March 2015 Archive

31st March

• Prank your friends with these awesome April Fools’ gags
• Meet the McLaren 570S
• How to hide Timehop from Facebook permanently
• Best (cheaper) alternatives to Samsung’s Galaxy S6
• Fast & Furious 7 movie review: Paul Walker would be proud
• Local Brummie telly channel offers Clarkson spot on Land Rovers Live
• Pure Broadband gets circa 50Mbps speed boost from CityFibre
• Stan Lee to pen ‘Lucky Man’ James Nesbitt superhero vehicle for Sky
• LG G4 leaks with surprise specs and stylus
• Apple’s rumoured iPhone 6c is a plastic 4-incher too far
• Drama to join Dave, Yesterday and Really on UKTV Play this week

30th March

• Peugeot introduces textured paint
• Sky denies Jeremy Clarkson talks over new motoring show
• Could Android be the saviour of Windows Phone?
• Virgin Media launches new Super Hub 2ac
• Best Android photo editing apps to rescue rubbish camera shots
• Graphene lightbulbs hitting shops this year
• Proof that the Galaxy S6 Edge really is a tough bastard
• HTC launches sexy metal One E9 Plus

27th March

• Competition: Win a Samsung Galaxy A3 from Perfect Shift
• The Ford technology that stops you from breaking the speed limit
• Mercedes to make the poshest pick-up ever
• Periscope and HTC’s RE camera are a match waiting to be made
• BT swaps Nott-spots for hotspots: Free WiFi heading to Nottingham’s city centre
• BT Mobile’s SIM-only deal is the cheapest way to get BT Sport yet
• Facebook drones will beam Internet to your house with frickin’ laser beams
• Andrew Lloyd Webber prays for WiFi in every church
• HTC One E9 and One E9 Plus in a nutshell
• Apple is building a dedicated Watch shop in London
• Africa knows how to deal with crap mobile operators: jail time

26th March

• The very worst smartphone sins: Six mobile crimes to avoid
• HTC One M9 Review: In Depth
• Mercedes-AMG GLE 63 S is a 585hp off-roader
• BBC preps Red Button+ rebrand: More sport, more news, less Clarkson
• Elderly woman upsets internet after driving around with cat tied to the bonnet
• ‘Thousands’ more in York to get CityFibre gigabit broadband in Sky & TalkTalk trial
• Up Periscope: Twitter’s live-streaming Meerkat rival officially launches
• Alpina celebrates half century with 204mph ‘Edition 50’ Bi-Turbo monsters
• The Trace (iOS) game review
• Gigaclear ultrafast fibre broadband greenlit for Welland Valley
• Spike TV nabs The Walking Dead, Breaking Bad for UK launch
• 4oD replacement All 4 launching March 30 on desktop and iOS
• Why Apple Watch 2 won’t be much smarter than the current model
• Out with the old TomTom navigation app, in with the new
• HTC Desire 620 Review: In Depth
• Samsung already replacing fingerprint security with iris scanner?
• Facebook Messenger update brings GIFs, Imgur, e-cards, ESPN and more

25th March

• Jeremy Clarkson: Reactions to the Top Gear presenter being sacked
• We should be bloody terrified by The Internet of Things
• How a dyslexic 12-year-old’s game concept became the BBC’s latest app
• Best quad play deal: BT vs Virgin Media vs TalkTalk vs EE
• BBC drops Jeremy Clarkson but says Top Gear show must go on
• McLaren 570S Coupe is a Porsche 911 and Mercedes-AMG GT rival
• Meet the new Jaguar XF
• Amazon delivery drones already obsolete
• Google Nexus Player review
• Facebook goes to court for European data snooping
• Freshly launched BT Mobile offers the cheapest 4G plans around
• Samsung to launch foldable phone next year
• BT Mobile: What it means for BT Broadband customers
• Hutchison agrees £10.3 billion deal for O2

