Film and TV streaming service Netflix has launched in the UK and Ireland. It offers online access to television programmes and films via a wide range of devices, including tablets and mobile phones as well as computers, games consoles and internet-connected TVs.
The service currently costs £5.99 a month with a one-month free trial.
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Andrew Griffiths has been appointed as the new UK and Ireland managing director for Samsung Electronics.
He replaces David Song, who is moving to the company’s PC business.
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The forthcoming PlayStation Vita gaming device will be supplied with a Vodafone SIM card in selected countries when it launches next February.
A new partnership with Sony Computer Entertainment Europe means that Vodafone will be the ‘preferred provider’ of 3G connectivity for the 3G+WiFi version of the PS Vita in the UK, Ireland, Italy, Germany, Spain, Portugal, Australia, New Zealand and the Netherlands.
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Motorola Mobility has announced two new XOOM tablet devices for the UK and Ireland, following the launch of the original XOOM in February.
Both devices will be available at The Carphone Warehouse, Best Buy, Dixons, PC World and Currys from mid-November.
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A couple of weeks after RIM was rumoured to be buying Dublin-based mobile tech company NewBay for around $100 million, the acquisition has been officially confirmed.
NewBay Software was founded in 2002 and provides ‘white label’ cloud-based content services to manufacturers and network operators.
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