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  • 4G will boost mobile data coverage to 98% of the UK

    4G will boost mobile data coverage to 98% of the UK

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    Next-generation 4G data services will bring high-speed mobile broadband to at least 98% of the UK according to telecoms regulator Ofcom. The regulator has announced plans to auction spectrum to enable mobile phone operators to offer high-speed services. Spectrum will be offered in two bands (800 MHz and 2.6 GHz) which Ofcom says will help…

  • Scorsese meets Siri

    Scorsese meets Siri

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    Apple’s Siri helps Martin Scorsese manage his jam-packed schedule on the fly in the latest advert for the iPhone’s vocal assistant.

  • Jonathan Rhys Meyers to play Dracula in NBC/Sky co-production

    Jonathan Rhys Meyers to play Dracula in NBC/Sky co-production

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    Tudors and Bend It Like Beckham star Jonathan Rhys Meyers is to play Dracula in a new UK/US adaptation of Bram Stoker’s famous vampire novel. Produced by Carnival Films & Television (Downton Abbey) for NBC and Sky Living, Dracula is will be a “provocative” ten-part series and will begin production later this year. Additional casting…

  • Mac OS X Mountain Lion goes on sale today

    Mac OS X Mountain Lion goes on sale today

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    The latest version of Apple’s Mac OS X operating system for its MacBook, Mac Mini and iMac computers is now available from the Mac App Store. Named Mountain Lion, the update costs £13.99 in the UK and can be installed on up to five machines. Apple first unveiled Mountain Lion in February. New features include…

  • The best phones for reading

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    These days our mobile phones do so much more than just make phonecalls and text. From listening to music to watching videos and surfing the internet, our mobiles have become our favourite all purpose companions. Thus while some mobile phones were made for talking, others have been designed to make us suppose that they were…

  • Three: customers using more mobile data then 12 months ago

    Three: customers using more mobile data then 12 months ago

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    Three says monthly data use by its four million contract mobile phone customers has “more than doubled” in less than a year. On average contract customers used 1.1GB of data compared to just 450MB last summer. Three offers all you can eat data on all of its tariffs with prices on Pay As You Go…