All Posts Tagged With: "UK"
BT Fon Launched: The World’s Largest Wi-Fi Community
Ever since BT invested in Fon, I’ve been on the lookout for the launch of a joint BT/Fon service in the UK, and as expected, word of the launch of ‘BT Fon‘ , creating the world’s largest Wi-Fi community, has just hit the wires.
The partnership between BT and Fon is very ingenious, bringing together BT’s [...]
Halo 3 Mania Is Almost Upon Us UK Edition
As promised yesterday I’ll tell you what to expect from Microsoft’s $10 million Halo 3 marketing campaign in Europe. About 800 Americans have already tried Halo 3 on a towering IMAX theater screen in either San Francisco or New York. Now you have a chance to try that too.
Microsoft is flying over rapper and producer [...]
Argos Caught Selling Halo 3 Games Early
Some clever UK gamers have managed to get their hands on copies of Halo 3 early, exploiting poor controls at Argos.
In order to receive a copy early, gamers placed an order on the Argos website, but opted for in-store pickup. Because Argos have an automatic stock picking process in their stores, gamers were able [...]
eDealsUK - Get Cashback When You Shop Online
I’ve been amazed that nobody seems to have really developed a good online loyalty scheme. Over the years there have been a few failed attempts, but no-one ever seems to have cracked it.
Although eDealsUK who have ordered this review, doesn’t strictly run a loyalty scheme, I think it offers the next best thing, which [...]
UK Armed Forces Banned From Playing Halo 3!
I spotted a story on the BlogHerald that made me smile at the weekend. The Ministry of Defence in the UK just banned military personnel from any online activity that would allow them to air their views. Blogging of course is now banners, but so are any services that allow them to post [...]
14Aug2007 | Everton | 3 comments | Continued
Brits Leading The Way With Illegal Music Downloads
Entertainment Media Research and legal firm Olswang have just conducted the fourth annual Digital Music Survey, and the results back up what we are seeing at my ISP, that British internet users are downloading more and more music and videos.
The survey found that 43% of those questioned admitted to downloading music for free from BitTorrent, [...]
2% Of UK Population Registering With Facebook Every Week
Facebook is slowly taking over the UK. Over 150K people are registering with Facebook every day - that’s 2% of the population every week!
It’s hard to have a conversation for more than 30 minutes in the UK now where Facebook isn’t mentioned at least once. It’s not even just my colleagues (I [...]
Happy 25th Birthday This Week For High Definition TV
TechDigest have picked up that European High Definition TV celebrates its birthday this week. 25 years ago the first HDTV demonstrations were given to the European Broadcasting Union in Killarney, Ireland.
28Jun2007 | Everton | 1 comment | Continued
Young Brits Would Rather Give Up Sex Than Their Mobile Phones
British people are known for being a bit weird, which is proven by a recent survey by Carphone Warehouse. In the survey, most respondents aged between 16 and 24 would rater give up alcohol, chocolate, sex, tea or coffer than live without their mobile phone for a month.
26Jun2007 | Everton | 10 comments | Continued
Manhunt 2 First Game To Be Banned In UK For 10 Years
Manhunt 2 has become the first video game to be banned in the UK since Camageddonwas banned 10 years ago. The original Manhunt was linked to the death of a 14 year-old boy. According to the sensors the game has been banned because The sequel has been banned because:
“Manhunt 2 is distinguishable from [...]
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