The Daily Telegraph – Plans for Apple’s iPods and iPhones to carry advertising
Apple could soon force users of its products including iPods and iPhones to listen to compulsory advertising. A patent application filed in the United States suggests that the leading technology firm is considering introducing commercials in order to sell its products at a discounted price.
Computer Weekly – Ofcom opens up TV spectrum for rural broadband
Ofcom has cleared the way for spare television spectrum to be used to provide broadband internet connections to UK rural areas. The communications regulator has published a discussion paper on the use of the buffer radio spectrum between TV channels known as “white space”. Ofcom has invited the IT industry to push ahead with developing technology to use the white space for proving high-speed internet access to under-served parts of the UK.
Computing.co.uk – Swindon rolls out free wi-fi
Swindon borough council is to rollout free wireless internet access of up to 20Mb to its 186,000 citizens. It claims the move is the first borough wide scheme of this sort in the UK.
Computing.co.uk – Orange and Twitter partner on mobile
Twitter users will soon be able to send messages and photographs directly from an Orange mobile phone, speeding up the processes and potentially improving productivity.
BBC – Intel debuts text reading device
Chip giant Intel has shown-off a device designed to give vision-impaired and dyslexic people access to printed text. The device, known as the Reader, captures text and then reads it aloud and displays it on its built-in screen.
Total Telecom – T-Mobile UK customer data illegally sold
T-Mobile UK on Tuesday admitted some of its staff illegally sold personal details of thousands of its customers. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) earlier announced it is investigating allegations that data relating to customers’ mobile phone contracts – specifically their expiry date – were sold to rivals whose agents used the information to cold call users reaching the end of their contracts, for the purposes of recommending an alternative deal.
