November 2014 Archive
30th November
28th November
- Karbonn Mobile brings Android One to UK shores for the first time
- Kia Soul EV Review
- Sky Movies content now available through Virgin TV Anywhere Android app
- 4G still not on tap in most of London’s pubs
- iCracked arrives in the UK to offer Londoners on-demand phone repair
- Durex’s second-screen app shows the raunchier side of its new TV ad
- Hyperoptic unwraps three months free fibre broadband Christmas deal
- Plusnet’s Black Friday attack bundles a year’s free broadband with a £75 Amazon voucher
- Samsung redesigns Curzon Home Cinema TV app, adds second screen support
27th November
- Gigaclear to hike pure fibre broadband prices in 2015
- Sky extends Now TV Sports pass discount until March 2015
- Vodafone Smart Tab 4G Review: In Depth
- British motorists most angered by mobile phone use
- 2015 Dacia Duster review
- Stream TV, Isohunt, Tor Movies and 29 other torrent sites to be blocked by main UK ISPs
- Ken Box 2 mocks the Gymkhana series in style
- How to watch Elf this Christmas: Sky Movies, Now TV and nowhere else
- Win iPads, phones and gadgets with Recombu Christmas Wonderland
- Hive Black Friday buyers cash in with a £30 Amazon voucher
- Luxury watchmakers call time on pirate smartwatch faces
- How Twitter plans to spy on your other apps
- Apple killing off the colourful iPhone 5C
- Best Black Friday phone and tablet deals for the UK
- Fuel Broadband offers free internet for a year: How cheap is that?
- Fibre broadband brings 330Mbps to Dinas Mawddwy, Wales’s most remote village
- Tado rescues Windows Phone users from a freezing, expensive winter
26th November
- Zapper app: Everything you need to know about the bill payment app
- YouView-alike Freeview Connect spec released to set-top box and TV makers
- Blinkbox updates Android app with downloads for offline playback
- Motorola’s Moto 360 now available in sexy champagne and silver
- BT deals unlimited broadband for a fiver on Black Friday
- Sony Xperia Z4 Ultra phablet to launch alongside Xperia Z4
- The OnePlus Two, sequel to this year’s mysterious five-star mobile, leaks
- Amazon firing up ad-supported Instant Video freemium edition
- UK to miss out on Wuaki.tv’s 4K Ultra HD December launch
- BT confirmed to be in talks with EE: Will it buy the UK’s biggest 4G network?
- How can I watch Guardians of the Galaxy? Google Play, Blinkbox, Wuaki.tv and Sky Store
25th November
- Huawei Ascend Y550 Review: In Depth
- How can I watch football online? Premier League, UEFA Champions League and FA Cup
- Ssangyong Tivoli to battle the Nissan Juke
- Good deal: Nvidia Shield Tablet bundled with free games and accessories in March
- Want to see a man wakeboarding behind a Ferrari F50?
- Whatever happened to Google Glass?
- Range Rover Evoque Chinese knock-off sparks anger
- Is Apple crafting its own VR headset?
- BT’s Cornwall project claims 93 per cent superfast broadband coverage
- This iPhone case turns into a hand-tracking VR headset
- The 2015 Mercedes-Benz CLA Shooting Brake is here
- Best taxi apps for London (iOS/Android)
24th November
- Counter-Terrorism and Security Bill: The industry responds to May’s IP matching plans
- This video will make you feel inadequate at parking
- iOS apps go (RED) to raise money for World AIDS Day
- BT in talks to buy up O2 or one other myster-EE network
- Most drunk motorist in 2014 revealed
- Samsung’s Galaxy S5 sales have fallen short of predictions by 40%
- Amazon Kindle Fire HDX family gets a price cut for Black Friday
- Really big truck jumps over a Formula One car
- Snoopers’ Charter to be replaced by IP matching Anti-Terrorism and Security Bill
- Gigaclear puts the feelers out for fibre broadband in rural East Midlands
22nd November
21st November
- Bizarre Jaguar Land Rover lives up to its name
- Future Toyotas promise to ease parking woes
- 2014 Hyundai i20 review
- Oh my God, Legally Blonde hits BBM
- Foxconn spending £1.6 billion to make a display factory just for Apple?
