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Sky has no immediate plans for Netflix app on new NOW TV box

With Sky’s new NOW TV box announcement came a statistic from the company that suggested that 40% of its users used Netflix – but don’t think that makes it likely that an app for the streaming device is on the way. TechRadar understands that Sky has no plans currently to please almost half of its audience by giving the new NOW TV box the Netflix app, or the 20% of

Updated: iPhone 7 release date, news and rumours

iPhone 6S / 7: Release date, news and rumors Latest update: The iPhone 6S could land on September 25 and it might have a seriously upgraded front-facing camera. The iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus have been with us long enough now that we’re getting a little tired of them. Fickle, we know. But the mooted specs and features of the new iPhone (probably called the iPhone 6S, with the

New Now TV box coming in August

Sky is launching a new Now TV box in August, hopefully just in time for the new footie season to start. The current Now TV box is getting on for two years old now and is ripe for an update. That’s exactly what it’s getting – again using the same design and components as the latest Roku box, and this time around that’s the Roku 3. It won’t though have

Updated: Android Lollipop 5.0 update: when can I get it?

Google, HTC, Samsung and Sony It’s been a while since Android Lollipop was unveiled, but a lot of your handsets still don’t have it, as it’s down to individual manufacturers to bring it to their devices. That takes time, but we’re finally seeing it trickle out to ever more phones, and many manufacturers have also revealed when they plan to roll out the update. We’re constantly updating this article as

Adobe launches Creative Cloud 2015 with a host of new features

Adobe is calling Creative Cloud 2015 a ‘milestone’ release, with speed and technology improvements across its desktop and mobile applications. The larger changes, though, are deeper, and aimed more at professional designers and illustrators and publishing organisations. Creative Cloud is a subscription-based service – you pay a regular subscription to use the applications and online services, rather than buying a software licence outright (different subscription plans are available for different

Critics due to get EU's Google antitrust charge sheet this week: sources

By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Microsoft, German publisher Axel Springer and 17 other critics of Google are expected to get a copy of the EU’s antitrust charge sheet against the search engine giant this week in order to allow them to provide feedback, four people familiar with the matter said on Tuesday. The 19 companies, which include U.S. online travel site Expedia, U.S. consumer reviews website Yelp, online

U.S. housing starts pause after hefty gains, building permits soar

U.S. housing starts fell in May after a hefty increase the prior month, but a surge in permits for future construction to a near eight-year high suggested the pullback was temporary and pointed to underlying strength in housing. Groundbreaking dropped 11.1 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual pace of 1.04 mullion units, the Commerce Department said on Tuesday. Economists polled by Reuters had forecast housing starts falling to a 1.10