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Vodafone launches video-based tech support

Vodafone UK has launched a video-based tech support service to help people unable to seek help in one of the physical stores. The new video-calling service, which launched today, means that anyone (customers or non-customers) is able to book a free 30-minute video or phone chat with an expert to resolve their technical issues.

UK Vodafone UK

·5 years ago

Microsoft Teams gets new features on Android and iOS

Microsoft has added a series of new video-calling features to Teams, including a Together mode which looks to provide a new way to group chat. With the new update, Microsoft Teams users will be able to view more members on the mobile's screen and also consume less amount of internet data during a video call and more.

Apps Microsoft

·5 years ago

Apple launches Apple Music Radio

Apple today launched two new live global radio offerings on Apple Music, now available to music fans in 165 countries. Beginning today, Beats 1, the flagship global radio station, will be renamed Apple Music 1, and two additional radio stations will launch: Apple Music Hits, with songs from the ’80s, ’90s, and 2000s, and Apple Music Country, spotlighting country music.

Apps Apple

·5 years ago

Vodafone adds laptop security for UK businesses

Vodafone has expanded its business security services to include protection for business customers’ laptops and desktops. Trend Micro’s ‘Worry-Free’ service is a new detection service to protect businesses and their employees from online security threats such as ransomware, out-of-date applications, and phishing attacks on desktops and laptops.

Connected UK Vodafone UK

·5 years ago

Apple removes Fortnite from App store and Epic sues

Apple has removed Epic Game's flagship game Fortnite from the App store, after a Fortnite app update that allowed players to buy in-game currency at a lower rate if they bought direct from Epic, bypassing Apple.

Apps Apple

·5 years ago

EE launches BT Sport in a Box with Google Chromecast

EE has launched a new ‘BT Sport in a Box’ package for pay monthly customers giving them access to the streaming service along with a Google Chromecast.

EE UK Deals

·5 years ago

TikTok reportedly Collected Device Data in Android App

TikTok collected device-specific addresses of users’ smartphones via its Android app for at least 15 months, using a technique that Google has banned developers from using without user consent, a Wall Street Journal analysis has reportedly found.

Apps Android

·5 years ago

Virgin Media connects 2,500 homes in Leasowe to ultrafast broadband

Virgin Media has connected 2,500 homes in Leasowe, Wirral, to its ultrafast broadband network, which will bring the UK’s fastest widely available speeds to the area.

Connected UK

·5 years ago

Vodafone VeryMe programme launches Gifting

Vodafone UK’s customer loyalty programme, VeryMe, has launched ‘gifting’, enabling customers to donate their rewards to friends or family regardless of what mobile network they use.

UK Vodafone UK

·5 years ago

Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 2 partially unveiled

Samsung unveiled some details of its third device with a folding screen today, the Galaxy Z Fold 2, a follow up to the original Galaxy Fold, and joining the flip-phone type device the Galaxy Z Flip.

Devices and OS Samsung Android

·5 years ago

Microsoft and Samsung bringing Android apps on Windows

Microsoft and Samsung are teaming up to let users tap into the power of Your Phone app with Link to Windows integration on select Samsung devices to instantly access your phone’s mobile apps directly from your Windows 10 PC.

Apps Samsung Microsoft

·5 years ago

Galaxy Tab S7 and Tab S7+ officially unveiled

Alongside the launch of the Galaxy Note20 range, Samsung also unveiled two new S-Pen-equipped Android tablets today, the Galaxy Tab S7 and Galaxy Tab S7+ with 11in and 12.4in screens respectively.

Devices and OS Samsung Android

·5 years ago

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