- Best smart heating bundles & deals for winter 2014
- The public bus that runs on human waste
- Motorola Moto 360 2 coming in early 2015?
- Formula-E regulation changes limit qualifying and eliminate formation lap
- BT connects first Isles of Scilly customers to superfast broadband
- Best phones coming in 2015
- Virgin Media price hikes hitting line rental and Big Bundles in 2015
- Fiat 500X video review: Style over substance?
- Cortana helped Danny MacAskill pull off a loop on the Thames… apparently
- Tetris rotates its way to Roku 3 and Streaming Stick
- Amazon tunes up Mozart in the Jungle for Christmas Eve Eve release
20th November
- Sony Xperia Z3 and Z3 Compact: Tips & Tricks
- Mercedes-Maybach S-Class takes your comfort very seriously
- Beats Music coming to iOS in next update?
- 2018 World Cup Russia shoots for sci-fi 5G goal with Huawei and MegaFon
- Huawei launches Honor 3C in the UK. A serious Moto G rival?
- Meet the Lexus concept with no roof
- Samsung modernises flip-phones with bendable screens
- ITV’s £5 Collections Boost brings Lewis and Celebrity Juice to TalkTalk TV
- YouTube Music Key beta review
- Nvidia Grid review
19th November
- 2016 Jaguar F-Type gets all-wheel drive
- Samsung Galaxy Note 4 Tips & Tricks
- Freeview to make way for 5G mobile broadband by 2022
- Should the elderly people road sign be banned?
- EE TV review
- Audi Prologue concept car revealed
- iPhone 7 rumoured to rock an insanely good camera
- WhatsApp respects your privacy with encryption boost
- Samsung to stop launching a gajillion Galaxy phones each year
- Free WiFi with your fries as The Cloud comes to Ed’s Easy Diner
- O2 launches shared data plans for families and multi-device users
18th November
- Will Vodafone bundle Now TV with its future broadband service?
- BT WiFi delivers free internet for Tesco shoppers
- Ofcom kicks off Premier League TV bids probe following Virgin Media moan
- How much is Netflix 4K Ultra HD and what broadband speed do you need?
- Kristen Bell releases a Christmas song for the mobile generation
- £716 million a year wasted on parking damage
- VW Golf R Estate gets you to and from Ikea in record time
- Snapchat unveils Snapcash. Lets you ‘make it rain’ on your mates
- Alfa Romeo 4C ‘Definitiva’ concept to use twin-turbo Ferrari V8
- Netflix 4K streaming comes to Panasonic’s AX802 Ultra HD TV
- iOS 8.1.1 update arrives, awesome for iPhone 4S and iPad 2 owners
- Bentley’s Grand Convertible concept is a two-door droptop monster
- Fiat 500X review
- Huawei goes for glamour with early reports of the Ascend P8
- Microsoft’s new Movie Creator Beta app is looking to take on iMovie
- Samsung’s Galaxy Note Edge could hit the UK through Carphone Warehouse
- Nokia’s N1 Android tablet is an iPad Mini beater
- YouView bags UKTV’s Play catch up service
17th November
- How can I get Netflix on TalkTalk TV?
- BT passes 80,000 more premises with superfast broadband
- Cameron wants UK ISPs to launch ‘report terrorist’ tools
- Gymkhana 7: Block drifts 4×4 Mustang through Los Angeles in new Hoonigan video
- Sony SmartBand Talk (SWR30) Review: In Depth
- TalkTalk wants to set up mini mobile networks in customers’ homes
- iPhone 6 three times more popular than iPhone 6 Plus
- Nokia confirms that it’s out of the phone game
- Doro Liberto 820 Review: In Depth
- Two UK drivers caught for careless driving and speeding every minute
- TalkTalk dumps Vodafone for O2, for a speedier service
- HTC One M9: In a nutshell
16th November
- Tory MPs plot death of BBC’s licence fee
- No broadband, no child tax breaks: Internet-free families face losing out
15th November
- Fiat 500s struggling to get up hills, buyers threaten to cancel orders
- Now Hyundai sells cars in shopping malls: is this the end for traditional dealerships?
