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Tesco is killing off its Clubcard TV streaming service

Sep 29, 2014

When Tesco launched Clubcard TV early last year, everything we saw suggested that the ad-supported streaming service would be nothing...

Google is requiring Android OEMs to pre-install 20 Google apps

Sep 26, 2014

The majority of Android handsets come with access to some of Google’s services and the Google Play Store where they...

Samsung’s new cable lets you charge other devices using you smartphone

Sep 24, 2014

Samsung has a new accessory that will allow you to use your Samsung smartphone or tablet to charge other devices....

Private internet search engine DuckDuckGo has been blocked in China

Sep 23, 2014

DuckDuckGo has long promoted itself as an alternative to Google Search that won’t track your history or tweak your results,...

Bookpad is the first Indian company to be acquired by Yahoo

Sep 22, 2014

Bangalore-based Bookpad has become the first Indian tech startup to be bought by Yahoo, going from creation to acquisition in...

Line’s Vine-like feature is now a standalone app

Sep 18, 2014

Line, the instant messaging company from Japan, intends to narrow down their focus when it comes to multimedia apps after...

WordPress has reset 100,000 accounts as a precautionary measure

Sep 13, 2014

It was rather big news when earlier this week, it became known that up to 5 million Gmail usernames and...

Free Spotify users on desktop and mobile are getting video ads

Sep 8, 2014

Spotify's video ads are coming. The music-streaming service will soon roll out its video ad products for marketers, including a...

The Starbucks app for iOS now has Uber integration

Sep 5, 2014

Uber wants to make sure you always hail one of its cars on your way to get a pumpkin spice...

Sky’s NOW TV app has finally arrived on Chromecast

Sep 2, 2014

Ever since Now TV launched, subscribers have cried out for Sky to support more streaming devices. Today, the company answered...

Chinese mobile payments service Alipay now has biometric security

Sep 2, 2014

Alipay and Huawei have jointly launched a biometric security service for m-payments. Users of a new Huawei smartphone equipped with...

Microsoft has 20 days to explain itself to China’s anti-trust investigators

Sep 1, 2014

Chinese authorities have issued a 20-day deadline for Microsoft to explain “compatibility problems” with its Windows and Office software, after...