quad bike packs a 250bhp Ferrari V8
• Smart energy product Neo from Heatmiser available to pre-order
• British scientists shove 10Gbps through micro light bulbs in LiFi experiment
• Motorola is working on a fantastic modular phone project
• UK ISPs asked to block 21 file sharing sites including Torrentz.eu, BitSnoop and ExtraTorrent
• WSJ: Google’s smartwatch ‘is in late-stage development’
• Nokia sold 8.8 million Lumia phones during its third quarter
• Archos 45 Platinum Review: In Depth
• Rightmove lists average broadband speeds next to properties
• Apple sold 33.8 million iPhones and took home $7.5 billion in profits during the fourth quarter
• Sony Xperia M Review: First Look
• EE lights up 14 additional 4G LTE markets
• EE announces 4G switch ons in Carlisle, Hatfield and 12 more towns
• Now TV Entertainment Monthly Pass launches: Sky 1 and Sky Atlantic pass for £4.99 a month
• Alfa Romeo MiTo TwinAir Review

28th October

• Livescribe Smartpen 3 review
• Range Rover Autobiography Black and extended wheelbase imminent
• BT: UK broadband connections beat back St. Jude’s Storm, no major outages reported
• dubble for iOS makes sharing photos with strangers fun
• CityFibre to install gigabit fibre broadband network across Peterborough
• Robot could make filling up a thing of the past
• Columbian women use ‘sex strike’ to repair roads
• The Cloud connects Macdonald Hotels to free unlimited WiFi
• BlackBerry Z30 Review: In Depth
• BT TV launches HD Extra and Kids Extra: High definition BT Sport, Disney, Cartoon Network and more
• Good Deal: The 32GB Nexus 7 (2013) for £180
• Virgin Media kicks off Rugby League world cup with Premier Sports channel
• Logitech has three new keyboard accessories for the iPad Air
• Panasonic Smart Viera TVs get Wuaki on-demand movies
• The Nexus 5 will come in white too
• LG’s G Flex includes a curved 6-inch display and a ‘self healing’ rear cover

25th October

• Crossing Lines exclusively arrested by LoveFilm UK
• BT Sport coming to Sky TV and Plusnet customers from November 5
• How to tell the elderly their driving days are over
• BMW 2 Series M235i Coupé pricing, images and specs
• The Cloud connects Welsh patients to free WiFi
• Twitter client Tweetbot has been redesigned with iOS 7 in mind

24th October

• Kia GT Concept to become a 360bhp rear-wheel-drive reality
• Hyundai and Kia adopt Android navigation
• Superfast broadband available in 73 per cent of UK homes, says Ofcom
• Toyota GT86 Saloon given the green light
• The HTC One’s Android 4.3 update is being pushed out right now
• O2 is giving customers a free Evernote Premium subscription
• Virgin Media broadband customers get free F-Secure parental controls for a year
• A-roads more dangerous than motorways, study reveals
• YouTube is apparently working on a premium music streaming service
• Google launches ‘supervised users’ parental filters extension for Chrome
• Honeywell Evohome: Smart zoning tech could cut heating bills by 40 per cent – Hands on pictures

23rd October

• New doctor panels to assess whiplash claimants
• NASA successfully beams 622Mbps broadband to the moon and back
• TV24 app updates, adds Twitter integration and Facebook alerts
• BT Sport adds Skrill Conference Premier football games to Christmas line up
• Switch off parking meters, urges minister
• Motorists should get 25 per cent discount when challenging parking fines
• Why does Nokia’s Lumia 2520 tablet run Windows RT?
• Now TV Sky Movies Pass monthly price drops to £8.99 from £15
• Aeromobil 2.5 flying car is terrifying and awesome in equal measure
• Samsung is expanding Galaxy Gear support to additional devices
• BT Home Hub 4 TV advert pulled for misleading WiFi claims, says ASA
• Motorway fuel price comparison signs given the go-ahead
• Ofcom rules that customers can leave their contracts without penalty if prices increase
• LG’s curved smartphone smiles for the camera
• Metronet (UK) and Siklu team up for Super Connected Manchester and Salford
• BBM for iOS and Android racked up 10 million downloads in the first 24 hours
• Ofcom: ISPs must give 30 days notice of all mid-contract broadband price rises

