Mobility

Confirmed: Microsoft Buys Skype For £5bn

Skype will go to Microsoft for a price of around $13 per registered user, the company has confirmed

14 years ago

Gov’t Warns Of Climate Change Threat To Wi-Fi

Intense rainfall or high temperatures disrupt Wi-Fi networks, leading to a communications breakdown

14 years ago

HTC ChaCha And Salsa Available For Pre-order

HTC will start shipping its ChaCha and Salsa handsets to the UK at the end of next month, according to…

14 years ago

Windows Phone Mango Update Adds Bing features

Windows Phone's "Mango" update will offer Bing Audio, augmented reality, text dictation and audio navigation

14 years ago

Microsoft Rumoured To Buy Skype For $7.5bn

Microsoft is said to be close to a deal to buy VoIP service Skype, in what would be its biggest-ever…

14 years ago

Google Adds Search History, Notes To Goggles

With Goggles 1.4 for Android Google has added search history, note-taking and better business card recognition

14 years ago

Apple iOS Adds Amazon Cloud Player Support

iOS devices now support Amazon's cloud music service, amid rumours that Apple is to launch its own 'iCloud'

14 years ago

Samsung, HTC Double Market Share With Android

Google's Android has helped companies such as Samsung and HTC challenge Apple's iPhone

14 years ago

Huawei Lands Major Everything Everywhere Deal

Huawei has signed a major deal with Everything Everywhere to upgrade its 2G mobile infrastructure

14 years ago

Nokia Retains Smartphone Lead, Says IDC

Nokia is clinging to its leading position in the smartphone market in the face of stiff competition, says IDC

14 years ago

Vodafone Launches Free Texted Donation Service

Charities across the UK are expected to see more donations pouring in from SMS-borne charity donation services

14 years ago

Universal Charging Standard To Include Tablets, Cameras

The ITU has updated its standard for a universal charging solution but it looks like it's different from the EU…

14 years ago

Bendable e-Paper Smartphone Unveiled By Boffins

Bothered by carrying a bulky mobile handset? How about using one made out of paper instead?

14 years ago

TalkTalk To Offer Network-Level Child Protection

TalkTalk's new HomeSafe security feature offers parental controls for all devices connected the network

14 years ago

Engineers Develop Voice-Powered Phone Charging

Engineers in South Korea are investigating a new way to charge mobile phones, using the human voice

14 years ago

Nokia 3D Phone And Windows 8 Tablet Rumours

Rumours build around a 2009 Nokia patent for a 3D, dual-screen phone and a Nokia Windows 8 tablet

14 years ago

iOS Update: Apple Doesn’t Care Where You Are

The latest iOS update from Apple reduces the location cache. Now it’s time for Google to do the same for…

14 years ago

SMBs Look To Gain the Most From Unified Comms

The recession prompted businesses to cut costs and respond faster with unified communications, says Vodafone's Tom Craig

14 years ago

Apple Will Drop Intel For ARM In Laptops: Rumour

In the next three years, Apple plans to switch its desktops and laptops to ARM, a report claims

14 years ago

TalkTalk Paralysed By Network Failure

UK's third largest internet service provider TalkTalk went silent with a network failure this morning

14 years ago

Anonymous Denies Responsibility for Playstation Hack

Sony blamed Anonymous for the Playstation cyber attack - but the group says it was not involved

14 years ago

Google Earth 2.0 Flies Onto Honeycomb Tablets

An update to the Google Earth app takes Android Honeycomb tablet users on a virtual tour

14 years ago

Virgin Media Hits Back At CWU Over Call Centre Closure

The CWU has labelled Virgin Media's winding down of a call centre as a 'disaster' for Trowbridge in Wiltshire

14 years ago

Microsoft-RIM Buyout: Messy, Problematic, Costly

Microsoft acquiring RIM rumours rear-up periodically but raise too many questions to address in real-world terms, says Nicholas Kolakowski

14 years ago

ARM Will Grab More Of The PC Chip Market In 2015: IDC

ARM, a relative minnow in the PC chip space dominated by Intel, may see its share grow to 13 percent…

14 years ago

Microsoft Warns Over Unofficial Windows Phone Updater

WP7 users utilising an unofficial update tool will be blocked from future updates, Microsoft has warned

14 years ago

Barnes and Noble Readies Nook Replacement

Barnes and Noble are to take the wraps off its new e-reader device later this month according to a SEC…

14 years ago

Facebook, Google Rumoured To Partner With Skype

Facebook and Google are competing for a tie-up with VoIP giant Skype, rumours have revealed

14 years ago

Major UK Operators Grab BlackBerry Bold Touch 9900

UK carriers Vodafone, O2 and 3 are poised to stock RIM's newest touchscreen smartphone

14 years ago

Intel Says 3D Chips Will Be In Phones This Year

Intel's Tri-Gate 3D technology will cut power and boost performance of devices using 22-nm Ivy Bridge chips

14 years ago