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  • Nook slashes UK tablet prices

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    Nook Media, the ebook subsidiary of Barnes & Noble, has slashed UK prices for its Nook tablets just days after announcing it would stop making such devices next year. Officially the company is billing the price-cut as part of its literacy promotion – which is being supported by the London Evening Standard – and “in…

  • YouView celebrates first birthday

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    Today marks exactly one year since YouView unveiled itself to the UK’s tech media at a launch event held in London’s former County Hall. Unlike many of my colleagues, I left the event impressed with what we’d seen and expecting great things from the new service. I took to my keyboard and predicted that YouView…

  • Ofcom consults on lower fibre broadband wholesale switching fees and shorter contracts

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    Ofcom says it hopes to “promote competition among superfast broadband providers,” by lowering costs imposed by BT’s Openreach division and reducing wholesale contract lengths. The proposals, which are now being consulted on, are part of a package of measures published on Wednesday by the telecoms regulator. Openreach is responsible for installing and connecting services on…

  • TP-Link announces new 802.11ac dual band wireless router

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    TP-Link has announced the launch of a new 802.11ac dual band wireless router, the Archer C7, which is says will provide ultrafast speeds for enhanced connected homes and offices. The device supports simultaneous wireless speeds up to 1300Mbps at 5GHz and 450Mbps at 2.4GHz and allows the sharing of files over WiFi as well as…

  • BT Sport channels appear on YouView EPG

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    BT’s sports channels have appeared on YouView’s EPG, the first internet delivered channels to appear in the platform’s guide. BT Sport 1, BT Sport 2 , BT Sport 1 HD and BT Sport 2 HD have appeared on the guide at channel numbers 507, 508, 510 and 511 respectively for users whose boxes are connected…

  • TV ads – we all knew when we’d been Tango’d

    TV ads – we all knew when we’d been Tango’d

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    TV adverts. Most of them are smug, vacuous guff which quickly fade from the memory – often even before the of the ad-break they appeared in. But every once in a while a campaign comes along which makes such an impact that it eclipses almost everything else the band owner does and, if they’re lucky,…