UK to ban drivers from wearing Google Glass

Drivers in the UK will be banned from getting behind the wheel wearing Google’s augmented reality eyewear, amid fears it will be too distracting. Stuff magazine reports that the government is concerned about how the device, which is worn on a person’s head and...

Google unveils £23 wi-fi TV streaming dongle

Google has launched Chromecast, a low cost competitor to Apple TV that plugs into a TV’s HDMI slot and streams media, controlled via almost any PC or mobile. Watch this promo video from Google demonstrating how Chromecast works below: The device has already gone on...

EE profits surge as 4G proves popular

EE now has 687,000 4G customers using its high-speed network in the UK, and 2,400 business customers using or trialling the service, as the mobile network operator looks on course to reach its goal of 1 million 4G subscribers by the end of 2013. The firm’s Q2 results...

Apple shares rise despite 22% profit drop

Apple’s has seen shares rise 5% as the computing giant posted better than expected profits for the third quarter, in part boosted by sales of lower priced and older model iPhones. The firm made $6.9bn (£4.5bn) profit for three months to June, following nks good sales...

China daily mobile audience reaches 71%

Over two thirds (71%) of China’s web users access the mobile internet everyday, up from just 35%£ in 2008, according to new research. The percentage of mobile internet users in China who accessed the web from a mobile device at least once a day reached 71% in 2012,...

China smartphone boom- 464m people accessing web on the move

China now has 591 million internet users, added that 464 million citizens accessed the net via smartphones or other wireless devices, according to new data. The research, from the China Internet Network Information Centre, indicates that total web user rose 10% on...