June, 2010 Archive

From September, the over 50′s will get their own TV channel. Vintage TV is set to launch on the 1st of September 2010 on Freesat and Sky. The face of Vintage TV is set to be former Radio 1 DJ Paul Gambaccini, and the station will show material from the 50s to the 80s, including [...]

The iPhone 4 is almost upon us, and all signs are that tomorrow’s launch day is set to be an interesting one. We know that stocks will be limited – o2 are only selling to existing o2 customers, no-one’s been accepting pre-orders, and Carphone Warehouse are rumoured to be getting a relatively small amount of [...]

Back in 2008, we reported that Global Radio were scrapping many of their local radio station brands to form a network of 33 statations all branded as Heart? Well,  that number is set to shrink to 15. Following recent rule-changes announced by regulators OfCom, Heart stations will be merged into what’s being called “Super Stations”, [...]

Got an iPhone? Get iOS 4. The new version of firmware for the iPhone has just been released to the waiting world. If you want to give your iPhone 3GS an update, hop to iTunes and upgrade from 3.1.3 to 4.0 There’s a bunch of new toys to play with, including: Multitasking – Run apps [...]

Today marks ninety years since the first ‘real’ radio broadcast in the UK. On the 15th of June 1920, one of the world’s most popular voices took to the microphone in Chelmsford, Essex and sang to the world using the Marconi system we now know as radio. Pete from FrequencyCast was at the celebrations to [...]

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From the 24th of June 2010, o2 will be scrapping the unlimited data plan for new iPhone customers. Existing iPhone customers on an unlimited data plan can keep that plan as long as they don’t change tariff, or upgrade to the new iPhone 4. Anyone getting a new iPhone from 24th June will instead be [...]

In one of the worst-kept secrets, Apple today announced the next generation of iPhone, the iPhone 4. Speaking today at Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference in San Francisco, Steve Jobs announced the slimmest smartphone ever. Here are the highlights: 24% thinner than the iPhone 3GS (9.33mm) Front facing camera – video calling (called FaceTime), but initially [...]

Sky has just spent £160 million acquiring Virgin Media portfolio of TV channels, in a deal confirmed today. Virgin Media has offloaded Bravo, Virgin 1, Living and Challenge to Sky, as they are looking to consolidate on their core business of cable data connectivity. This is clearly good news for Sky, who will be rebranding [...]

Hot off the audio press, a brand new FrequencyCast – lots of hot news, a busy Focus, plus loads of your feedback. Here’s what we cover in FrequencyCast Show 52: News Updates: BBC1 HD, Freeview HD, DAB Amnesty and new iPhone. Focus: Getting more from your digital photos Hands-on: A tech-tech keep-fit bug Your comments [...]

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