24th March

• Porsche forces Aston Martin to rename Vantage GT3
• Mercedes-AMG C 63 S review
• Ofcom to canvas fans as part of Premier League investigation
• Four solutions to the Galaxy S6’s non-expandable storage
• Four solutions to the Galaxy S6’s non-expandable storage
• Amazon launches £35 Fire TV Stick, even cheaper for Prime fans
• Ten of the most and least fuel efficient cars revealed
• Instagram launches Layout, a new collage making app
• Android’s new security feature actually makes it less secure
• LG G4 might be plastic after all, and it could be a killer flaw
• Raumfeld One S Review

23rd March

• Kia Sorento 2015 review
• Paul Smith Land Rover Defender is one colourful British off-roader
• The grotty world of sex wearables
• Google’s ‘Project Loon’ broadband balloons successfully trialled
• Sony and Tough Mudder team up to add a touch of Xperia to the madness
• Couple asks Lewis Hamilton for photo… of their family
• BT set to return to the mobile world this week
• Facebook working on even more apps, including call blocker
• Meet the smartwatch with month-long battery life

20th March

• Home: Boov Pop (iOS/Android) game review
• What can the Galaxy S6 Edge’s screen actually do?
• Lotus celebrates 20 years with limited edition Elise
• Rural mobile coverage still sucks, EE blames Government
• BT teams up with Barclays to offer free Wi-Fi and digital support to deprived areas
• Jeremy Clarkson on the fracas: The BBC have f***** themselves
• Why has Peter Chou stepped down as HTC head honcho?
• Samsung Galaxy S6 Tips & Tricks
• Budget 2015: What does it mean for motorists?
• Atari Fit aims to get you up and active in return for some video game goodies
• The Tesla Model S just got cleverer (and less prone to range anxiety)
• Galaxy S6 UK tariffs: which is best for you?

19th March

• Rugby fans might want to consider O2’s new grass-backed phone
• Average family car subjected to 12 dents, 36 arguments and 216 tantrums
• Disturbing iOS/Android horror games that really f*ck with your head
• Are electric cars hard to resell?
• What Sky’s early price increase means for customers
• Tag Heuer, Intel and Google are making a Swiss luxury Android Wear device
• You will never guess Europe’s most reliable car
• You can drive the new Mazda MX-5 in Forza Horizon 2
• Someday soon Android Wear and iOS might play nice

18th March

• Osborne promises 100Mbps broadband for (nearly) all
• Jeep Renegade: First drive review
• Is Apple offering to share user data to snaffle TV partners?
• Ofcom hits BT with £800K fine over next-gen text service delay
• The stunning Mini Superleggera is coming
• EE’s new Film Club offers £1 rentals to customers
• Samsung Galaxy S6 camera review and tips
• Microsoft’s hoping to sneak Windows 10 on Android user’s phones

17th March

• Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge Review: In Depth
• Premiership rugby deal extended on BT Sport
• Apple launching web-based TV service in 2015
• Samsung to pack Galaxy S6 processor into next smartwatch?
• Nintendo will finally start making mobile games
• Samsung Galaxy S6 Review: In Depth

16th March

• Customers much happier with smaller broadband suppliers
• £58K investment to bring broadband to the Scottish Highlands
• Google Now finally supports any app
• Is Dyson the saviour of crap phone battery life?

13th March

• Acer Liquid Jade S Review: In Depth
• This one simple app makes Android Wear so much better
• Cyclist fined for breaking 20mph speed limit
• Cyber-terror simulation looking to uncover next-generation of security pros
• Google is pulling the plug on sales of the Nexus 5
• Motoring chiefs: Stop demonising diesel
• Ofcom to look into BT’s control of national telecoms network
• Developers struggle to think up actual uses for the S6 Edge curved display
• Get to grips with Samsung’s Galaxy S6 or S6 Edge from this Saturday

12th March

• Vodafone leads the charge on bringing VoLTE and WiFi calling to the UK
• Is this the most disgusting car criminal ever?
• Best eBook readers you can buy right now
• Life after Top Gear: Where will Jeremy Clarkson go next?
• Alcatel OneTouch Idol X+ Review: In Depth
• The motorist with 40 penalty points who doesn’t even own a provisional licence
• Virgin Media survey finds supporters struggle to afford football on TV
• On your bike: Government announces £1million campaign to encourage cycling
• Google takes shots at Apple with new high street and online store
• Nokia’s HERE maps re-launches for free on iOS
• New VAIO phone almost twice as expensive as near-identical Panasonic phone