22nd October

• Apple upgrades the iPad mini with a Retina display
• Apple’s iPad Air brings a new design both inside and out
• Caterham Seven 160 is cheapest Caterham ever
• Elgato EyeTV W: Freeview+ via WiFi for iOS and Android
• EE Broadband figures continue to grow, but not as quickly as EE 4G
• The Lumia 1020 and Lumia 1520 will soon be able to shoot RAW images
• McLaren P1 price, specs and performance figures confirmed
• Tesla opens flagship London store in Westfield shopping centre
• You can add HTC to the list of companies working on a smartwatch
• Sony launching Animax UK anime on demand channel
• Broadband broken in Lincolnshire: Families crippled by copper criminals
• When do the clocks go forward and what does it mean for motorists?
• BT and Huawei announce G.fast trial: Up to 1Gbps over FTTC
• Nokia Lumia 1320 – huge phone, small price tag
• Nokia introduces the Lumia 2520, a 10.1-inch Windows RT tablet
• Instagram and Vine are coming to Windows Phone
• Nokia announces its 6-inch Windows Phone, the Lumia 1520

21st October

• China begins to manufacture LiFi kits: 150Mbps broadband speeds over LED bulbs
• Europe launches Broadband For All satellite map: UK scores 100 per cent
• BMW X5 50d M Sport Review
• Tesla boss buys James Bond’s Lotus Esprit submarine, wants to make it electric
• Yorkshire town of Settle gets free public WiFi from Clannet
• Rare Lamborghini Aventador destroyed by young driver
• Anki Drive is the future Scalextric
• Hyundai farms vegetables using fuel cell vehicle and fish poo
• Here’s what we’re expecting to see at Nokia’s October 22nd event
• Ofcom to tackle international spam callers who exploit number spoofing
• Lamborghini unearths £2.8m Veneno Roadster
• Apple’s new iPads will be announced on October 22nd
• What is Smart Energy? Save on bills, control heating and hot water from your phone

18th October

• Motorist busted after 40 years without a driving licence
• Volvo turns body panels into batteries
• Two teenage girls die after hitting deer
• Drayson electric car breaks new speed records
• BT shops copper cable crims in Cambridge, cops catch ‘em
• Good Deal: Amazon is selling the HTC One for £393
• West Yorkshire group Fibre Valley calls for superfast broadband inclusion
• Angus Council approves superfast broadband plans
• Say hello to the Nexus 5
• Francis Maude installs own wireless network to bypass “rubbish” government IT
• IWF and Childline act against the sexting images
• Fifth season of BBC One’s Moving On to premiere on iPlayer

17th October

• Northumberland rural superfast broadband map published: First homes connected March 2014
• Sky Broadband: 5 million subscribers and counting, watch your back BT
• Tesco Mobile now offers 4G LTE for £2.50 extra a month
• Acer announces the Iconia W4, a revamped version of its Windows 8 tablet
• Sky TV goes the Extra mile: Connected Sky+HD boxes, on demand and Sky Go Extra see growth
• Now TV box bundles hit UK high streets
• EE launching home 4G broadband service and 300Mbps trials in November
• Here’s all the pricing and availability details for Amazon’s new Kindle Fire tablets
• Go e-Sussex superfast broadband project reveals first nine exchanges
• Machinima announces Xbox One launch app to launch November 22

16th October

• EE is introducing new two-year contracts, including a speedier ‘Extra’ tier with more data
• 12 most extreme road rage videos
• LTE for everyone: EE will launch PAYG tariffs on October 30th
• Netflix for Android has been updated with serious performance improvements
• Spam and nuisance calls: How to avoid PPI and marketing calls
• The first smartphone with a 2560×1440 display is from a company you’ve never heard of
• Is satellite broadband the best option for the rural UK?
• Apple may soon cut production orders for the iPhone 5C
• Eight Scottish rural areas to get fibre broadband boost
• German scientists break WiFi speed record
• Netflix orders thriller series form Damages creators

15th October

• Driver handed £80,000 speeding ticket
• Blind man leads police along five-mile high speed chase
• LG reminds us they were making smart watches four years ago
• Kent broadband project Ultrafast Underriver achieves pledge target
• Teenage girl leaps out of moving car to her death
• Openreach repairs Exeter’s broadband connections after French lightning attack
• Vimeo launches unlimited HD streaming on Smart TVs and mobile
• Rovio shows off Angry Birds Go!, a mobile racing game launching December 11th
• Asus’s latest Transformer Pad will retail for £430 on October 21st
• Ghe-O ‘Rescue’ truck makes your Land Rover look soft
• Drink driving on the up amongst elderly motorists
• These aren’t the droids you’re looking Tor
• Police shooting of bike thief captured on film
• Humax launches £180 Freeview HD+ box
• The LG G Pad 8.3 will cost £260 in the UK
• Nokia will soon offer free Netflix access to Lumia buyers in the UK
• MyJoulo named UK’s brightest home tech startup
• Hyundai i10 Hatchback 2014 Review

