New Honda ad that jumps out of the screen and on to your iPhone
Debuts on ITV on 1 Feb
Honda, always one for breaking the mould when it comes to TV adverts in the UK is attempting another UK first – an advert that requires you to download an app prior to the airing to get the most out of it.
Created to celebrate the launch of the new Honda [...]
Virgin Media XL broadband boosted to 30Mb
Speeds up 50 per cent
Virgin Media XL broadband customers, hold on to your mouses (yeah we said mouses, not mice), as you’re in store for a 10Mb speed boost – taking your speed up to 30Mb.
The upgrade, which won’t add a penny to the monthly cost, will cost you ?30 in an upgrade fee however, [...]
VIDEO: RIM shows PlayBook for business too
Shows pairing with BlackBerry Torch
Research in Motion has posted a video to YouTube showing how the new PlayBook tablet will talk to BlackBerry smartphones showing that it’s not all about watching videos or surfing the web.
The new video features a PlayBook and BlackBerry Torch and how users, once the two are connected, will be able [...]
Sandy Bridge flaw likely to delay that new PC you want
And cost Intel $1bn
Intel has halted shipments of its new Sandy Bridge processors launched at the beginning of January after finding faults found in way the chipsets are made meaning the new PC you’ve been looking forward to getting in the next couple of weeks is likely to be delayed until April.
“As part of on [...]
Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo: The latest MWC rumour
Will there be any announcements left?
Sony Ericsson will launch the Sony Ericsson Neo at Mobile World Congress (MWC) according to unnamed sources cited on the Internet.?
Sony Ericsson rumours and ?previews? of unannounced handsets are continuing apace it seems with yet more confirmation of what we kind of already know – that new handsets would be [...]
HTC Desire HD in Black coming to Orange
Black is the new white
Orange is offering the HTC Desire HD exclusively in black the operator has confirmed for those looking for a phone that will go?deliciously?with their black tie.?
The phone, which is expected to be available “soon” is currently available for pre-order on the carriers site in the UK.
“Class and clarity – just two [...]
Facebook to launch third-party comments system
Wants control of other sites comments system
Facebook is about to launch a comment system for third party sites that would take on services like Disqus and proprietary systems multiple sources are confirming.
The news, which has leaked out on Monday could mean that Facebook would allow sites like Pocket-lint to feature a Facebook run comments system [...]
The Hilarious Everything Bagel
Kottke at his best.
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Windows Mobile 6 Beats Windows Phone 7 in Initial Quarter
Todd Bishop:
In a surprise twist, smartphones running Microsoft’s old mobile
operating system grabbed more market share than new Windows Phone
7 devices did in the U.S. in the fourth quarter, according to data
released by the NPD Group research firm this morning. Devices
running the legacy Windows Mobile registered 4 percent of the U.S.
consumer market in the quarter, down [...]
John Barry, RIP
Barry scored, composed, and conducted the music for most of the early James Bond films. It’s impossible to imagine James Bond without Barry’s music, but apparently it almost happened:
Shortly after this Barry would receive the fateful phone call from
Bond producer Harry Saltzman. “I got a phone call from Harry,”
recalled Barry in a 2006 article in [...]
