In Other News: 29/05/2013.

• Microsoft have connected up their Skype and "the enterprise richness of Lync" by allowing users to sign into Skype with their Microsoft account on Windows or Mac or merge their contact lists together onto Skype. At the moment you can use instant messaging and audio calling, but video calling will be coming in later!
  Skype Via Engadget.

• Alcatel have put their One Touch Idol Ultra up for pre-order in the US. The device will cost you $299.99 and can't be delivered outside of the US at the moment. If you want one you can get one here and it's available from June 15th!
  Via PhoneDog.

• Facebook have launched verified pages and profiles! More details at TheNextWeb here.

• ZDNet are reporting that the upcoming Windows 8 start button will not bring up the traditional start menu, instead it could load the all apps page which you see on Windows 8 at the moment!

• Microsoft's new Office 365 Home Premium edition has passed 1 million sales so far making it second only to Instagram to reach 1 million subscribers and obviously Instagram is free!
  MicrosoftBlog Via TheVerge.

• It's rumoured that the PS4 could require the PS Vita as a compulsory remote!
  Via Slashgear.

• Microsoft will be bringing their Surface Pro tablet to Japan on June 8th and it'll set you back either 99,800 yen ($975) for 128GB of storage or a brand new 256GB version will cost 119,800 yen ($1,175)!
  Via Engadget.

• SwiftKey have released an update to their keyboard and some of the changes include fixes in the Samsung email app, Google Hangouts, personalisation and theme fixes for Android 2.1.
  Via Tweet below:

We've released a bugfix update to SwiftKey today, check out the full list of improvements on our blog.swiftkey.net/en/blog/swiftk…
— SwiftKey (@SwiftKey) May 29, 2013

• The hacking group Anonymous have published the names and addresses of various English Defence League (EDL) supporters online.
  Via Guardian.

• Twitter for Android has been updated to version 4.1. The update brings with it a new composing window, richer notifications and a slight redesign.
  Via AndroidPolice.

• Google are rolling out another update to the GMail inbox and the update will bring in a new interface with 5 tabs which will help to make sure your emails don't become over the top.
  Via Engadget.

And finally, Tim Cook spoke at D11 yesterday and while he didn't give much away it's still an interview with one of the most powerful people in the tech industry and you can check it out here!

Via AllThingsD!

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11/09/2012

Everything Everywhere's 4G future.

   Yesterday evening we speculated what would be coming from today's Everything Everywhere event. Turns out we weren't too far off the mark; we were slightly wrong about the speed of the roll out (they'll have 98% coverage by 2014 and 40% coverage by this Christmas) and we didn't hear anything about a 4G iPhone, but then again that'd steal Apple's thunder.

   But, what we did learn today is that EE, which is Everything Everywhere's new name (and will be appearing on your Orange/T-Mobile handset very soon), will have a pretty stellar line up of mifi's and phones to take the brunt of your high speed internet abuse!

   From the picture below you may be able to pick out, from left to right, a little Huawei mifi, the Huawei Ascend P1 LTE, the HTC One XL, the Samsung Galaxy S3 LTE, Nokia Lumia 920 and the 820 too! (both of which are EE exclusives) and a nice little dongle too!

   At the moment we don't know whether or not we'll be seeing an iPhone 5, but tomorrow will reveal all!

   Aside from that EE has promised to light up 40% of the country before Christmas with Belfast, Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Derby, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Hull, Leeds, Liverpool, London, Manchester, Nottingham, Newcastle, Sheffield and Southampton being the first spots to get the fast mobile internet!

   On a slightly unrelated note, the company also said they will start offering fibre optic broadband to customers, but we don't have any information on when this will be happening! Ohhh and so you now EE is cleverly calling their new network 4GEE... See what they did there!!! Yeah, I wasn't impressed either!

In other news:

• Analysts are predicted Apple will be able to ship 10 million of their new iPhone's to willing buyers before the end of September! Remember the announcement is tomorrow!!!

• If you're a GiffGaff customer then you may well want to read this! The company is having to reconsider it's £10 giftbag because they can't offer unlimited data for that price any more. So today is the start of a consultation period which ends on the 20th of September and there are 3 possible outcomes, so before you see them make sure you head over to their site to voice your opinion! Your choices are;

• Increase the price of the current £10 Goodybag to £13

• Keep the £10 Goodybag but limit data to 750mb

• Offer a £10 Goodybag with 750mb or a £13 Goodybag with unlimited data

• Apparently GoDaddy was taken offline by Anonymous last night!

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