Tag: trial
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Spotify Wishes A Merry Music-Filled Christmas With Free Premium Trial!
Closing an incredible run for Spotify in 2011, including a lucrative partnership with social site Facebook, the streaming music co. is offering a little festive treat to new and existing listeners in the UK by giving us a free trial of the Premium service, bucking the 12 days of Christmas trend and giving us a…
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New Look BBC Homepage Breaks Out of Beta – Live Now!
Back in September the Beeb launched its refreshed website homepage as a Beta test and it seems that Auntie is very pleased with its progress. Pleased enough with the increased traffic to the site since then that she’s decided to unscrew the stabilizers and let the broadcasting corporation’s new online interface go official! James Thornett,…
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O2 starting 4G LTE mobile broadband tests in London today
The U.S. have been enjoying superfast 4G mobile broadband for some time now, though it looks as though the UK’s turn is approaching, as mobile network O2 start trialling the service in London today. Around one thousand O2 customers, businesses and venues will be kitted out with future tech which will give them advanced 4G…
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BT begins first UK 4G trials in the South West of England
Idyllic Cornwall is the setting for BT’s opening live trials for 4G LTE mobile standards ahead of the auction which will kick start after a little delay in 2012. British Telecom has teamed up with Everything Everywhere, the collective name of T-Mobile and Orange UK networks to test the next generation communications in St. Newlin…
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Spotify Axes ‘Open’ Service, Provides 6 Months Unlimited Listening to All
Spotify has announced that it will be axing the ‘Open’ service that it has been running for some time now, instead replacing it with 6 months of unlimited music streaming for new users. From now on, if you sign up to a new Spotify account, you’ll be given 6 months of ad-supported yet unlimited music…
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iPad 2 to Become the In-Flight Entertainment on Qantas Airways Flights
Australian flight operator Qantas Airways has decided to embrace the digital age and begin offering the Apple iPad 2 as a method of in-flight entertainment on their planes. The pilot scheme (pardon the pun) will put a customised iPad 2 into the hands of every passenger, giving access to movies which can be streamed over…
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First ever 4G network trial for customers starts in the UK
Everything Everywhere and BT have teamed up and announced that they will be carrying out the UK’s first ever trial of 4G LTE mobile broadband speeds for customers. LTE, which stands for Long Term Evolution, is the next generation of mobile internet speeds. Faster than the existing “3G” signal, it is classed as “4G” and…
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Limewire trial ends with $105m payout to RIAA
No pun intended, but this is a bitter end to probably the second most famous, and certainly one of the longest running file sharing and hosting court proceedings ever, after The Pirate Bay trial. Limewire submitted to the cruelty and persecution of the court’s ruthless charter of no-mercy-for-hosting-sites in late 2010, a precedent that completely…
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Windows 8 “app store” – Further proof? Concept mirrors Apple store
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Further proof may have emerged of a Windows 8 app store after a code check obtained references relating to what closely resembles Apple’s own one-stop app-shop. Reports and graphics released by Windows8Italia contain details of a Microsoft version of the app store (name not final, hold back those lawyers Apple!). The store is set to…
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Carphone Warehouse begin trialling unlimited Mobile Broadband
Mobile Phone retailer Carphone Warehouse has begun trialling ‘Unlimited Mobile Broadband’ packages on their own Talkmobile network. Talkmobile is Carphone Warehouse’s own network, which is a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO), ‘Piggybacking’ on the Vodafone network. Customers who sign up to the trial with Talkmobile will receive unlimited internet access for their smartphones, on a…