Tag: london
Free for all London Underground Wi-Fi from Virgin Media ends on Tuesday
Reading this post while waiting for the Tube on London's Underground, connected to Virgin Media's Wi-Fi network? Enjoy it while you can; from Tuesday, the free-for-all service goes premium. Virgin Media will end the free service next week for all…
Virgin Media's London Underground Wi-Fi network now live
London's commuters took one important step closer to getting underground Wi-Fi access today, with Virgin Media's new London Underground Wi-Fi service delivering the first tweet from the iconic tube system. BBC journalist Rory Cellan-Jones had the privilege of sending the…
BlackBerry 10 Dev Alpha phone reveals further BB10 devices
After a run of bad luck for the BlackBerry brand, things look to be brightening up for RIM. A positive response to the BlackBerry World 2012 showcase showed promise of a better year ahead, while the release of an Alpha…
London to become giant O2 Wi-Fi zone in time for Olympics
O2 have announced plans to turn the UK capital London into Europe's largest free Wi-Fi zone, just in time for the 2012 Olympics. Hitting the areas of Chelsea, Kensington and Westminster first, O2 will be using existing street items…
Boris Johnson reveals the greenest red London Bus ever
London's latest double decker bus has hit the streets of the UK capital for the first time, after first being revealed back in November 2010. Described as a true "21st century bus" and the "most environmentally friendly of its…
London Apple store in smash-and-grab motorcycle raid
The Apple store located in London's Covent Garden area was the target of a smash-and-grab raid in the early hours of this morning, leading to two arrests. Police were called at 1am on Monday morning after one of the store's…
Tweeting for gold: 2012 Olympic Twitter Stadium opens
The 2012 London Olympic Games are nearly upon us! In just under a year's time the game's opening ceremony will kick off proceedings, with the world's most elite athletes decending on the capital, sights set on the gold. To…
VIDEO: Globetrotting Modern Warfare 3 to blow-up New York, London, Paris
Activision have revealed the first in-game footage from Modern Warfare 3, the latest instalment in the most popular first-person shooter series of all time. Rather than focussing on Middle-Eastern conflicts or covert ops in the Balkans, Modern Warfare 3…
Microsoft pledges to train 1,000 UK apprentices
1,000 UK apprenticeships will be created over the next three years, Microsoft has announced. The news comes as London mayor Boris Johnson and Business Secretary Vince Cable launched National Apprenticeship Week in the City, and have called on big…
VIDEO PREVIEW: Nokia C7 smartphone
Squeezing in between the C6 and N8 Nokia smartphones is the newly announced C7 handset. Packing in an 8MP camera, 720p HD recording abilities and the Symbian ^3 platform, it also has a 3.5 inch AMOLED touchscreen, as well…
