August 2014 Archive
31st August
- Dave, Really and Watch to run Amazon-style streaming pilots for new shows
- BT Sport charges up for Formula E highlights
- Too much telly? Now Brits are watching two shows at once
- Are Samsung’s Level earphones and headphones worth listening to?
- How to get free Wi-Fi on the London Underground
30th August
29th August
- Insurance fraudster faces 20 years after deliberately crashing Bugatti Veyron
- Suzuki recalls 19,000 cars due to fire-starting spiders
- New Vauxhall Corsa: Engine specs revealed
- IFA 2014: Spotify Connect bringing music to Philips smart TVs
- Win an Aston Martin and Lamborghini supercar driving day with TalkTalk Superpowered Fibre broadband
- Free Sky broadband bundled with Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 7.0
- David Coulthard reveals his top 3 F1 drivers in exclusive interview
- Lenovo Miix 2 Review: In Depth
- Asus reveals ZenWatch with voice control and Android Wear
- IFA 2014: All the 4K Smart TVs and smart home tech we’re expecting to see
- Apple confirms iPhone 6 launch date, instigates mass conspiracy theory crap
- Channel 4: Sky should pay for public service channels
28th August
- IFA 2014: Samsung to add Amazon and Netflix 4K Ultra HD TV apps
- Now TV Box gets Sky Sports News HQ app in time for Transfer Deadline Day
- The Volvo XC90 is almost here, but we want one now
- Microsoft Surface Pro 3 launches in the UK today starting at £639
- Samsung’s Gear S smartwatch doesn’t need a phone
27th August
- Devolo unleashes gigabit Powerline adapters for the future smart home
- BT powers up its first fibre cabinet on the Isle of Wight
- David Cameron’s hometown gets 4G courtesy of EE
- Shell V-Power Nitro+ vs supermarket fuel: Which is better?
- Battle of the cheap Nokias: Lumia 530 vs Lumia 630
- ISP owner mulls Scottish problems if Yes vote wins independence referendum
- HTC Desire 510 boasts affordable 4G
- Waterproof Kobo Aura H2O eReader is perfect for bath readers
26th August
- Camcorder pirate gets 33 months in jail for Fast and Furious 6 upload
- BT broadband and phone price rises coming December 2014
- LG to sell world’s first 4K OLED TV with IFA 2014 showcase
- Nissan 370Z Nismo ready to be unleashed
- Gigabit fibre plans laid for B4RN’s rural broadband side project B4YS
- Nokia Lumia 530 Review: In Depth
- Why Windows Phone 8.1 is already better than iOS 8
- Amazon Fire Phone Hands-on Review
- LG G3 Stylus packs a pen and allegedly better price tag
25th August
24th August
22nd August
- How you’ll never need to charge your smartphone ever again
- Asus Zenfone 6 Review: In Depth
- Does the iPad Pro exist?
- Warwick fibre broadband provider gets green light to dig up roads for bigger network
21st August
- Samsung to turn tech into art (again) at IFA with Origin of the Curve
- How to turn your smartphone into a professional camera
- How to get free gigabit broadband for a year: Become a Hyperoptic Champion
- Netflix planning Charles Dickens adaptation with Channel 4
- Panic! Hundreds of thousands of routers, cameras and other IoT devices have security holes
- Royal Institution Christmas lectures will show you how to hack your home
- Sky+HD takes on TiVo with Smart Suggestions and Series Links
- Vine now lets you share your smartphone footage
20th August
- Need For Speed and Skype to star in Samsung’s IFA 2014 smart TV showcase
- Sheffield Live! local TV channel finds 114 crowdfunders to pay for launch
- TalkTalk TV to make History with four more streaming channels on August 28
- MG celebrates 90th anniversary with limited edition MG3 and MG6
- Renovo EV Coupe looks like a V8, goes like an electric bat out of hell
- Best back-to-school kids’ tablets and deals
- Best IFTTT channels for the smart home
- You’ve never seen a motorcycle crash video quite like this
- Sony Xperia M2 Aqua Review: In Depth
- Oi, fatso! Ditch the car and lose half a stone
- HTC’s One M8 with Windows Phone officially revealed
19th August
- BT Sport launches Premier League ‘Fan Creche’ in East London
- Scottish Power Connect picks Climote to take on British Gas Hive and nPower’s Nest
- Roku unveils smart TVs but no UK launch yet
- Three women arrested for taking selfies on a motorway
- Asus Zenfone 4 Review: In Depth
- Man who interrupted race in girlfriend’s car faces charges
- Uber-cheap Nokia Lumia 530 hits UK on September 4th
- HTC One W8 with Windows Phone revealed before today’s launch
- Scotland’s worst speeders revealed
18th August
- BT may go all-out for next round of Barclays Premier League rights
- BBC hacks smart home devices but doesn’t name failing brands
- TalkTalk promises its state-of-the-art network won’t suffer 512K internet wobbles
- Can you drive a real car with a Grand Theft Auto camera view?