11th March

• Qualcomm kicks phone thieves in balls with awesome SafeSwitch security
• Watch the Porsche 911 GT3 RS in action
• Samsung says the Galaxy S6 Edge exists to quell rudeness
• Police threaten to confiscate four-year-old’s bike for riding on the pavement
• Freesat snaps up Challenge and Pick timeshift channels
• What if Jeremy Clarkson remade Top Gear on YouTube or Netflix?
• Moto E (2015) vs Moto G 4G (2015): What’s the difference?
• UK ISPs tighten pirate blockade: Sites listing proxy links now sunk
• Now TV comes to EE TV set-top boxes

10th March

• Motorola launches new 4G Moto G in the UK, plus make-your-own Moto 360
• Mastercard brings pay-at-table app to UK restaurants
• What the frac? Jeremy Clarkson suspended after ‘fracas’ with producer
• Tonino Lamborghini 88 Tauri Review: In Depth
• Motorola Moto E 4G (2015) Review: In Depth
• 19 new cars every petrolhead must know about
• Direct Save puts 76Mbps superfast Fibre Pro back on the menu
• What is HBO Now and is it coming to the UK?
• Huawei Ascend G7 Review: In Depth
• Android Lollipop 5.1 rolls out with improved security
• The Apple Watch is the ultimate device for cheaters
• The best and most interesting Apple Watch launch apps

9th March

• Apple’s new MacBooks look like 12-inch iPads with keyboards and the force
• Apple’s focusing on health more than ever with the arrival of ResearchKit
• Apple Watch highlights: features, price and UK release date
• Horror Channel to descend on Freeview on Friday the 13th
• Apple Watch launch event: The Blog
• TalkTalk’s WiFi calling mobile app saves chatters 3 million minutes
• Hyperoptic launches £47/month gigabit fibre broadband – and a new logo
• Vodafone reveals HTC One M9 pre-order deals for UK
• You can remove the Galaxy S6’s battery after all…if you’re brave
• HTC One M9 Plus: in a nutshell
• Did Samsung’s Galaxy S6 live up to expectations?

6th March

• Sony Xperia Z2 Tablet vs Sony Xperia Z4 Tablet: What’s new?
• Best Chromecast sports apps
• How to receive calls even with no phone signal
• Samsung Galaxy S6 & S6 Edge vs HTC One M9: Which is best?
• Beautiful technology reigned supreme at MWC 2015
• Samsung Galaxy S5 vs Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge: Worth an upgrade?
• Meet the selfie sex toy that lets you FaceTime the inside of your vagina
• Roku adds Red Bull TV and CinemaNow to Channel Store
• iOS and Android users at risk from FREAK security flaw
• Apple’s grand plan to solve Watch battery life is…use it less?

5th March

• Koenigsegg Regera hybrid is a McLaren P1 and LaFerrari destroyer
• Acer M220 hands-on review at MWC 2015
• Microsoft’s mobile keyboard: our favourite accessory launched this week
• Hey Dixons, there still aren’t any 4K Ultra HD TV channels
• Seat 20V20 concept offers a glimpse of a future Spanish SUV
• Northern Ireland to get superfast shot in the arm from BT
• Infiniti gets it right with the QX30 crossover concept
• Virgin’s 152Mbps cable network reaches 50,000 east London doorsteps
• Could LG’s new premium flagship be the first fully bendable phone?
• Huawei could produce the best Nexus phone yet
• How to create your own theme for your Sony Xperia phone or tablet
• Meet the smartphone powered by the sun

