Youtube launches “family-friendly” Youtube Kids service in the UK November 18, 2015 Youtube’s standalone app for family-friendly content lands in the UK today, ten months after its US launch. A welcome addition to the family for concerned parents, Youtube Kids blocks out the plethora of less child-friendly content available on the video platform. “We built the Youtube Kids app to be a safer version of Youtube, a [...]
Engineers are urging the UK government to speed up in a space race worth up to £40bn November 18, 2015 The value of the British space industry could rocket to £40bn in the next 15 years, creating 100,000 new jobs in the process, but the government risks holding the sector back with restrictive regulations and insufficient investment, a report out today has warned. The UK's booming space sector is currently growing by around nine per cent year-on-year [...]
This new graphene discovery could transform computers’ speeds November 17, 2015 British scientists from the University of Exeter have managed to mix graphene and light, paving the way for a new generation of technological devices. Using nothing but pulses of laser light, they managed to trap light within the surface of the supermaterial and move it around in all different directions. It's the first time anything [...]
Where can I use Apple Pay in the UK? The A-Z of shops, restaurants and apps which will accept mobile payment with iPhone 6 and 6 Plus November 17, 2015 Apple launched its mobile payment service, Apple Pay, in the UK in its first mobile payment move beyond the US, capitalising on the boom in mobile and contactless payments among consumers. iPhone 6 and 6 Plus users can now pay with just the tap of a smartphone, or Apple Watch, across the high street and [...]
Where can I use Apple Pay? Tesco Bank and TSB customers can now use contactless mobile payment with iPhones 6, 6 Plus, 6s, 6s Plus and Apple Watch November 17, 2015 The roll out of Apple Pay continues, with UK banks TSB and Tesco Bank now supporting the contactless payment method which can be used with iPhone and Apple Watches. They bring the total number of banks to jump on board with Apple Pay to thirteen after it launched in July with most of the major banks involved. Barclays is [...]
Mobile market predictions: China to overtake US smartphone market by 2021, global data traffic soaring tenfold November 17, 2015 China is set to overtake the US in smartphone subscriptions by 2021, as global data traffic is poised to grow tenfold in the same time period. They may be ruining our sleep, but we still can’t get enough of our smartphones. There’s already 3.4bn in use around the world today, but they’re set to double [...]
Google to start showing Facebook content in search results November 16, 2015 Facebook is set to begin allowing data from its mobile app to show up in Google searches, as the tech giant unexpectedly gives its rival a boost. Google search results on smartphones will begin displaying some content from the Facebook app, according to reports in the Wall Street Journal. A Facebook spokesperson said: When people [...]
Antibacterial resistance: The pharmaceutical industry can’t solve it alone – individuals must play a big role, say experts November 16, 2015 Antibiotic resistance is one of the biggest threats to modern society. The medicines we use to treat some of the most dangerous bacterial infections are rapidly losing effectiveness, and we aren't creating new ones fast enough to keep up. In fact, a recent report by The Review of Antimicrobial Resistance – a group set up by [...]
Smartphone battery life: Huawei creates phone battery which charges in just two minutes November 16, 2015 No longer will you have to suffer the pain of your phone battery running out and hanging around while it charges when you have places to go and people to see. Researchers at Huawei have created new fast charging batteries which can juice-up your phone in the time it takes to make a coffee, powering up to 68 per cent charge [...]
UK tech companies back David Cameron’s reformed European Union plans November 16, 2015 The overwhelming majority of British tech companies believe the country should remain part of the European Union, but that reforms need to made to UK membership, new research reveals. Just nine per cent of the UK's technology businesses want the UK to leave the EU, while 17 per cent believe it should remain with no changes. The majority [...]