- 2014 Renault Twingo pictures, price and specs
- Gorgeous edge-to-edge bezel-free Sharp phone to hit US
- McLaren P1 GTR concept pictures and specs
- Moto 360 watch specs and price leaked
17th August
- BoxNation and Premier Sports land more action on TalkTalk TV
- Sky to scrap Lifestyle EPG genre and move channels to Entertainment
- Virgin Media broadband-only prices to go up in October
- Best smartphone video features
- Beats Studio Wireless headphone review
16th August
- iOS 8 Five Best Features
- Why the Premier League’s ban on Vine sharing is greedy, repressive, and wrong
15th August
- Watch these drag racers explode in gratuitous slow motion
- Watch The Stig bungee jump in a Lotus F1 car
- Meet the scarecrow policeman forcing speeders to slow down in Lincolnshire
- Police to prosecute rubberneckers after M5 motorway accident
- iOS 8 Camera Features Review
- Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat is the fastest four-door saloon on the planet
- Here’s a picture of the iPhone 6 running iOS 8. We think
- ‘SUB8’ Performance Pack makes the Seat Leon 280 even lairier
- The Zenfone: Moto G killer?
- 2015 Audi A7 Sportback pictures, price and specs
- Sky Sports Open Day August 16: free Premier League on Sky, Virgin Media and Talk Talk TV
- Meet the Lexus RC F, the most powerful production V8 Lexus coupe ever
- Mipow Playbulb Bluetooth LED light and speaker: review
- What do Lewis Hamilton, Fernando Alonso and their F1 rivals get paid?
- Volkswagen Touareg pictures, price and specs
- Features we really wish our smartphone assistant actually had
- What is Type-C USB and what are its benefits?
14th August
- LightFreq colourful LED with built-in speaker on Kickstarter
- European Rugby Champions Cup: BT and Sky round 1 and 2 matches
- Asus, Netgear, Belkin and Trendnet router security flaws exposed by hackers
- German lorry driver shot at bad motorway drivers over 700 times
- The Toyota FT-1 is almost too awesome for real life
- Samsung Galaxy Note 4 accidentally outed
- Future phone chargers could spell the end of slow charging
- To charge this smartphone, just scream
- Two iPhone 6 models confirmed
13th August
- Netflix in one in 10 UK homes: pummels Amazon but complements Sky
- Xbox One to get DLNA and streaming to Smartglass
- Sony announces Playstation TV UK launch date as November 14
- Nissan Pulsar Nismo out for hot hatch blood
- Man accused of murder asked Siri where to hide the body
- How the Samsung Galaxy Alpha shapes up against rivals
- New UK Tesla Superchargers let you drive from London to Scotland with one stop
- Samsung launches metallic Galaxy Alpha smartphone
- You can now drive a Formula E electric race car in Forza 5
- Sony Xperia M2 or Xperia T3: which is best for me?
12th August
- Rolls-Royce Wraith available for download in Forza 5
- Xbox One to get updated iPlayer by Christmas alongside TiVo and YouView
- Local TV station Birmingham City TV goes bust
- War Kitteh uncovers neighbours’ insecure WiFi
- Jaguar Lightweight E-type recreation is so beautiful we could marry it
- Samsung Galaxy Note Edge with 3-sided screen incoming?
- BT scores Sky Sports 5 on BT Vision+ in 89th minute deal
- Nab yourself a free electric car home charger thanks to Chargemaster
- How can I get every 2014/15 UEFA Champions League football game on TV?
- This Forza Motorsport video about a disabled race driver is really inspiring
- VW e-Golf review
- Motorola’s Moto G2 should launch in a month
- Sky Sports half price on TalkTalk TV for three months
11th August
- Amazon’s third season pilots land on August 28 in the UK
- Customers to rate Openreach engineers in London and Liverpool
- £200,000 McLaren 650S Sprint is for the track only
- Torrenting comes to iOS
- Want a BMW i8? Form an orderly queue. For nearly a year
- New Hyunda i20 pictures and specs
- This €19 Nokia phone can play full colour video
- Range Rover Sport SVR pictures, price and specs
- Windows Phone hits 300k apps, but is it enough?
