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A bluffer’s guide to Xiaomi Read more here:: BBC News – Technology

The latest craze is posting your first profile picture on Facebook and then nominating people, but why? Read more here:: BBC News – Technology

Ryanair says it plans to start streaming movies and TV shows to passengers’ tablets and smartphones within the coming months. Read more here:: BBC News – Technology

An auction on the site, which runs until Friday, has gone from $5,000 to nearly $100,000 in a little more than a week. Read more here:: BBC News – Technology

Production is set to start on a remodelled version of the ZX Spectrum, which will come pre-installed with 1,000 classic game titles. Read more here:: BBC News – Technology

The Government’s pick of eight pilot projects for their £10m Innovation Fund, which was setup last year to “test innovative solutions” for delivering superfast broadband (24Mbps+) services to the final 5% of the United Kingdom (i.e. the most difficult to reach rural areas), will officially begin deployment during early 2015. The news, which stems from …

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A computer systems bug causes smartphone alarms to trigger an hour early in Queensland, Australia, causing confusion. Read more here:: BBC News – Technology

Google says its Translate app can now act as an interpreter, with the addition of a real-time voice-translation mode. Read more here:: BBC News – Technology

Louis Tomlinson’s tweet to Harry Styles is now the second most shared tweet of all time behind that Oscar selfie. Read more here:: BBC News – Technology

A man who subjected dozens of young people to online sexual blackmail is jailed for 53 months. Read more here:: BBC News – Technology

Samsung launches the first smartphones to be powered by its Tizen operating system after aborted launches elsewhere. Read more here:: BBC News – Technology

BT has today decided to kick off the New Year by offering up two of their standard unlimited broadband and superfast (38Mbps) FTTC based (BTInfinity) packages at a reduced price online until Monday 19th January. A Sainsbury’s Gift card is also included, worth between £25 and £50. New customers will as usual need to take …

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A small community of musicians are using oscilloscopes to hide intricate animations and messages inside music Read more here:: BBC News – Technology

A man creates a 3D scan of his own kidney so that surgeons can refer to it during an operation to remove his kidney stone. Read more here:: BBC News – Technology

BTWholesale has confirmed that new orders for the controversial Fibre-to-the-Premise (FTTP) based Fibre on Demand (FoD) product, which offered the potential for anybody within reach of an FTTC capable line to order a full 330Mbps fibre optic broadband connection, have been suspended. At present most of BT’s “fibre broadband” lines are actually based off their …

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The driver hauling his industry into the digital age Read more here:: BBC News – Technology

Arizona-based Local Motors made car history recently when it became the first firm to 3D print a driveable car. The BBC’s Samira Hussain was given exclusive access behind the wheel. Read more here:: BBC News – Technology

The latest models on display at the Detroit Motor Show Read more here:: BBC News – Technology

US President Barack Obama unveils proposals to strengthen cyber security laws following a spate of attacks against high-profile US targets. Read more here:: BBC News – Technology

US President Barack Obama says the US Centcomm hack shows how much more work there is to do on cybersecurity. Read more here:: BBC News – Technology