All in all, it’s been a pretty good weekend in the UK. YouTube movie rental service is finally here and now Starbucks has extended its free Wi-Fi service. The world’s most famous coffeehouse chain tweeted, “All our customers can access Free Wi-Fi at hundreds of Starbucks locations throughout the UK. Just click ‘Connect’ and enjoy!” [...]

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Following closely in the footsteps of Orange, Three is due to release contract-binded iPads with WiFi and 3G to those who aren’t a fan of paying full price for the tablet. Although iPad prices are very similar throughout with the 24 month contract deal, Three has a notably larger monthly data allowance than Orange, offering 15GB [...]

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Skype have today debuted a fully working Android app. The video calling company are now offering their services on mobile devices with no Verizon limitations. Android Police have reported that the app currently only works through WiFi unfortunately (as opposed to your mobile’s data connection), although this could easily change in the future. The press [...]

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Apple has announced that the WiFi iPad will be launching in China this Friday the 17th September. The iPad will go on sale at 10am in Apple retail stores and authorized resellers. All three WiFi models will be made available starting at the lowest end which is the 16GB version. This model will cost CNY3988 [...]

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Vodafone is following closely behind 3’s example of how WiFi for mobile phones should be done by releasing its own portable wireless hotspot. Vodafone’s mobile WiFi, made by MiFi creator Huawei, is very similar to 3’s device which was released not too long ago. The portable wireless access point that can have five devices connected [...]

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What are Google and their street view cars like? Don’t get me wrong I think Google’s street view is a fantastic tool. You drop the little green man onto the map and you can wander around the streets as if you were there. Want to see what your friends new flat looks like? You can. [...]

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Starbucks UK is now offering free in-store Wifi to its customers, providing you are a member of their Starbucks Card Rewards programme.

The free Internet access has come about because of a new agreement between Starbucks and BT to deliver BT Openzone high-speed wireless broadband at more than 650 Wi-Fi enabled Starbucks coffeehouses throughout the UK and Ireland.

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Apple has launched the 2TB version of its wireless network backup solution Time Capsule. At the same time it has lowered the price of its 1TB model. As well as being a wireless backup device, the Time Capsule is also a full-featured 802.11n Wi-Fi base station. And now it operates in 2.4GHz and 5GHz bands simultaneously.

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