Smartphone-based augmented reality, in which visual elements are overlaid on the image of a smartphone camera, are extremely popular apps. These apps allow users to see how furniture would look in their house, or navigate maps better, or...
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(Telecompaper) The European Commission has decided to close its antitrust investigation into alleged unfair conditions at Apple's App Store for competing e-book or audiobook app developers...
(Telecompaper) The European Commission has decided to close its antitrust investigation into alleged unfair conditions at Apple's App Store for competing e-book or audiobook app developers...
Researchers from Princeton and MIT have found a way to intercept underwater messages from the air, overturning long held assumptions about the security of underwater transmissions.
As part of a charity fundraiser for the Railway Ball, a prize draw and raffle will offer a huge selection of special railway-themed prizes. Read more › This article was published on ianVisits SUPPORT THIS WEBSITE This website has...
(Telecompaper) The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has adopted its final rules for cellular-vehicle-to-everything (C-V2X) technology, saying these will...
There are no physical reasons why the Northern line couldn't be extended to Clapham Junction according to a council commissioned report, but there are a lot of other reasons why it might never happen. Read more › This article was...
(Telecompaper) Proximus has agreed the sale of its mobile towers in Luxembourg in a EUR 108 million deal with InfraRed Capital Partners, via the latter's European Infrastructure Income Fund 4 (EIIF4)...
If you fancy some mince pies with a conscience or a whole hamper's worth, then the Clink Bakery inside HMP Brixton is selling them in time for Christmas. Read more › This article was published on ianVisits SUPPORT THIS WEBSITE This...
(Telecompaper) DirecTV has ended its agreement to acquire EchoStar's Dish. The deal, announced in September, would have seen DirecTV purchase satellite service Dish...
(Telecompaper) FC Barcelona has reached an agreement with the main Orange Spain brand of operator MasOrange and the New Era Visionary Group (NEVG) that will see the...
This is a weekly round-up of London's rail transport news... Read more › This article was published on ianVisits SUPPORT THIS WEBSITE This website has been running now for just over a decade, and while advertising revenue...
(Telecompaper) Samsung Electronics and LG Uplus have partnered to develop a new AI smartphone, featuring the operator's ixi-O on-device AI call agent, according to Korea Economic Daily, citing industry sources...
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The Courtauld Gallery is to open late for a week to give people who missed out on tickets a chance to visit their Monet and London exhibition. Read more › This article was published on ianVisits SUPPORT THIS WEBSITE This website...
The annual gift of a Christmas tree from the people of Oslo in Norway to London has continued when the tree was cut down earlier this morning in woods in the northern part of Oslo. Read more › This article was published on...
South London's Van Gogh House museum has launched an urgent fundraising appeal to keep the museum, and its sister art gallery open after a major donor was forced to withdraw from supporting them. Read more › This article was...
Terminus stations usually dominate the annual chart of Britain's busiest railway stations, but the Elizabeth line is upending everything, with Tottenham Court Road now the third busiest station in the entire country. Read more ›...
(Telecompaper) Harmonic investor Ancora Holdings is pushing for an asset sale at the video delivery and broadband access business, arguing this is the best way to...
One of only four surviving pairs of ruby red slippers worn by Judy Garland in The Wizard of Oz will go on display in central London next week. Read more › This article was published on ianVisits SUPPORT THIS WEBSITE This website...
(Telecompaper) Orange has unveiled the main themes for this year's OpenTech Days, the group's three-day R&D event opening on 26 November at the Chatillon campus near Paris...
(Telecompaper) The US Department of Justice has confirmed proposals to force Google to sell its Chrome web browser and potentially also the Android OS, in an effort...
A short walk from Osterley tube station is this neo-gothic church, built when all around here were just fields and weren't called Osterley. Read more › This article was published on ianVisits SUPPORT THIS WEBSITE This website has...
(Telecompaper) The Singtel group announced changes to its senior management, in a move it said was to "strengthen its leadership bench strength and support the new...
Transport for London (TfL) is starting to accept applications for Zip Oyster photocards again, and is starting to process Oyster refunds again after services were suspended following the recent cyber attack on TfL. Read more › This...
Comcast is spinning off into a new company many of the cable television networks that were once at the entertainment giant's heart as consumers increasingly swap out their cable TV subscriptions for streaming platforms.
Next month, the gothic castle at Strawberry Hill House will host its inaugural Christmas Late, during which the glittering interior will be lit with candles. Read more › This article was published on ianVisits SUPPORT THIS WEBSITE...
London's longest bus route to be converted to electric buses, has started carrying passengers after a longer-than-planned trial run. Read more › This article was published on ianVisits SUPPORT THIS WEBSITE This website has been...
East London's Museum of the Home has decorated its collection of historic living rooms with Christmas past, present and a glimpse of what Christmas future might look like. Read more › This article was published on ianVisits SUPPORT...
(Telecompaper) Google has released the first preview of Android 16, barely a month after it started rolling out the Android 15 update to smartphones...
One of the telltale signs that a Londoner is moving home is a blue Ikea bag filled with their possessions, and now Ikea is opening an exhibition all about that famous blue bag. Read more › This article was published on ianVisits...
The Elizabeth line's concession, the company that operates the line's day-to-day services, is changing after Transport for London (TfL) decided to award the concession to a new company. Read more › This article was published on...
Almost 30 years after the last one was built, Kingston on Thames has replaced its old bus station with a new one that has drawn mixed comments. Read more › This article was published on ianVisits SUPPORT THIS WEBSITE This website...
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The magnificent Drapers’ Hall in the City of London will be open to the public next month for an annual charity Christmas fair. Read more › This article was published on ianVisits SUPPORT THIS WEBSITE This website has been running...
Westminster Council has named the next public loos across the West End to be refurbished, and they will come in a range of striking designs. Read more › This article was published on ianVisits SUPPORT THIS WEBSITE This website has...
An exhibition of landscape paintings by an artist far more famous for painting anything but landscapes has opened in Kensington, offering fresh insights into Frederic Leighton's artistic leanings. Read more › This article was...
The official rollout of the London Overground name changes will start tomorrow (Wed 20th November), with a few stations being upgraded. The majority will be unveiled next week. Read more › This article was published on ianVisits...
(Telecompaper) The Foreign Ministers of Finland and Germany have issued a joint statement saying a thorough investigation is under way into a severed submarine cable connecting the two countries in the Baltic Sea...
(Telecompaper) The US Justice Department is planning to recommend that Google sell its Chrome browser, as part of remedies to curb the company's power in the online search market, Bloomberg reports...
A road bridge in east London currently has a couple of bales of hay hanging from it - because of an ancient law. Read more › This article was published on ianVisits SUPPORT THIS WEBSITE This website has been running now for just...
Outages include 1,200km link between Germany and Finland and 218km cable between Lithuania and Sweden Two undersea fibre-optic communications cables in the Baltic Sea, including one linking Finland and Germany, have been severed, raising...