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Spotify dials down free access to music

...May, according to new terms of servicePhoto: pixelbully The days of unlimited free access to music on Spotify are over, as the music-streaming site... Read more

15 April, 2011 by Shelley Portet

HTC's One series gets cloud integration via Dropbox

Buyers of HTC's next generation of phones will get free access to 25GB of Dropbox cloud storage, providing a feature already included... Read more

27 February, 2012

BT launches free iPad Wi-Fi app

...new app aimed at iPad owners that will allow its home broadband free access to its BT OpenZone and BT Fon Wi-Fi hotspots. Home... Read more

21 January, 2011

Virgin Media plans free Wi-Fi network for London

The ISP is considering offering people in London free access to a network of Wi-Fi hotspots in an attempt to... Read more

3 August, 2011 by Ben Woods

Google to digitise 250,000 British Library books

...19th-century works for Google to scan and then put online for free access by all Read more

20 June, 2011 by Ben Woods

O2 expands free Wi-Fi into Costa

...ordinary customers. But "our Coffee Club members will be rewarded with unlimited [free] access to further enhance their coffee shop experience," says Costa UK's... Read more

4 May, 2012

Cloudy Concepts: IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, MaaS, CaaS & XaaS

...Windows 7 is your ‘Path to the Cloud’, Pizza Restaurants offering free access to ‘the Cloud’ and Apple iPhone owners having iCloud enforced... Read more

30 October, 2011
Internet freedom: world's strictest regimes

Internet freedom: world's strictest regimes

...Uzbekistan Uzbekistan's constitution guarantees free access to information. In practice, however, the government prevents opposition websites or... Read more

1 February, 2011 by Staff

Google opens Campus's doors in London

...and co-working space on the lower-ground floor, and will have free access to Campus's high speed Wi-Fi network Read more

29 March, 2012

BBC to launch Barcelona download service for TV shows

The BBC is working on a service to let people to pay to download programmes from the broadcaster's archives, to own forever rather than with an iPlayer-like playback window Read more

15 March, 2012 by Ben Woods
UseNeXT 5.28

UseNeXT 5.28

UseNeXT is an ad-free access to more than 2,500 terabytes worth of data. UseNeXT offers... Read more

29 February, 2012

Czechs, Slovaks join Poland in pausing ACTA process

...government would "by no means [allow] a situation where civic freedoms and free access to information would be threatened". Echoing Polish prime minister Donald Tusk... Read more

8 February, 2012

BT now offers 3.5 million Wi-Fi hotspots

...provided by home users with BT Total Broadband internet connections, who have free access to the network of hotspots by using their BT email address... Read more

6 February, 2012

Mobile operators confirm Tor block

...been used by people living under dictatorial regimes that do not allow free access to the wider internet to use blocked services like Facebook and... Read more

24 January, 2012
Can cloud unravel the data-sharing puzzle?

Can cloud unravel the data-sharing puzzle?

...is not only collected but voluntarily shared by consumers in exchange for free access to applications and functionality. Those wondering how much sites such as... Read more

22 January, 2012 by Lori MacVittie

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