Apple is the leading consumer cloud storage provider, beating out Dropbox, Amazon and Google according to a new survey. The survey of 2,300 consumers who regularly use the Internet was conducted in October by research firm Strategy ...
Tags: Computer Products, software, smart phone, apple
Broadband speeds across the United Kingdom are on the up, according to the industry's watchdog. Back in November 2008 the average speed of the country's broadband was a sluggish 3.6Mbit/s, now five years on this has rocketed to 12Mbit/s. ...
If you've ever wondered why Netflix movies look better at your friend's house than in your own living room, Netflix has launched a new website that compares Internet speeds from various broadband providers. To find out how well—or ...
Tags: Netflix, ISP Speed Index, Broadband
Etisalat and Alcatel-Lucent today signed a joint agreement to extend Etisalat’s long-term evolution (LTE) coverage across its footprint, including a new partnership in Sri Lanka. By deploying Alcatel-Lucent’s lightRadio ...
Tags: Etisalat, Alcatel-Lucent, LTE coverage
The Lumia 520 is Nokia’s most affordable Windows Phone 8 smartphone to date Nokia today unveiled a new range of smartphones at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona and announced plans to extend the innovations to more markets. First ...
Tags: Nokia, Smartphones, Lumia 520
CBR rounds up expert comments on the 4G auction winner announcement and what this means for the future of mobile broadband in the UK. Gary Marven, CEO of MLL Telecom As a UK focused telecoms operator and existing spectrum owner we are ...
UNTIL recently, you had to lay category 6 ethernet cable to achieve lightning gigabit speeds across a home network. The new 802.11ac standard for home WiFi aims to offer gigabit speeds across your home network wirelessly without cabling. ...
Tags: cable, home network, WiFi
Norwegian web browser provider Opera Software has announced its acquisition of California-based mobile video optimisation provider Skyfire Labs in a deal that could be worth up to $155m (£100m). The move comes after Opera revealed ...
Tags: Opera Software, web browser, acquisition, mobile video
Intel is set to launch a web-based video streaming service this year, as the chipmaker attempts to find new means of making profit in the face of declining PC sales. The world's largest computer chip manufacturer has felt the force of a ...
Tags: Intel, web-based video, PC sales
Computerworld - Booming sales of tablets, smartphones and solid-state drives (SSDs) are taking a toll on hard-disk drive (HDD) sales, revenue from which is expected to drop by about 12% this year. According to a market report from ...
Apple TV was until now considered a "hobby," by Apple's own admission, but the product has taken on more importance for CEO Tim Cook. Shipments for the Apple TV video-streaming box totaled 2 million units during the first quarter of 2013, ...
Microsoft continues to expand its cloud offerings with the general availability of Windows Azure Media Services, which lets enterprises skip building their own infrastructure for streaming on-demand video. The service, released Tuesday, ...
Tags: Microsoft, cloud offerings, Windows Azure Media Services
Ofcom has announced that the first round of bidding for 4G spectrum has begun and expects operators to rollout services by this spring. CBR rounds of expert opinions on the auction, 4G services and the transition from 3G to LTE. Lyn ...
Tags: Ofcom, 4G spectrum, 4G services
Samsung has come out with an eight core big.LITTLE IC which uses four Cortex A7 cores and four Cortex A15 cores. The A7s handle texting, phone calls, playing music and other relatively lightweight tasks, while the A15s handle the ...
Tags: Samsung, eight core, Exynos 5 Octa, Cortex A15, Cortex A7
New 802.11ac routers launching at International CES promise users gigabit-speeds and better performance when streaming video. Since last year's CES, 802.11ac -- which is the latest in IEEE's family of WLAN standards -- has gone from a new ...
Tags: 802.11ac routers, CES, streaming video