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News There are also plans to expand Tesco Digital to TV, films and games in the near future. Tesco Digital will initially offer all of the tracks in Window Media format with around half (1.6 million) also available as MP3s. [15 Apr 2008]
BBC's Highfield hops off to Kangaroo
News BBC director of future media and technology, Ashley Highfield, is to leave the corporation to head up the Kangaroo online TV service. Highfield will become CEO of Kangaroo, which is a joint venture between BBC Worldwide, ITV and Channel 4 to create... [15 Apr 2008]
Coffee Republic to offer free wi-fi
News T is for TV Coffee Republic will become the first UK coffee chain to provide free wi-fi to customers when it launches the service across the majority of its UK chain from 1 May 2008. Wireless from A to Z [14 Apr 2008]
WiMax to pip LTE 3G at the post?
News T is for TV Teresa Kellett, director of global development for telco Sprint Nextel, said during a panel discussion at this week's WiMax Forum Asia 2008 that WiMax's first-mover advantage over the long-term evolution of 3G (LTE) may eventually help... [11 Apr 2008]
BBC iPlayer comes to the Wii
News The BBC has announced its iPlayer online TV catch-up service is being made available for the Nintendo Wii. Huggers said in a statement: "The BBC's catch-up TV service can now be accessed on an increasing number of different platforms - from the web... [10 Apr 2008]
'Super-3Gs' get connected via the Gobi
News T is for TV Gobi, which Qualcomm released in October 2007, is a chipset that allows travellers to connect to both High-Speed Packet Access (HSPA) and Evolution-Data Optimised (EV-DO) networks. Both are types of "super-3G", but are incompatible. [07 Apr 2008]
BBC hits back at ISPs over iPlayer usage
News Highfield claims broadband usage has "changed beyond recognition" since BBC iPlayer received its full launch on Christmas Day last year, contributing to a significant growth in people watching TV on the web. [04 Apr 2008]
Yahoo! to 'revolutionise' mobile search with OneSearch
News T is for TV Yahoo! announced upgrades to its Yahoo! OneSearch product at the CTIA trade show in Las Vegas yesterday, which it says make mobile search smarter, more relevant and easier to use with voice-activation technology. [03 Apr 2008]
Facebook for BlackBerry racks up a million hits
News Cheat Sheets Cheat Sheet: Google Android Cheat Sheet: Mobile TV Cheat Sheet: Galileo Video Cheat Sheet: Femtocells BlackBerry users have racked up more than one million downloads of a Facebook app in the five... [02 Apr 2008]
The high-tech road to happiness
News In addition, the HA is opening up its network of traffic cameras - still images from 1,200 cameras are available on the HA website and on partner websites and streamed images from the cameras will soon be used in TV travel bulletins. [01 Apr 2008]
Dongle mania to kill off wi-fi hotspots?
News T is for TV The Infonetics Research Mobility: Broadband, Phones, Subscribers and Services report predicts the mobile data card market will be worth $2.9bn by 2011, after nearly quadrupling in size between 2007 and 2011. [28 Mar 2008]
High speed TGV trains get online
News T is for TV Passengers on select high-speed TGV trains in France travelling eastbound from Paris at speeds of up to 320kmph can enjoy a fledgling wi-fi service for free - but don't expect the free connectivity lunch to last. [26 Mar 2008]
In-flight mobile gets Ofcom thumbs up
News T is for TV Wireless from A to Z Click on the links below to find out more… A is for Antivirus B is for Bluetooth C is for The Cloud D is for dotMobi E is for Email F is for FMC G is for GPS H is for HSDPA [26 Mar 2008]
Comcast and Time Warner to invest in 4G…
News T is for TV Cable operators have been eating away at phone companies' traditional phone businesses, and phone companies are starting to make inroads in certain markets with their TV services. The cable companies had hoped they could integrate... [26 Mar 2008]
Google pledges 'wi-fi on steroids'
News That portion of the TV band is highly prized because it can propagate long distances and through obstacles. The company, joined by other heavyweights like Microsoft and Dell, has long been lobbying for the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to... [25 Mar 2008]
