There have been a number of stories in the press recently that highlight an issue where children in particular have inadvertently generated high bills through Apple’s iTunes store whilst playing games on iPads or iPhones.
If you are concerned about your children making in-app purchases, then here is how to stop them.
Smartphones will make up more than half of all mobile phones shipped worldwide by the end of Quarter 1 this year.
Data from the 4th quarter of 2012 shows that smartphones shipments hit a record high of 44% of the overall mobile phone market of 472 million. With smartphone numbers growing by almost 40% year on year every quarter, while shipments of feature phones dropped by around 20% in the same period, this would put smartphones ahead of feature phones shipments (at 286 million vs. 211 million) during the first quarter of 2013.
A new version of the BlackBerry PlayBook™ OS has been realesed; v2.0.1.1314 for the Wi-Fi only models. Continue reading
How to find the IMEI number
iPhone 5
The IMEI number is engraved in the back of the device, near the bottom.
iPhone 3G, 3GS, 4 and 4S
The IMEI is printed on the SIM tray. You will need the SIM tray removal device that came with the iPhone to access.
The latest version of Apple’s music player and device management platform has been finally released. Although announced back in September, is was delayed due to needing to ensure it was fully tested. Continue reading
What does it look like?
It has aluminium back and comes in either white and silver or black and slate models. It measures 20cm x 13.5cm, but it’s extremely thin at just 0.7cm – and weighs 308g, making it the lightest in its field. This means it can be held comfortably with one hand Continue reading
Tonight is the night the UK finally bids farewell to the televisual institution that is Ceefax. For the past 38 years we have been praised by its stunning block graphics delivering us the very latest news and views from around the world.
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Surrey University has won £11.6m in government cash, and £24m from the industry, to fund the development of next-generation of mobile telecoms in a new 5G Innovation Centre. Continue reading
O2 has announced it will stop using Ericsson’s Central User Database, blaming the solution for recent network outages. Continue reading
Huawei on Tuesday urged the telecoms industry to foster a spirit of cooperation in order to make network rollout more economically viable.
″Who can afford to build a network?″ asked Kevin Tao, president of Huawei in Western Europe, taking the stage at Broadband World Forum 2012.
