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Black Friday may not be upon us yet, but the savings are – and mobiles retailer Fonehouse is offering a huge range of bundles at discounted rates. The highlight is that customers can grab Apple’s iPhone 11 for just £41 per month – with 75GB of data, unlimited minutes and unlimited texts. You’ll need to move quickly, though – these […]
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Black Friday is well and truly here, and this might be the biggest SIM-only deal we’ve found so far. Smarty Mobile (which uses Three’s network) is offering a commitment-free 45GB of data for just £15 a month – the same amount it usually charges for 8GB. That includes unlimited minutes and texts, too. For comparison, for the same price, Vodafone […]
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Cost cutting of €12m helped increase earnings at Eir. The telecommunications firm, which was acquired by French billionaire Xavier Niel in 2017, reported earnings of €140m in the three months to 30 September, up 2pc year-on-year. However, revenue declined by €8m to €304m. Meanwhile, the company’s cash increased by €61m to €231m at 30 September. In the last three months […]
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Unexplained variations in oxygen levels on the surface of Mars has got scientists scratching their heads. The spikes were picked up by Nasa’s Curiosity rover which is currently exploring the Gale Crater on the surface of the Red Planet. On board the rover (which is the size of a small car) is an instrument that monitors the amount of various […]
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Genetic data extracted from ancient teeth has shed light on the “evolutionary relationship” between a living orangutan and an extinct giant ape from about two million years ago. The dental enamel, believed to be around 1.9 million years old, belongs to the Gigantopithecus blacki – an ancient primate that lived in southern China. The researchers say the genetic materials, which […]
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With the Galaxy S10 and Galaxy Note 10 behind us, most of the attention around Samsung has now turned to its forthcoming Galaxy S11 and Galaxy S11 Plus flagship smartphones, which will presumably launch within the first few months of the new year. But that might not be the next Samsung handset to launch. According to confidential info-breakers SlashLeaks, Samsung […]
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Vodafone may be known primarily for their mobile deals, but the network provider is no slouch when it comes to home broadband deals either. The company is offering their Superfast 2 Broadband package for the same price as their Superfast 1 connection – which starts as low as £23 per month. The average connection speed is a whopping 63Mb, which […]
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The survival of humans and almost every other living thing on Earth depend on oxygen. So it’s easy to understand why it’s so exciting that Nasa has found this vital gas on the surface of Mars. Scientists said the discovery of ‘the gas many Earth creatures use to breathe’ is ‘baffling’, because it ‘behaves in a way that so far […]
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Look at the wrist of a colleague these days and the chances are that they’re wearing an electronic fitness tracker or smartwatch of some sort. While many might think of Fitbits or Apple Watches in this space, Garmin sits atop the hardcore sports and fitness wearables pile. It has a new flagship Fenix 6 range, of which my test model […]
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Belfast-based technology firm Cloudsmith has closed an equity investment round of £2.1m (€2.4m). Cloudsmith offers digital storage for software assets under development, for deployment and distribution. The round was led by Frontline Ventures, an early-stage business-to-business venture capital firm, along with co-investor MMC Ventures. Locally, Techstart Ventures also invested in Cloudsmith through its Invest Northern Ireland fund, Techstart. Please log […]
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