Author: Ashley Norris

Oasis coming to Spotify very soon

Last month it was Pink Floyd, Now it seems like Oasis are set to be the latest Spotify refuse-niks to add their catalogue to the music streaming service. There's no news when yet, but the band's management Ignition, says it is all a matter of timing. Oddly both Noel and Liam's post Oasis albums are…

Nokia drops budget chocolate bar mobiles – the 207 and 208

If you pine for those days when a mobile phone battery could last a day or so without a recharge then there's some good news for you. Nokia today unleashed a trio of new mobiles which have battery life of, wait for it, 33 days on standby. Nokia 207 and Nokia 208 are non-touch screen…

Is programming your Sky/Virgin Media box by Twitter on its way?

Here's an interesting innovation that comes from Sky in Brazil but you can bet that it will happen here soon. The company has developed a new service for subscribers that enables people to make timed recording on its service using Twitter. The Sky customer registers their Twitter username on the Sky site, it is then…

EE first to offer pay-as-you-go 4G and doubles 4G speeds in 12 cities

In a major revamp of its 4G strategy EE has today announced that it is doubling the speeds of its 4G network. It has also become the first UK network to offer pay as you go 4G tariffs. The new speeds will go live in 12 cities tomorrow bringing EE's average 4G network to between…

BlackBerry and Nokia struggle, but Sony smartphones fly. Is it all about Android?

At the end of last week several companies among them BlackBerry and Nokia posted their latest financial figures. And they make pretty grim reading. For BlackBerry its first quarter 2013 results show that it has shed four million net subscribers with shipments at the same level they were in early 2009. Admittedly though this source…

Glastonbury shock! Mumford and Sons more popular than The Rolling Stones!

So who was the most popular act at the Glastonbury festival this year? Well it has to be The Stones right whose Saturday night performance was the festival's biggest, and some have said best, gigs ever. However when it comes to Twitter the Stones actually ran out in second place. According to research undertaken by…

Vote – do you care that Apple pays no corporation tax in the UK?

Everywhere I look I see people using Apple products. They are making calls on iPhones, using iPads on the bus to read books, and then in the office there's a Macbook or two. You would have thought that the UK government would be earning a huge wodge of tax from Apple on all the products…

Pink gadgets are back! Here's the evidence

Round about five years ago the stores were awash with gadgets in all manner of pink. Pretty much every consumer electronics maker had a selection of phones, music players and more in salmon, fuchsia, coral or just shockingly loud. But then along came the iPhone and the market for girly pink gadgets seem to die…

Quickie guide to Apple iPad mini cases

Here's a round up of some of the latest Apple iPad mini cases. Includes cases from fashion houses alongside smart models that incorporate Bluetooth keyboards and more.