Tag: Olympics
Google celebrate Olympics with London 2012 Doodle
Google have marked the opening day of the London 2012 Olympics this morning with a sport themed Google Doodle on their landing page. It's become something of a tradition for Google to mark key birthdays or world events with a…
TECH PENTATHLON: Five Of The Best Olympic Apps
Day three of the Tech Digest Tech Pentathlon! To celebrate the start of the London 2012 Olympic Games, we've been pulling together our top tech tips to help you get the most out of the games. We've already showed you…
TECH PENTATHLON: How to work from home during the London 2012 Olympic Games
Forget the naysayers; the London 2012 Olympic Games are going to be great. Sure, it's been expensive, and some of the organisational stuff has been fluffed slightly, but it's gonna be a hell of a show, with the world's greatest…
Acer's Olympic edition Iconia A510 tablet comes with EuroSport Player app installed
Struggle to get hold of any Olympic tickets? You wouldn't be the only one. But that doesn't mean you can't enjoy all the action from the 2012 London game. Acer have just revealed their limited edition Olympic-branded Iconia A510 tablet…
Facebook: Explore London 2012 page is the ultimate Olympics hub
The summer of sport is well and truly upon us and to give fans access to the latest news about their favourite athletes and sports, Facebook has launched the Explore London 2012 page, kinda like a big hub full…
Here are the 80 London Underground stations getting Wi-Fi
Yesterday we saw the first ever tweet to be sent from Virgin Media's newly installed London Underground Wi-Fi system, and now we have a list of the initial 80 stations that are lined-up to see the service go live this…
Olympic diving hopeful Tom Daley gets his own iOS gaming app
Team GB Olympic diving hopeful Tom Daley has put his name to a nifty new iPhone/iPad game called Tom Daley Dive 2012. A little like a swan-diving take on PaRappa the Rapper, you're tasked with racking up straight ten scores…
Samsung Galaxy S3 is the official phone of London 2012 Olympics
The Samsung Galaxy S3 handset will be the official phone of the London 2012 Olympics, sponsors Visa and Samsung have confirmed. A limited edition version of the smartphone will be prepared especially for the games, and will include Visa Europe's…
Super big, super hi-def screens coming for 2012 Olympic Games public screenings
Didn't manage to grab a seat at the 2012 Olympic Games after that ticket booking fiasco? No problem; the BBC are readying a handful of new massive public screens that offer 16x the picture clarity of high definition sets in…
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…
