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New YouView updates adds accessibility features
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Connected TV platform YouView has added a number of enhancements aimed at making the service easier to use for blind and partially sighted customers as well as those with motor skill and cognitive impairment. A new software update introduces the option of switching from the platform’s default blue and black colour scheme to a high-contrast…
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Alien Rage – trailer
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CI Games has released the launch trailer for their visually striking sci-fi first-person shooter Alien Rage. The game will pitch players against armies of Alien forces hell-bent on taking them down. Battling through 14 intense levels, players will be able to discover and equip ten epic weapons each designed with two unique, strategic firing modes…
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Blackberry board agrees $4.7bn buy-out
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Blackberry has agreed in principle to be acquired by its a consortium headed by its biggest shareholder, Fairfax Financial. The potential deal values Blackberry at $4.7 billion and if successful would see shareholders in the Canadian smartphone manufacturer receive U.S. $9 in cash for each share they hold. On Friday the firm announced plans to…
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O2 slashes £600 iPhone 5c ‘cash price’
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O2 has reduced its upfront price for Apple’s iPhone 5c just a week after defending the previous £600 “cash price” of the handset as good value. Last week I highlighted how the network was charging customers buying the 16GB version of the handset outright £600, £131 more than Apple wants for the identical model. Despite…
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Apple announces 9m iPhone 5s and Phone 5c sales
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Apple says it has sold more than 9 million iPhone 5s and Phone 5c handsets since they went on sale last Friday. Fans hoping to their their hands on on the firm’s new high-end iPhone 5s will have to wait until October for more stock to become available. The firm’s online store lists next month…
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Blackberry retreats to business market as it axes 4,500 jobs
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Blackberry is axing 4,500 jobs and reducing the number of handsets it offers after announcing losses of almost $1bn. The firm says it expects to make a net operating loss of approximately $950 million to $995 million for the second quarter of its financial year. Last month Blackberry’s board announced it was considering selling the…