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Brits ‘keen to manage banks accounts through mobiles’

James Duncan — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 07:53:44 +0000

A significant number of Britons are keen to access their bank accounts via their mobile phones, according to new research. In a study carried out by Intelligent Environments, it was revealed that one in four people would be happy to transfer money either through a smartphone or traditional handset, FStech reports. Just over one-third (36 per cent) [...]

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Brits ‘keen to manage banks accounts through mobiles’

Children ‘borrowing parents’ smartphones to play computer games’

James Duncan — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 07:59:46 +0000

A significant proportion of young children are playing games on smartphones and other tablet devices, according to a new study. Research carried out by PopCap Games alongside Dr Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, reader in psychology at Goldsmiths University, reveals that those as young as two are proficient in smartphone gaming. Just over one in four (27 per cent) of [...]

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Children ‘borrowing parents’ smartphones to play computer games’

New ‘Never Pay for the Internet’ tariff launched

James Duncan — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 10:49:45 +0000

Mobile broadband subscribers may be interested in the release of the latest tariff from The Carphone Warehouse. The firm has created a new Never Pay for the Internet package on Talkmobile, the company's virtual network, which is powered by Vodaphone. Consumers that regularly exceed their monthly data usage limits will be pleased to hear that it gives [...]

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New ‘Never Pay for the Internet’ tariff launched

‘More users than ever’ head online on mobile devices

James Duncan — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 13:49:27 +0000

New research has revealed that more people than ever before are using their mobile to browse the web. Some 69 per cent more Brits are heading online while on mobile internet connections than at the same time last year, the study from The Carphone Warehouse has revealed. However, despite the growing popularity of internet-on-the-go, a large number [...]

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‘More users than ever’ head online on mobile devices

Govt support is needed to supplement mobile broadband growth

James Duncan — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 12:07:06 +0000

The UK government needs to take action if it is to support the growth on mobile broadband in the country, a leading industry expert has claimed. According to Dr Hamadoun Toure, secretary-general of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the proliferation of smartphones and mobile internet is likely to cause problems for broadband networks. By 2015, almost two [...]

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Govt support is needed to supplement mobile broadband growth

Mobile broadband and cloud computing to lead industry growth

James Duncan — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 12:02:50 +0000

Mobile broadband and cloud computing are expected to lead the next bout of growth within the wireless industry, it has been claimed. This is according to Randall Stephenson, chief executive of AT&T, who used his position as a keynote speaker at the recent Mobile World Congress meeting to air his views on the future of the [...]

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Mobile broadband and cloud computing to lead industry growth

Global uptake of mobile broadband to grow

James Duncan — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 16:27:44 +0000

By 2015, 1.4 billion people around the world will have access to fixed and mobile broadband as uptake and usage of the services continues to grow new research has forecast. Telecoms analyst Ovum has predicted that the total number of broadband users will reach 50 per cent of the world's population, with providers being forced to [...]

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Global uptake of mobile broadband to grow

Brits using mobile broadband around the home

James Duncan — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 12:22:44 +0000

The use of mobile broadband in the home is helping to change the way that Brits are living, a new nationwide survey has suggested. According to a study conducted by PC World, an increasing number of people are heading online in more unusual places within the home, with five out of ten even admitting to taking [...]

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Brits using mobile broadband around the home

App Review: Peep Show (The Quotatron)

Carl Lowen — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 10:59:42 +0000

Do you know who ‘Super Hans’ is? Are you a freewheeling but ultimately talentless creative soul like Jeremy? Or are you a buttoned down repressed office type like Mark? If you aren’t a fan of channel 4’s ‘Peep Show’ then none of that will have made any sense to you at all. But loyal followers [...]

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App Review: Peep Show (The Quotatron)

Is Android about to replace your credit card? Eric Schmidt talks chips

Carl Lowen — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 11:31:51 +0000

Quite often when looking at tech stories you can get a glimpse into the future. Ideas that seem a bit bizarre and unnecessary are quite often the ideas that end up succeeding. So when the Telegraph reported that Eric Schmidt, Google’s chief executive, talked about people being able to make payments with their mobile phones [...]

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Is Android about to replace your credit card? Eric Schmidt talks chips