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Apple recycling program comes to UK, France and Germany
Apple’s green quotient is touching new heights with its recently announced recycling program for iPads and iPhones in the UK, France, and Germany. The program allows owners to send their older-model iOS devices to Apple and receive an Apple gift card for the remaining value of the device. This gift card scheme is for the…
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This time, Android causes British Telecom to sue Google
Sooner or later there’s some point that will be reached, where Google will be done and out with all the suing they’re going through. Apple has plainly assaulted their ally Samsung all over the world and now it’s British Telecom that has launched a fresh attack on Android. It seems that Google has ‘breached some…
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Acer Liquid Express phone adds NFC, to come to UK with T-Mobile
Acer is rolling in their next big phone. The liquid Express will run Android 2.3 Gingerbread and will add support for NFC. It will come with a Qualcomm 800MHz 7227 processor, a 5-megapixel camera, a 3.5-inch HVGA display screen, and the slide and soft touch that other Liquid series phones brag about. Good looks are…
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Starbucks UK accepts payments on iPhone/iPod
Back in 2008 we heard about how Starbucks made ordering a delicacy convenient by bringing it to your favorite phone. Now, that capability has taken a forward step and we see the elaborate payment facility reduced to a one-stop-shop solution. You have to be in the UK to avail of this service though. Now your…
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Samsung Galaxy Nexus hits UK store shelves
Samsung’s latest flagship smartphone, the Galaxy Nexus, finally hit store shelves in the United Kingdom today. The first Ice Cream Sandwich phone by Samsung as well as Google, the phone will first begin selling at Phones4u at Oxford Street, London, with the first 100 customers being given a 250GBP voucher for movies, music and content…
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BlackBerry Torch 9810 to sell at Three UK
The fascinating BlackBerry Torch 9810 comes with a bevy of good things for RIM loyalists to look forward to. Above all, it packs some scope for better reach and enhanced features that would put it above contemporary RIM offerings, under the Torch line. The features include a 1.2GHz processor, 768MB RAM, 8GB internal memory (expandable…
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Culture Minister Ed Vaizey dreams of setting up gaming room in British Parliament
Politics ain’t all that much fun. Sure you have a ton of power in your hands and loads of cash on your lap, but then again, Members of Parliament too require their hours of leisure and gaming, or so thinks U.K. Culture Minister Ed Vaizey. According to Vaizey, a gaming room in the British Parliament…
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Samsung W will arrive in the UK in September
No gives a horse’s toe-nail for all the fuss made behind the trouble that Apple is ensuing on Samsung’s stronghold trio. The UK will be more than happy to embrace the arrival of the brilliant new Samsung W. What users can look forward to is a highly-efficient 1.4GHz processor, Android 2.3 Gingerbread, a 3.7-inch WVGA…
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Social networking websites meet London officials, action plan against rioters expected
After the recent riots in London, the world realized just how much of a catalyst social networking sites can be when it comes to a bunch of angry teenagers waiting to pour out into city streets and loot every nook and cranny of a place they once lovingly called home. Officials have set up a…
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British Airways gives staff iPad 2 tablets for better in-flight hospitality
Looks like British Airways have joined in Apple’s bunch of fan boys. The airline company is giving away iPad 2 to its in-flight crew to help them deal with passengers after they board the flight. As much as 120 tablets have been already dished out with over 1,800 more to go for the senior crews…