- Last weekend to dance with the Spirit of Ecstasy with free Rolls-Royce exhibition in London
14th November
- National superfast broadband plan lights up 1.5 million UK homes and firms
- Bulletproof car boss lets employee fire AK47 at him whilst sat in armoured vehicle
- TalkTalk coughs up for Virgin Media’s copper National Broadband punters
- All Windows Phone 8 mobiles to get Windows 10 update
- Cortana to hit Android and iOS imminently?
- Blackberry news round-up: Classic for Christmas, Meetings and more
- Amazon Kindle Voyage Review: In Depth
13th November
- Three outperforms EE, O2 and Vodafone in Ofcom’s 4G four-way
- Blinkbox for iPad now allows movie and TV show downloads
- ITV Player brings everything but Dapper Laughs to Kindle Fire tablets
- Virgin TV customers get Dave, Gold and all UKTV channels on demand
- Half Life 2: Episode One coming to Android as Nvidia exclusive
- Samsung Galaxy S6 could sport super-fast storage
- LG’s Aka phones feature virtual pets, including a female with an eating disorder
- How does EE TV compare as a broadband bundle?
- Overglide: the iOS game that lives in your notifications centre
- Man in China buys 99 iPhone 6s to propose with. Gets rejected
- Plusnet launches £1.50/month broadband offer: How cheap is that?
- Linkin Park Berlin gig to be broadcast in 4K Ultra HD on Samsung TVs
- Nvidia launches Grid cloud gaming: What is it and first look
- Virgin Media’s ultrafast broadband heading to 5,000 new Glasgow homes
12th November
- YouTube Music Key arrives to shake up the music-streaming scene
- Best phones for Christmas 2015
- ZTE Kis 3 Max Review: In Depth
- Mercedes plans to revive the Maybach
- Vodafone to launch home broadband and TV services in spring 2015
- GiffGaff launches cheap 4G from £12 a month
- BT allowed to advertise superfast FTTC as ‘fibre optic’ broadband
- Moto G already receiving Android Lollipop before Nexus phones
- Lexus to reveal ‘polarizing’ LF-C2 convertible at LA Auto Show
- How biometrics will be vital for contactless payments
- Microsoft’s first flagship Lumia leaks
- Is the Google Nexus 6 overpriced?
- Netflix is bringing 1080p Full HD streams to the iPhone 6 Plus
- Chromecast snaps up Monopoly and Connect Four for family-friendly gaming
11th November
- Virgin Media punters can now tap into free Cloud WiFi
- Tiff Needell races a Koenigsegg One:1 against a Volvo lorry
- Vimeo does a Netflix, launches exclusive original series High Maintenance
- Will Elon Musk’s SpaceX satellite network deliver ‘low cost’ broadband for everyone?
- Microsoft Lumia 535 launches sans Nokia
- Scary new malware could attack Gmail on any iPhone
- TalkTalk adds 67,000 superfast customers as it mulls gigabit pure fibre rollout in 2015
- LG sets its sights on bendy and rollable mobile screens
- Sexy blue HTC One (M8) hits Carphone Warehouse
10th November
- BT TV Starter Pack vs TalkTalk Essentials TV
- Recombu Awards 2014 – The Winners
- Apple iPad Mini 3 vs Sony Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact: Which is best for me?
- Rise in parent driving lessons responsible for lower pass rate?
- Sky’s new Watershed parental control sets timers for content blocks
- Microsoft is launching its first non-Nokia Lumia tomorrow
- Netflix bundled with new BT TV and Infinity superfast broadband deal
- Apple finally lets ex-users deregister from iMessage
- LG G3 gets a taste of Android Lollipop this week
- BT TV Starter Pack takes on TalkTalk TV with free BT Sport and driveless YouView box
- TalkTalk launches Talk2Go WiFi calling apps
- Nest thermostat update fine tunes learning for bigger savings
9th November
8th November
7th November
- Microsoft Office now free on iOS (and soon Android too)
- BBC iPlayer brings FA Cup goals and highlights to catch-up
- Recombu Awards 2014: Best Luxury Car
- Project Ara has a rival in Vsenn’s modular mobile
- Samsung’s Galaxy Note 5 will be the first mobile to pack a 4K screen
- 4G mobile broadband speeds and coverage could be boosted by second auction
- Huawei injects £5m into UK’s 5G research lab
6th November
- Rural fibre project B4RN posts first job advert
- North Lincolnshire superfast broadband project hits halfway milestone
- Recombu Awards 2014: Reader Awards winners
- Recombu Awards 2014: Best Family Car
- Recombu Awards 2014: Best Performance Car
- Best On-Demand TV Service of 2014: Recombu Awards winner
- Best Broadband & Digital Package of 2014: Recombu Awards winner
- McLaren Sports Series confirmed for 2015
- Samsung Gear S: UK release date and eye-watering price
- Is this the first appearance of the Motorola Moto Maxx?
