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UK Phone Provider Three Quietly Removes Tethering Caps
UK Phone Provider Three Quietly Removes Tethering Caps While it might be common to use your phone to surf the internet and check your social media, you may on occasion require the need to use it as a hotspot. For those unaware of the term, this is when you…
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EE, Three and Vodafone Accused Of Excessive Phone Charges
EE, Three and Vodafone Accused Of Excessive Phone Charges One of the main factors of getting a mobile phone contract, other than the minutes, data and texts, is the fact that you can often get a brand new, state of the art, phone with it. This can be a relatively…
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Three New Alien: Covenant Trailers Released
It probably hasn’t gone past many people that there’s a new Alien movie on the way and we get three new trailers for that movie: Run, Hide, and Pray. Three things you might want to consider if you’re up against an Alien like the one’s portrait in the movie series. Alien:…
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O2 CEO Says Mobile Ad Blocking “Isn’t The Answer”
A few days ago, mobile giant Three, announced plans to block adverts on a network level and provide a more enjoyable user-experience. It’s important to remember that only “irrelevant and excessive mobile ads” will be blocked which ensures unobtrusive ads can still bring in revenue. This seems like a sensible balance and I…
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Mobile Operator Three to Block Ads at Network Level
Three, the phone network with a focus on mobile internet, has announced that it will begin blocking ads at a network level within the UK and Italy, the first network in Europe to do so. In partnership with Israeli company Shine, Three will introduce adblocking over the next few months,…
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Everywhere Sim Uses All Four Major UK Networks
Tired of having a poor signal on your mobile? For those who live in rural areas in the UK, signal issues can be tiresome, while those in built-up areas benefit from the fastest speeds, you may be struggling to find a single bar on your signal strength. A Lancashire-based start-up may…
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Google Wireless Plan to Offer Free Roaming Abroad
A new report from The Telegraph suggests that Google is to enter into a partnership with Three network owner Hutchison Whampoa to offer smartphone use abroad without customers incurring roaming charges, according to “industry sources”. The free roaming plans include voice calls, SMS and internet data, with the cost…
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O2 Sold to Three for over £10 Billion
The deal has been finalised and the British operation of Telefónica, O2, has been sold to Three. The people behind Three, Hutchison Whampoa have signed the final deal and O2 is being sold for £10.25 billion (€14 billion). The sales price is divided into £9.25 billion in cash and another £1…
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Voice-over-LTE Set to Launch in the UK on Three This Summer
The UK is laying the ground for an intense competition between carriers this summer. Three, the 4th largest mobile carrier in the country, has just announced that it will be launching its VoLTE feature in Q3 this year. This means that Three will be competing with carriers such as Vodafone,…
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Guy Pulls off a ‘One-in-a-Million’ Snipe in Halo
A Halo player by the name of Lawrencce 1 apparently made the most ridiculously amazing shot in Halo, and probably even in the history of gaming. You can watch the footage below. And this is what he had to comment about it: “Of course the kill was intentional!! I accurately…
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Valve Starts Teasing People with New Half-Life 3 Rumor
Valve has been ridiculously trolling people with various hints of a new equal to its Half-Life title, either through memes or other forms of hilarious trolls. In its latest attempt, the signs might be more obvious than ever before. RagnarRox has recently added a Facebook post stating that Valve has…
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Three Austrian Men Receive First Bionic Hands
Gentlemen, we can rebuild him. We have the technology. We have the capability to make the world’s first bionic man. The well-known quote spoken during the opening sequence of The Six Million Dollar Man is not science fiction anymore. The world’s first bionic reconstructions have been performed on three Austrian…
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Three Beat Sky and TalkTalk to £10.25 Billion Purchase of O2
Hutchison Whampoa, the Hong Kong-based owner of UK mobile network Three, has confirmed its purchase of rival network O2 from Spanish telecoms company Telefonica for £10.25 billion. Hutchison has trumped both Sky and TalkTalk to complete the deal, which as agreed requires £9.25 billion up-front from Hutchison, with a further…
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Owner of Three Network in Talks to Buy O2
Hutchison Whampoa, the Hong Kong conglomerate that owns UK mobile operator Three, is in talks to buy rival network O2, owned by Telefonica. According to the Sunday Times newspaper, Hutchison will pay up to £9 billion for O2. Telefonica is said to be keen to leave the UK to help…
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iPad Mini 3 Expected for Release on October 16th
Apples latest iteration of its iPad mini is expected to be unveiled on the 16th of October – a date that Apple has sent press conference invitations for. This new 7-inch tablet is expected to be released under a different name however, with speculation from some sources claiming it won’t follow suit…
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