Vodafone's WorldTraveller makes roaming cheaper in eight expensive countries

BYMatt Brian @m4tt15 hours ago

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Vodafone's decided to do away with itemised roaming charges in eight far-away countries, today announcing that customers will be able to use their existing voice, text and data allowances in the USA, India, Australia, New Zealand, Egypt, Ghana, Qatar and South Africa for £5 per day. This WorldTraveller add-on complements Vodafone's existing EuroTraveller offering, which covers allowances in numerous European countries for £2 per day (£3 after August 31st). However, both bundles fall noticeably short of Three's Feel at Home service, which offers free roaming in 16 countries, although Vodafone does cast a wider net than its rival. To opt-in, pay monthly customers can dial 5555 when they touchdown in any supported country, and they'll only be charged for days they use the phone.

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Ofcom makes switching fibre broadband suppliers cheaper and easier

BYMatt Brian @m4tt9 hours ago

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From July 1st, it could become a whole lot easier for you to switch between superfast broadband suppliers. After setting out its original guidance back in May, communications regulator Ofcom has gained approval from the European Commission to set new targets for BT. Currently, if you switch from one fibre-optic provider to another, Openreach (the company that controls BT's phone and broadband infrastructure) will enforce a £50 connection fee against your new ISP, which can be passed down to you. Ofcom's new rules will cut that wholesale fee down to just £11, shielding you from that value-added cost and allowing new companies to launch their own superfast services for less. Ofcom has also slashed the minimum-term contract between BT and ISPs from one year to just one month, and will force BT to fix line errors within two working days of you notifying them, if weather permits. Those small changes could make a big difference, especially if you're looking for a cheaper short-term broadband supplier.

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Your next Uber ride could be 20 percent cheaper

Who would've though that an app that flags down roving towncars would blow up as dramatically as it has? Apparently every venture capitalist worth their salt. Uber revealed earlier this afternoon that it just raised a staggering $1.2 billion in funding from a slew of investors, but the more interesting news didn't appear on the company's blog - instead, the Wall Street Journal reported that the Uber would cut its prices by at least 20 percent in certain markets. That means cheaper rides for you, more competition for traditional cabs, and a path to new heights for an already insanely buzzy startup.

Uber confirmed the price cuts to us in an email but wouldn't divulge which of the 128 cities it services would get the discounts (c'mon New York!). The move has been in the works for a while now: the Journal pointed out last January that the company experimented with price cuts while demand slowed over the winter, and Valleywag reported that the cuts could remain permanent in some cities. Guess they liked what they saw. While this may be good news for you and me, current Uber drivers (who, let's remember, can do very well for themselves) may wind up taking a financial hit unless they drive more hours. And then there are the drivers who work for dedicated cab companies -- some folks are worried that they'll go extinct completely in some locales.

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HTC ACE M8 presses high range in a beautiful body specifications, cheaper

HTC a M8 not even two months, it has already attracted some spin offs. We are talking not only about the mini one 2 either: often rumored render an ACE M8 began the rounds over Chinese tech blogs today, and we were able to confirm that the image is actually the only true us. Were no spawn a variety of M8 eye? Now, to ACE (the nicknamed style or edit in China could bear), high level performance in a package more attractive and cheaper to press.

Things to note: this device is not the sequel to the butterfly's people have spoken. No, it's a version of the M8 rejiggered an existing, shares of the same Snapdragon-801 2.5 GHz chipset and a 5-inch 1080 p as the image versions are circulating in Asia. The main difference is that these components in an enclosure are packed more colorful plastic... both for the aluminium and the mixture of liquid silicone that is rumored be a M8 to the body of the award-winning.

Not everyone, the intricacies of the M8 is the jump in the ACE, unfortunately – seems to render this duo failed camera and infrared diffuser integrated the button on / standby missing. There is no word yet if the ACE his grand debut, but expect first start before the may drop on shelves around the world on the way to the shops in the People's Republic of China. Just a little teasing of his own too long for what it is, HTC - made he has his followers by Twitter warned last night that "the most beautiful curves", something to expect new and ingenious should not be.

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