Tag: standard
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Hearthstone Ranked Changes Review
Here we are again. The first season of the new system in Hearthstone is now over, and players have already opened their ranked rewards. We have all had C’thun drop onto our heads at least once and stacked up another loss. I mean, am I wrong here? It seems that every other Hearthstone deck is […]
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Microsoft Adopts Cloud Privacy Standard
Microsoft have laid down a policy for their cloud network which they hope will make it easier for users to trust them when they upload their personal files to online services from the company. An atmosphere of mistrust is floating around technology and online services with regard to personal information of late, as big tech and […]
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HTML5 Now YouTube Default Video Format
HTML5 has been around for a while now – the new webpage markup language has been making things easier online since early 2010 when Steve Jobs proclaimed that the method’s main competitor, Adobe Flash, would be rendered obsolete by the comparatively free and open HTML5. Following the media attention around HTML5 in 2010, companies and […]
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4K TV May be as Common as HDTV by 2015
If you’ve been waiting too long for 4K TV channels to arrive in the UK, then worry not as a new Ultra HD TV broadcast specification has just been approved for use in Europe by the DVB Steering Board. The new DVB-UHDTV Phase 1 specification means over the air transmissions of content in 3840×2160 resolution […]
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BBC, Sky & Virgin Shaping Up For London 2012 Olympics in 3D
Olympic fever is about to kick off ahead of this year’s summer games which will take place in London for the first time since 1948. The events will be shown on BBC in both the standard and high definition television formats – as well as broadcasting for those lucky enough to own 3D sets. Subscription […]
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BBC, Sky & Virgin Shaping Up For London 2012 Olympics in 3D
Olympic fever is about to kick off ahead of this year’s summer games which will take place in London for the first time since 1948. The events will be shown on BBC in both the standard and high definition television formats – as well as broadcasting for those lucky enough to own 3D sets. Subscription […]
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Jargon Busted: What is DLNA?
As technology advances we’ve noticed a growing trend with manufacturers advertising their wares with an endless list of features, most of which are usually abbreviations, which make it even trickier to understand what the product actually does: HSDPA, Wi-Fi, LED, NFC – the list goes on. Our Jargon Busted feature aims to break down the […]
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Ofcom Delays Decision to Allow Everything Everywhere Early Access to 4G Testing
After opposition from UK networks including Vodafone, O2 and Three, Ofcom has held back on its decision to allow Orange and T-Mobile parent company Everything Everywhere early access and testing of the 4G mobile data network. Back in February, Everything Everywhere proudly announced it would get first dibs on the lucrative 1800MHz 4G spectrum and […]
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Apple & European Telecoms to Bring in Nano SIM as New Mobile Standard
What’s smaller than a micro SIM? Try a Nano Sim. That’s what the European Telecommunications Standard Institute, a collective of telecom operators, is looking to introduce following a vote next week. No surprises who’s on the board. Yep, it’s Apple – the company that introduced the world to the previously downsized Micro SIM which threw […]
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Apple & European Telecoms to Bring in Nano SIM as New Mobile Standard
What’s smaller than a micro SIM? Try a Nano Sim. That’s what the European Telecommunications Standard Institute, a collective of telecom operators, is looking to introduce following a vote next week. No surprises who’s on the board. Yep, it’s Apple – the company that introduced the world to the previously downsized Micro SIM which threw […]
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Bluetooth Approved Nokia Lumia 719 Windows Phone Appears in “Leaked” Photo
Allegedly this “leaked shot” is our first sneak peak at the upcoming Nokia Lumia 719 – a future member of Nokia’s Windows Phone 7 club, which has been recently spoken of and has been passed for approval with Bluetooth by meeting the criteria to support the mobile connectivity standard. Claimed to be a budget range […]
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Stone Cold Steve Austin vs Kyocera DuraMax Mobile Phone – Who’s Tougher?
Double-hard former Pro Wrestler “Stone Cold” Steve Austin appears in a new video promoting the durability of a new mobile phone from Sanyo associate company Kyocera International – And yes, we did have to Google them to discover that the communications and wireless device maker is based in San Diego, USA and its latest upcoming […]