- Government officials considering road safety star ratings
- Best Smart Home Product of 2014: Recombu Awards winner
- Best Mobile Phone Accessory of 2014: Recombu Awards winner
- Sony Xperia Z2 update includes PS4 Remote Play and more Z3 features
- Sony Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact Review: In Depth
- Smart energy monitor Smappee working on Apple HomeKit integration
- Best tablets for Christmas: Nexus 9 vs iPad Air 2 vs Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact
- Google Nexus 9 by HTC Review: In Depth
- Best Value Phone of 2014: Recombu Awards winner
- Recombu Awards 2014: The car shortlists
- Best Tablet of 2014: Recombu Awards winner
- Best Phone of 2014: Recombu Awards winner
- Recombu Awards 2014 are tonight, here’s the shortlists…
- Over half of Virgin Media’s customers tap into 50Mbps superfast broadband
5th November
- Sky told by Ofcom to sell sports channels to BT YouView
- Superfast Cymru brings next-gen broadband to 275,000 Welsh properties
- New Smart fortwo and forfour UK price and specs revealed
- Gigabit broadband coming to thousands of West Yorkshire firms via CityFibre
- Driver banned for towing man in wheelchair
- Android Lollipop 5.0 best features: Tips n’ tricks
- Peel Trident is probably the slowest jet-powered drag racer ever
- 10 most dangerous roads in the UK identified
- Win a Toshiba 40-inch Full HD LED TV with Sky
- How safe is the Tesla Model S?
- Nissan Pulsar 1.5 Diesel Tekna review
- Samsung Galaxy S6 leak reveals a surprising amount
- BFI Player dons sharp new look in time for sci-fi season
- Why the iOS 8.1.1 update is great news for old iPhones
- Snazzy steel Apple Watch could cost the same as the iPad Air 2
- Super-cheap Jawbone Up Move packs 6-month battery life
4th November
- TalkTalk offers half price Essentials and Plus TV and broadband for a year
- Watch Game of Thrones season 5 for free with Vodafone’s 4G Now TV deal
- HTC Desire Eye Review: In Depth
- Mercedes Vision G-Code concept is a mobile solar panel
- New Shell Lego collection takes to the streets of London
- Diesels outperform hybrids on motorways
- Novitec Tridente promises to make your Maserati Ghibli faster
- Disney Movies Anywhere hits Android
- Apple iPad Pro delayed until autumn 2015
- Android 5.0 Lollipop creates streaming woes for Sky Go and Now TV apps
- UK networks could be forced to plug black holes and allow free roaming
- Globe Player brings Shakespeare on-demand action to thy livinge roome
- Netflix brings on-demand TV and movies to Humax and BT YouView boxes
- Nixie drone watch wins Intel Make It Wearable contest
3rd November
- Three bringing free 4G speed boosts to Belfast
- Vimeo upgrades captions and subtitles in bid for accessibility
- Radical SR8 RSX is 440hp of four-wheeled insanity
- Win a Sony PlayStation Vita Slim with TalkTalk Essentials TV
- Phones from last year that are cheap and still awesome
- Industrial pressure washer destroys an old Mercedes, upsets the internet
- Rolls-Royce Wraith video review
- Dacia Duster Oroch could be one affordable pick-up
- PureLiFi wants to connect your laptop to the Internet with LED light bulbs
- LG G3 S Review: In Depth
- Watch a flying car take to the skies
- BBM updates with Snapchat-style self destruction
- How to charge your HTC One phone 40 percent faster
- Apple Watch might not hit UK until spring 2015
- Free WiFi from Virgin Media’s London tube network now in 150 stations
2nd November
- Smart alarm Cocoon listens out for burglars with infrasonic ears
- Roku adds Google Play Movies & TV to channel store