• IceTV adds Facebook application

    Having recently rolled out an iPhone app, electronic program guide (EPG) provider IceTV continues to expand its platform repertoire with the launch of a Facebook application where users can update their recording schedule, see how their tastes in TV compare to other friends using the service and get program recommendations. As ever, you have to…


  • Primus offers shaping for mobile broadband

    One of the big disincentives to signing up to mobile broadband services — especially as your main means of Internet access — is the excess data charges you face when you go over the limit. Primus has just introduced two plans that eliminate data limits in favour of ‘shaping’ your connection down to a 64Kbps…


  • Wi-Fi usage can cost on your iPhone

    As if it wasn’t hard enough trying to pick an iPhone data plan, now there’s something else you need to watch out for: thinking that you’re connected for free via Wi-Fi at home, but then discovering that you’re actually using 3G (and being charged accordingly). Danny Gorog at APC rounded up a selection of complaints…