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How to avoid large phone bills when travelling abroad

19 Oct 2011 by Charlotte Scheggia     
Filed under: General News,Travel And Leisure     Tags: , ,

We all know one thing we dread when returning abroad from a holiday or business trip is receiving our phone bills. Making or receiving phone calls whilst abroad can be quite costly, and if you are a frequent traveller it can become a bit of a pain. Here is a brilliant infographic noting some money saving [...]

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Video demonstration of BMW’s new in-car smart phone application MOG

14 Oct 2011 by Charlotte Scheggia     

Robert Passaro, the chief engineer of Technology BMW in Mountain View, California, here proudly demonstrates on viedo, the new in-car MOG music device system which uses your smart phone to be able to access a catologue of over 12 million songs on demand whilst on the road. This system is now available on BMW and MINI [...]

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Car hire users to shun satnavs in favour of mobiles?

3 Nov 2009 by Sixt rent a car News     
Filed under: Internet / Mobile Technology     Tags: ,

There comes a time when all technology must stand aside and make way for its replacement and that time may have come for satnavs, as free mobile phone-based maps and directions are on the way. A new innovation from Google could put an end to London car hire users relying on pay-for satnavs. The IT [...]

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Drivers breaking laws to race sat nav

1 Jun 2009 by David Jackson     
Filed under: Motoring     Tags: , , ,

Drivers are attempting to race their sat navs, leading to them breaking the law. Many motorists are breaking the law in a bid to beat their sat nav’s estimated arrival time. Research from Autoglass found 40 per cent of drivers are racing the system with ten per cent already getting a fine or penalty points [...]

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Keep Those Holiday Romance Fires Burning With Gmail

22 May 2009 by Mike Osolinski     

Google have recently added a new feature to Gmail which allows for automatic translation when you recieve an email in up to 41 different languages, allowing for a conversation to be carried out by several people from different countries in multiple languages.

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