14th October

• VW Golf GTI Performance Pack Video Review
• How can I watch Sky Movies?
• Range Rover Hybrid survives 10,500-mile trek from Coventry to Mumbai
• Toyota’s pedestrian avoidance system steers away from jaywalkers
• Harley Davidson for sale: One Pope owner
• Brits should eat roadkill, says president of RSPB
• BMW 4 Series Convertible price, specs and pictures revealed
• Attack on titans: how does the HTC One Max hold up against the competition?
• Motorists pay the Treasury more than £1,000 per year in taxes alone
• Sky Movies coming to BT Vision and BT YouView
• Windows Phone now includes support for 1080p displays and quad-core processors
• Google’s new Nexus phone is shown off yet again in a 7 minute video
• HTC’s One Max includes a huge 5.9-inch 1080p display and a quirky fingerprint scanner (hands-on)
• BBC iPlayer to add more HD, decrease programme wait times, improve subtitles
• Pictures of LG’s curved smartphone have leaked in the wake of the Galaxy Round
• Google TV is dead, long live Android TV?
• ESPN Player app kicking off on Samsung and LG Smart TVs
• TVCatchup forced to drop ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5 channels

11th October

• LiFi, light-based WiFi, is coming to transmit data through your home lights
• Minimum driving age could be raised to 18
• Porsche Macan is a baby Cayenne
• Man crashes into police car while injecting heroin
• Five years later, mobile gaming is still taking its first baby steps
• Samsung Galaxy Note 2, S3 Mini and Kindle Fire get BBC iPlayer download support
• Woman runs over and kills dad on father’s day
• Dog holds owner’s hand for reassurance in car
• How fuel is made
• Super Connected Cities UK: £150m Urban Broadband Fund to boost business and employment by 2015
• Metronet UK connects Manchester firm to 30Mbps wireless broadband with Super Connected voucher
• Chromecast hits Amazon UK for £65
• Surprise! The iPhone 5S has a Blue Screen of Death
• Plusnet offers half price BT Sport to Sky TV customers – UPDATED

10th October

• BT Openreach claims faster broadband makes customers more whiny
• 6 ways your car is spying on you
• Sky Multiroom rebranded, now called Sky Multiscreen
• Apple iPhone 5S Review: In Depth
• Hampshire publishes superfast broadband rollout map
• Tesco Hudl Review: In Depth
• Virgin Media stops selling ADSL National Broadband service
• Archos’ sequel to the Gamepad includes a higher resolution display and improved physical buttons
• Dreamworks boss: You’ll pay £10 for three new Breaking Bad episodes, bitches
• Sony has announced the miniature Xperia Z1, but it’s only available in Japan for now
• Marvel Anime adaptations of X-Men, Wolverine, Iron Man and Blade head to Lovefilm Instant
• Liverpool and Merseyside councils sign superfast broadband deal with BT

9th October

• Ex politician arrested for blowing up cars with home-made bombs
• Area codes for local calls will be needed in Aberdeen, Bradford, Brighton, Middlesbrough, Milton Keynes
• Samsung Note 3 Review: In Depth
• Lovefilm updates LG smart TV app, adds playlists and improved search
• Bling bling, HTC’s gold One is calling (hands-on video)
• Gimme Fibre Day to celebrate fibre broadband on November 4
• 4K Ultra HD on Netflix will need just 15Mbps
• The Samsung Galaxy Round is a Note 3 with a curved display
• Apple will reportedly hold an iPad event on October 22nd
• Vodafone 4G unfurls in 80 locations across Greater London