4th March

• Aston Martin Vulcan is a British fire-breathing track monster
• Competition: Win a 32-inch TV, Android tablet, soundbar or Amazon vouchers with Sky
• Aston Martin DBX 4×4 is the poshest GT crossover you will see today
• How to get tickets for Thronecast, Sky’s live Game of Thrones chat show
• Amazon ticked off over Prime trial smallprint screw-up
• NVIDIA ushers in age of Ultra HD Android gaming with Shield set-top box
• Suzuki iM-4 is a cute and capable 4×4
• OnePlus is launching new hardware in April that isn’t a smartwatch or a tablet
• Tinder gives the finger to older users with Tinder Plus
• Nissan Sway is a Micra from the future
• Win Olly Murs tickets with Samsung Galaxy S5 and Vodafone Red 4G

3rd March

• Ubuntu BQ Aquaris hands-on review at MWC 2015
• Lexus LF-SA concept is a pint-sized urban 2+2
• Superfast Cymru brings next-gen broadband to 346,000 customers
• Ferrari 488 GTB picks up where the 458 Italia left off
• Ubuntu MX4 hands-on review at MWC 2015
• Alcatel One Touch Idol 3 hands-on review at MWC 2014
• Bentley Exp 10 Speed 6: The future of British four-wheeled luxury?
• Edinburgh-wide gigabit fibre network to turbo-charge thousands
• BlackBerry Leap is aimed at startups. Cringeworthy launch video in tow
• Porsche 911 GT3 RS puts the Carrera GT in its place
• Vodafone CEO hints at TV, broadband and mobile bundles
• The new Honda Civic Type R is here
• Mortal Kombat is going mobile. Er, Phonality?
• We sent Richard III’s corpse a WhatsApp
• You will want the new Honda Civic Type R after watching this video
• The Unreal Engine 4 is now free for all. Get developing!
• Man uses Snapchat to create a video résumé for a job at Snapchat
• IKEA’s wireless charging furniture will power your phone in Swedish style

2nd March

• Acer Leap+ hands-on review at MWC 2015
• Ford MyFord Mobile app teaches you to drive like an eco-warrior
• Range Rover Evoque Convertible to be the world’s first production drop-top SUV
• EE is bringing WiFi Calling to the Samsung Galaxy S6. What the hell is it?
• Pebble Time hands-on review at MWC 2015
• Pebble’s new Smart Straps could add sensors and extend battery life
• Humax to launch first Freeview Play set-top box in 2015
• You need to see Kahn Design’s six-wheeled Land Rover Defender
• Acer Liquid Jade Z hands-on review at MWC 2015
• New myBBC platform promises personalised iPlayer playback
• Microsoft Lumia 640 and 640 XL price and release date: EE brings WiFi Calling to Windows
• Pebble Time given the Steel treatment – live now on Kickstarter
• Samsung charges into the world of mobile payment with Samsung Pay
• Microsoft Lumia 640 XL Hands-on review at MWC 2015
• Cyanogen grows up with rebranding and partnership from Qualcomm
• Government clamps down on drug-driving with new law
• HTC and Under Armour unveil their Grip fitness tracker at MWC
• HTC One (M9) price and release date: EE, O2, Three, Vodafone and giffgaff sign up
• Motorist jailed after crashing ‘stolen’ hire car
• Three bags LG’s Spirit 4G exclusively: Price and release date TBC
• Microsoft releases Lumia 640 and 640 XL in the run up to Windows 10
• Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge headed to Vodafone, EE, Three, O2, Virgin Media
• Microsoft Lumia 640 hands-on review at MWC 2015
• Samsung Galaxy S6 price and release date: Three, Vodafone, O2, EE and Virgin Media confirmed

1st March

• The Xperia M4 Aqua is Sony’s new star mid-ranger at MWC 2015
• Sony’s new flagship Xperia Z4 Tablet lands at MWC
• Samsung Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge hands-on review at MWC 2015
• HTC and Valve partner up to launch the new RE Vive VR headset at MWC
• Samsung Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge revealed at MWC 2015
• LG Watch Urbane hands-on review at MWC 2015
• LG Magna, Spirit, Leon and Joy hands-on review at MWC 2015
• LG Watch Urbane LTE hands-on review at MWC 2015
• HTC One M9 finally goes official at MWC after leaking everywhere