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BRIT Awards: Adele performs 'I Drink Wine' in February Love Glastonbury? From tickets to headliners, sign up for latest updates from Worthy Farm SUBSCRIBE Invalid email We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you've consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info Last weekend, British Summertime 2022 kicked off with a stunning hat trick of music megastars. Elton John kicked it off in style, followed by The Rolling Stones on Saturday and The Eagles on Sunday. The Stones are back again with their second and final show this Sunday, but first up is Adele, supported by Gabrielle and US country music sensation Kacey Musgraves. As well as the headliners this weekend, Duran Duran and Pearl Jam will take the main stage in subsequent weekends. Hosted again by American Express you can scroll down for all the gorgeous … [Read more...] about BST Hyde Park Adele and Rolling Stones: Stage times, maps and mobile phone info

It’s 40 years today since the first ever call was made using a mobile phone by Motorola engineer Martin Cooper in downtown Manhattan. Since then, they’ve gone from being cumbersome plastic bricks to slippery panes of glass and most of us can’t imagine our lives without them. Without a doubt, the mobile phone has revolutionised the way we live, making life that bit easier in so many ways. So what are the top 10 things we no longer have to bother doing now that we have the mobile phone? Find out below… 10. Wait around True story: when my parents were first dating, they arranged to meet at a service station on the M4, because dates were really romantic back in the 1980s. After waiting for an hour at the service station for my mum to appear, my dad drove home to call her (landline-to-landline) and find out what had happened. It turns out she had been waiting at the westbound service station and he’d been waiting at the eastbound service station. If only they’d had the good … [Read more...] about 10 things we don’t need to do anymore thanks to mobile phones

New DVLA rules and driving laws coming in 2022 This article contains affiliate links, we may receive a commission on any sales we generate from it. Learn more Sign up for FREE driving tips, latest models and breaking news SUBSCRIBE Invalid email We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you've consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info A new driving law being introduced today means that drivers now face a life sentence if they cause death by careless driving . This applies to a number of common bad driving habits such as using a mobile phone . Related articles Drivers told to use secret button to reduce fuel consumption The ideal mileage to look for when buying a used car If a motorist kills someone while holding a mobile, speeding or drink driving they could be … [Read more...] about Drivers warned they risk life in prison for bad driving habit – including when using phone

The inventor of the mobile phone has suggested that people who spend too much time on the device may want to rethink their priorities. Martin Cooper, a 93-year-old American engineer, was appearing on BBC Breakfast when he suggested people should stop scrolling and ‘get a life’. Cooper led the team at Motorola responsbile for the development of the first ever mobile phone in the 1970s. In 1973, he became the first person in history to make a handheld cellular phone call in public. Now widely credited as the ‘father of the cell phone’ he admitted he actually doesn’t use the device all that much. Mr Cooper explained during the interview that he probably spends less than 5 per cent of his time on his phone. When asked what he would say to those who spend upwards of five hours on theirs, he was incredulous. ‘You really spend five hours a day?’ he asked. ‘I would say “get a life!”. How much time do we spend on our phones? Whether keeping in touch with friends … [Read more...] about Man who invented the mobile phone says people need to ‘get a life’

THOUSANDS of new and existing Tesco Mobile customers will see a major change to their network plan in just months. It comes as the provider is set to reintroduce roaming charges , meaning customers could rack up a nasty bill when accessing data abroad. The change to the provider's Home from Home policy, which allows UK customers to use their phones as normal while away, isn't set to come into effect until January 1, 2023. So there's still several months left to enjoy free data roaming in 48 European and worldwide countries. To see a full list of the destinations currently included in the Home from Home policy, visit Tesco's website . After this period, customers should expect to pay up to 55p a minute to call from any EU countries, 20p a text, and 10p per MB of data. Read more on bills DIAL UP Urgent warning as little-known broadband rule could see you hit with fine HUNG UP You could switch mobile phone provider … [Read more...] about Tesco Mobile makes a major change to its charges and customers won’t be happy