- Now TV cuts Sky Sports Pass prices ahead of Premier League kick-off
10th August
- Mobile-savvy Brits spend more time on social media than sleeping says Ofcom
- Average number of in-car sex romps revealed
- Man arrested for having sex with driveway
- BBC updates iPlayer on more smart TVs but closes old Bigscreen iPlayer
- Sky to add 20 on-demand club sections for Premier League
- The BBC wants to know how big your TV is and how far away you sit
- Google and HTC’s Nexus 8 tablet: UK specs and rumours
9th August
8th August
- Xbox One’s Digital TV Tuner turns your console into a Freeview HD box
- Samsung K Zoom Review: In Depth
- Best of Brazilian football and entertainment lands in TalkTalk’s latest TV Boost
- British Gas trials Hive-ready connected boiler that reports faults on its own
- Sky Sports News HQ: First look at the new studio
- Lumia 730 leaks as Nokia’s new selfie phone
- BT promises address-level upgrade to fibre broadband checker
- One in three Brits takes selfies while driving
- 2015 Audi TT Coupé pictures, price and specs
- Timex teams with Qualcomm for sleek, powerful smartwatch
- Police arrest British man for running pirate proxy server
- BT delivers superfast fibre-based broadband to 888,000 UK premises
- One in three people won’t return to a hotel with bad WiFi
7th August
- How can I get Sky Sports 5?
- How to move home with BT, Sky, TalkTalk, Virgin Media, Plusnet and Direct Save
- The cardboard boom box that pumps out your smartphone’s tunes
- When cars and games collide: The strangest crossovers
- How can I get 2014/15 Sky Bet Championship and League football on TV?
6th August
- Virgin launches Premier League and Sky Bet Championship match finder
- Moving house? Direct Save slashes broadband line activation fees
- TfL to trial WiFi on Number 12 and RV1 London buses
- Competition: Win a Samsung Galaxy S3 Mini with TalkTalk Mobile
- Virgin Media plans London expansion as it faces relegation from broadband top three
- New Bugatti Veyron ‘too fast to test’
- Note 4 and iPhone 6 arriving September 3rd and 9th respectively
- 2015 Aston Martin Rapide S and Vanquish pictures and specs
- How can I get every Scottish Premiership and Championship football game on TV?
- LG accidentally leaks G3 Stylus model
- Mercedes-Benz cars coming to Mario Kart 8
5th August
- Virgin TV punters get access to Sky Sports iPad app
- Emberlight smart light system needs £67k to turn on British bulbs
- Brighton & Hove FC’s stadium gets free WiFi with The Cloud
- Beats PowerBeats2 Wireless Review
- Cortana UK features and review
- Council to fine drivers who keep their diesel engine running
- Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV review
- British Gas Hive smart energy: taking small steps to stay ahead
- Cheapest superfast broadband deals: High bandwidth, low prices
- Nürburgring claims legendary BMW Ring Taxi
- One million UK motorists drove while on drugs in 2013
- Vodafone awarded for its cyber security creds
- Hennessey Venom F5 wants to hit 290mph
4th August
- Leaked images show the metal-bodied Samsung Galaxy Alpha up close
- Fiver for fibre: does BT’s £5/month Infinity 1 deal add up?
- BT fibre street cabinet info added to superfast broadband postcode checker
- Doubling broadband headline speed adds £5,670 to your home’s value
- Tesla Model S UK review
- Best Chromecast Deals: £5 off with Vodafone 4G, free with Tesco and Blinkbox
- Electric car sales more than doubled in 2013
- EE customers can now pay for London buses by tapping with their smartphones
- Men in their twenties most likely to be banned from driving
- Man builds 365-metre toll road after facing diversion
- Turn any boring light bulb into a voice-activated smart device with Vocca
- Welsh Government expands superfast broadband borders
3rd August
- Woman kills fellow motorist after using two phones behind the wheel
- Citizens Advice slams £190 cost of escaping bad broadband services
- Charge your phone in seconds with Kickstarter battery technology debuting this year
- Jaguar F-Type R Coupe video review
- IFA 2014: all the new phones, tablets and gadgets we’re hoping to see
2nd August
- Google Now Launcher update adds compatibility with Android 4.1 Jelly Bean devices
- Apple iPad Air vs Samsung Galaxy Tab S: Which is best for me?
- Sony Xperia T3 out now, exclusive to Carphone Warehouse
1st August
- Nokia Lumia 930 vs Nokia Lumia 1020: Which is best?
- ITV Player for Android adds live TV streams for 4.2 Jelly Bean devices
- Toshiba 47L7453DB review: Full HD smart TV
- Best apps for kids (iOS/Android) aged 1-4 and 5-8
- Which of these activity trackers actually helps you keep fit?
- Mercedes E-Class to get a 9-speed automatic
- Driving under the influence deemed more dangerous than using a mobile
- Citroen DS 3 Cabrio DStyle by Benefit pictures, price and specs
- Google Glass thief accidentally live streams his day
- YouTube comes to Now TV’s £10 smart TV box
- HP pokes holes in the Internet of Things: Your smart home isn’t that safe
- BT begins laying 1,200km cable to connect the Outer Hebrides to superfast broadband
- NIMBYs whinge at Sky’s gigabit Basingstoke broadband trial