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UK operator EE switches on ‘4G+’ in London with speeds of up to 150Mbps – but not for your iPhone 6

Oct30
by on October 30, 2014 at 12:01 am
Posted In: Around the Web, EE, Mobile, mobile network, Network speeds, Product Updates, UK

EE launches the UK?s first ever fleet of superfast 4G taxis in London and Birmingham (delete one city depending on town) allowing passengers to browse, email, Tweet and check Facebook for free using superfast 4G on the go
EE has announced that its 4G users in London are set to get a speed boost from today, following the switching on of its ‘4G+’ network in the capital. Also known as LTE-Advanced (or LTE-A), the faster network will offer downloads speeds of up to 150Mbps, the company said. Initially, the 4G+ service will only be available to users in central London, but it’ll be expanded to cover Greater London and “the UK’s busiest cities” in 2015. Details, details… Average speeds should be around the 90Mbps mark for users with a compatible (Cat 6) device and plan (4GEE Extra or…

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UK operator EE switches on ‘4G+’ in London with speeds of up to 150Mbps – but not for your iPhone 6

Oct30
by on October 30, 2014 at 12:01 am
Posted In: Around the Web, EE, Mobile, mobile network, Network speeds, Product Updates, UK

EE launches the UK?s first ever fleet of superfast 4G taxis in London and Birmingham (delete one city depending on town) allowing passengers to browse, email, Tweet and check Facebook for free using superfast 4G on the go
EE has announced that its 4G users in London are set to get a speed boost from today, following the switching on of its ‘4G+’ network in the capital. Also known as LTE-Advanced (or LTE-A), the faster network will offer downloads speeds of up to 150Mbps, the company said. Initially, the 4G+ service will only be available to users in central London, but it’ll be expanded to cover Greater London and “the UK’s busiest cities” in 2015. Details, details… Average speeds should be around the 90Mbps mark for users with a compatible (Cat 6) device and plan (4GEE Extra or…

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YouTube makes gamers happy with 60fps playback

Oct29
by on October 29, 2014 at 10:25 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

Gamers and Peter Jacksons of the world rejoice, YouTube is now offering high framerate videos. We already knew the feature was coming, as 48fps and 60fps support were both announced at VidCon earlier this year, but as Kotaku spotted, this is the first time the feature is available to the public. You need to watch the videos in HD in order to get 60fps, and it only works in Chrome and Safari so far, but it sure does look silky smooth. ➤ YouTube Finally Supports 60FPS, And It Looks Awesome [Kotaku]  

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Google releases its new ‘Stars’ Bookmark Manager for Chrome

Oct29
by on October 29, 2014 at 9:19 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Google

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After multiple leaks over the past few months, Google’s new Stars interface for the Chrome Bookmark Manager has launched on the Chrome Web store. Downloading the extension completely replaced Chrome’s old bookmarks interface, so you’ll want to keep that in mind if you’re thinking of installing. Once you’ve signed into Chrome and enabled sync, the new extension adds a modern interface to the Bookmark Manager and automatically grabs images when you “star” a page from the URL bar. Clicking the star pulls up a preview of the bookmark and lets you choose a folder to assign it to. The extension also…

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Google Drive for Android gets Material Design and updated search, sharing and PDF tools

Oct29
by on October 29, 2014 at 9:14 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

Google is updating its Google Drive Android app with a new Material Design look, as well as a few new features. First is a small improvement to its search tool – it now updates the results while you’re typing to save you some time while looking for a document. Next up, you can now add messages when you share a file to give details about why you’re sharing, as well as change privacy sharing for files. Finally, the PDF viewer is getting an update to let you search for and copy text from a PDF without needing to enter a separate…

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