Apple and Google have too much power over the phone market and action is needed to stop them taking over even more, the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority has said. The watchdog is seeking ways to address the company’s “duopoly” amid fear that the two could become even more dominant, it announced as it published a final report into the two companies after a year of research. The CMA said that the two companies have a “stranglehold” on the market that is limiting people’s choice, it said. It pointed to the way that they are able to use their ecosystems to promote their own services, pushing out other options. In particular, it pointed to mobile browsers and cloud gaming as three ways it claimed the companies have been able to use their dominance to unfairly shut out competitors. Apple, for instance, bans alternatives to its own browsing engine on its phones, making it much harder for other apps to distinguish themselves from the in-built Safari browser. And it … [Read more...] about Apple and Google have too much power over phones and action is needed, UK watchdog says

Published 16 June Share close Share page Copy link About sharing Six solar panels have been installed on Little Sark to test whether mobile sites in the Channel Islands could be powered by renewable energy. The panels will maintain the batteries that power the antenna providing mobile phone coverage on the island, mobile provider JT said. Little Sark is a peninsula that forms the southern part of Sark and a small community lives there. JT said it was the "perfect place" to test the equipment. Joseph Donovan, private circuit project manager, said: "Operating in Sark provides its own challenges, so it's the perfect place for JT to test equipment that needs to work with minimal intervention and maintenance. "This trial will provide an opportunity for our engineers to gauge how well our network will handle calls and data using 100% renewable energy. "The mobile site will use … [Read more...] about Little Sark test site for solar powered mobile network

Millennials are notorious for killing things; home ownership, diamonds , Christmas traditions , banks, napkins, the Post Office , cereal and more. But in the way Justin Timberlake supposedly brought sexy back, this group – aged between 20 and 40 – are also known to revive old faves, often due to a heady hit of nostalgia. For example, the coronavirus pandemic has brought the renaissance of Habbo and Neopets . It has also facilitated a resurgence of phone calls. Under lockdown, people are embracing technology to communicate and in the 21st century there is a plethora of choices. You can FaceTime, WhatsApp call, Zoom, Skype, or even Snapchat video call to chat with your loved ones. But along with video chats, the good old-fashioned phone call is making a comeback. Traditionally, millennials are not fond of phone calls. Various articles, anecdotes, and memes have demonstrated the millennial reluctance to host calls (‘this could’ve been an email/text’, … [Read more...] about Millennials are over their phone call anxiety since the coronavirus lockdown

Few things fill a person with dread more than an unexpected phone call. Texting, Whatsapping, Slacking, and DM-ing have become so recognised as the go-to means of communication that a phone call feels like it can only be a bad thing – a medical emergency, a situation so serious it needs to be discussed over the phone, a telling-off, a scary monster calling to say they’re outside/you’re going to die. It doesn’t matter if it’s from a family member, someone from work, a friend, or an unknown number. A phone call is so anxiety-inducing that the recipient is caught between either silently waiting for the ringing to stop or experiencing the stomach-sinking adrenaline rush of answering with a ‘hey, what’s up?’. No wonder Ofcom has found that phone calls are dying out, with one in four of us making fewer than five calls on our mobile phones a month. I’d guess that those five calls are for the doctor’s offices and hair salons that refuse to allow online booking. But in spite … [Read more...] about Phone calls are a powerful form of connection, but only if they’re planned in advance

Today marks the sixth anniversary since the UK’s vote to leave the European Union - but what has actually changed? The result of June 23 2016, brought about the resignation of then-prime minister David Cameron and the subsequent rise and fall of Theresa May . Then came the so-called “oven-ready” Brexit deal that ushered Boris Johnson into Downing Street and won him a thumping majority during the 2019 election. When the question was put to the electorate, Britain voted by 52% to 48% to move away from the Brussels project, a result that sparked a tumultuous time in UK politics. What has actually changed since Brexit? Brexit brought with it a new navy blue British passport along with other bigger changes ( Image: Alamy Stock Photo) From how people travel , the colour of the British passport , purchasing goods from the continent and using your phone while holidaying in Europe , Brexit has brought with it a myriad of changes. Here are the top changes … [Read more...] about Brexit anniversary: What’s changed since UK voted to leave EU 6 years ago today?