Broadband has long been a subject of fierce debate between providers, customers and the government. If you’re familiar with social media outlets, in particular Twitter, you will be aware that broadband speeds are always a topic of intense discussion on the social networking site. It seems many of the gripes and complaints directed by people at their internet service providers (ISPs) about poor broadband connections and slower than expected speeds, could be because ISPs initially fail to offer potential customers a realistic speed quote. The UK Government regulator Ofcom, recently carried… Read the rest...

Of the 1bn users of social media worldwide, the vast majority of these are Facebook users. This platform has a staggering 901m monthly active users on its network. The figures that were compiled by the International Telecommunication Union confirm Facebook’s status as the number one social networking platform. It has an incredible 90 per cent share of all social networkers and it is unsurprising then that Facebook’s IPO is likely to value the company at around $95bn. According to ITU, the other 100m plus people using social media services are shared… Read the rest...

Rumours of the iPhone 5’s release date have been circulating for months. Indeed, analysts were convinced back in 2011 that Apple would release the iPhone 5 over the summer of 2011 with a radically altered design and more powerful hardware. However many were left disappointed when Apple executives instead unveiled the iPhone 4S which looked identical to the iPhone 4. Regardless of this initial discontent, the smartphone had a number of new features, including Siri – a voice activated digital personal assistant that helped it become a bestseller. Now though it… Read the rest...

BT, it seems, has rolled out its wholesale fibre broadband service “several months ahead of schedule”, according to the internet service provider. The ISP has now completed rolling out fibre optic broadband to 10m UK homes and it means the company is well on track to fulfilling its aim to connect two-thirds of UK premises to fibre optic broadband by the end of 2015, following a £2.5bn investment programme. It’s great news for customers looking to upgrade to superfast broadband and although the service is… Read the rest...

Facebook has announced plans to launch its own app store in the coming weeks. The ‘App Centre’, as it’s called, will aim to showcase the best and most popular iOS, Android, mobile and web apps. The social networking site wants to create a hub page where people can discover the best apps based on what their friends enjoy using. The App Centre will give Facebook’s 900m members an opportunity to see the top ranking, most used, most shared and most highly-rated services that connect with Facebook. Users will also get a… Read the rest...