How much major UK streaming services have increased prices

Households looking to subscribe to Disney+ will find the streaming site has increased its prices by over 33 per cent, as it adds an array of new shows to the platform under its Star banner.  Customers must now pay £7.99 a month, as opposed to £5.99, whilst yearly plans have also risen from £59.99 to … Read more

Emergency services and even the WEATHER caught in the crossfire of Facebook’s war on Australian news

Emergency services that provide Australians with news about Covid-19, bushfires and where to go for domestic violence help are among the vital Facebook pages which have been scrapped by the foreign-owned social media giant.   Even the Bureau of Meteorology’s Facebook page has been pulled by the US-based Big Tech company, along with crucial health information … Read more

Apple is DOWN! A number of services like iCloud and Photos are experiencing an outage

Apple is DOWN! Services including iCloud and Photos are hit with outage Some of Apple’s services are experiencing outages starting Wed afternoon Currently a number of iCloud services, Photos and Find My Friend are down The outage started around 1:30pm ET, which hit other Apple features It knocked out Apple Music, the App Store and … Read more

Apple is DOWN! A number of services like iCloud and Photos are experiencing an outage

Apple is DOWN! A number of services like iCloud and Photos are experiencing an outage or working slower than usual Some of Apple’s services are experiencing outages starting Wed afternoon Currently a number of iCloud services, Photos and Find My Friend are down The outage started around 1:30pm ET, which hit other Apple features It … Read more

Music chiefs warn over clampdown on streaming services

Music industry bosses to defend right to large chunk of revenues from streaming services such as Spotify amid threat of crackdown By Alex Lawson, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:50 GMT, 16 January 2021 | Updated: 21:50 GMT, 16 January 2021 Music industry bosses will this week defend their right to a large chunk of … Read more

UK customers of TV streaming services will no longer be able to watch live sport when in the EU

Amazon Prime, BT and Sky UK customers no longer able to watch live sport with the services when in the EU, including Premier League football Sky, Amazon Prime and BT Sport customers will miss out when in Europe  Now the UK has left the EU, consumers can no longer watch live sport overseas  Users will … Read more

Uber and Lyft’s claims their services reduce car ownership in US cities is debunked in a new study

Uber and Lyft have touted their ride-hailing companies as ‘car-cutters’ by reducing the number of vehicle ownership in US metro areas, but a new study finds the claims are far from the truth. A team from Carnegie Mellon University uncovered, on average, a 0.7 percent increase in personal vehicles after the two firms unleashed drivers … Read more

Covid UK: Maternity services disrupted in South East England

Maternity services are facing disruption across the South East because ambulance staff are too busy dealing with spiralling coronavirus hospitalisations. The East Sussex NHS Trust and Brighton and Sussex NHS Trust have both suspended services for home-births and their stand-alone midwife-led units because they cannot guarantee an ambulance can turn up if there is an … Read more

Femail reveals the alternative apps and services offering groceries and essentials within 24 hours

Supermarket websites have been strained after Boris Johnson announced the third national lockdown on Monday with shoppers racing to book delivery slots. Both the Sainsbury’s and Tesco apps reported problems due to surging demand, while some shoppers took to Twitter to reveal they were 4,864 in the queue for an Ocado shop.  Shoppers at some … Read more