8th October

• Watch this Focus park itself while the driver watches from outside
• Drug trafficker killed by own stash of weed
• BBC One+1, the Beeb’s first timeshift channel, announced – UPDATED
• Jersey Telecom nears completion of full fibre broadband network
• Latest broadband, phone and TV deals: great offers we’ve found around
• TalkTalk launches £10 Plus TV and broadband deal
• Google Hangouts will soon add SMS and MMS integration, according to leaked screenshots
• BBC reveals iPlayer plans: 30 day catch up, radio playlists, 4K Ultra HD streaming
• UK overtakes Japan and Hong Kong into information society Top 10
• HTC One Max rumour roundup
• Superfast broadband access to increase in northern Lincolnshire
• HTC has begun sending out launch invites for the 6-inch One Max
• Apple may launch iTunes Radio in the UK early next year
• Infiniti Q50 Review

7th October

• nCube: Save on energy bills with this Raspberry Pi-based smart home system
• In-car camera foils whiplash scammer
• TalkTalk launches online service centre to tackle broadband gremlins
• Wattio smart home energy saving system demos iOS app
• Councils urged to ditch yellow lines
• Mobile operators asked to pitch in for rural broadband Final 10%
• The specs for Google’s next-gen Nexus have been confirmed through a leaked service manual
• Radio 1 channel to launch on BBC iPlayer: Grimshaw on the go
• Lovefilm Instant collars crime drama Crossing Lines for UK exclusive

6th October

• Skoda Rapid Spaceback Review

4th October

• iPhone 5S accessories to make you go ‘oooh’
• EU data roaming: How UK networks price data for Brits Abroad
• Mind-control car headset set to improve safety
• Should car makers dump cigarette lighters in favour of USB ports?
• Superfast broadband plan for Berkshire announced: BT to connect 91 per cent of premises
• Liverpool drivers have most penalty points in England and Wales
• Microsoft is in talks with HTC to include Windows Phone on its Android handsets
• Philips Hue lights change moods with Goldee app
• BT Sport 1 free on Freeview for two weeks, Sky, Virgin and BT punters get a free weekend
• BT TV adds arthouse on demand with Curzon Home Cinema
• Sony’s Power Cover for the Xperia Z Ultra is simple and ingenious
• HTC has posted its first ever operating loss
• Scrap Metal Dealers Act now in force, broadband copper thieves beware

3rd October

• Parking ticket ‘surge’ predicted in wake of wheel clamp ban
• British-built Zenos E10 to take on Ariel and Caterham
• Alcohol, drugs and guns commonly found in borrowed cars
• Lovefilm pitches Mozart and sport for new drama pilots
• Humax HB-1000S review
• BT launches Connected Home store for broadband gadget addicts
• UPDATED: US TV shows on British TV 2013: JJ Abrams’ Believe heading to Watch
• International caller ID on BT phone lines will make spam dodging easier
• Broadband in Exeter blasted by French lightning
• First Cumbrian village connected to superfast broadband with BDUK money
• Photos of Android 4.4, KitKat, show an improved camera UI and built-in wireless payments
• LG will reportedly launch a curved display smartphone in November
• Netflix plus iOS 7 allows for HD streams over Airplay

2nd October

• Multipath router combines 4G and home broadband, promises up to 100Mbps speeds
• Google, Microsoft and BT take lead roles in UK’s White Space broadband trials
• Would you sleep on a Bentley bed? Car firm branches out with furniture range
• Hundreds of drivers caught using iPads, applying makeup and brushing teeth
• Sky Go now supports 45 Android devices including LG G2 and Samsung Galaxy Note 3
• BlackBerry 9720 Review: In Depth
• Man phones police to apologise for speeding
• East Coast announces WiFi upgrade for its rail passengers
• Aston Martin Cygnet shot down
• Western Digital’s My Cloud mixes online and network multi-device storage
• BFI Player coming to desktops and tablets
• Spice Girl buys bulletproof car that can electrocute stalkers and paparazzi
• Sky Go is now available on the Sony Xperia Z1, LG G2, and Galaxy Note 3
• Apple is working on a fix for its buggy iMessage service
• Sky+HD update will let you search by name, title and actor

1st October

• BT-led Superfast Cymru broadband project to connect over 200,000 extra locations
• TalkTalk and Plusnet line rental increase, Openreach still cutting costs
• Good Deal: Three has the LG G2 for £400 on PAYG
• Apple iPhone 5C Review: In Depth
• Tesco Hudl tablet comes bundled with a year of free broadband
• Here’s another good look at Google’s next-generation Nexus phone
• A miniature version of the Sony Xperia Z1 may be on the way
• Kent council called on to reveal extent of rural superfast broadband plans