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Google boosting Android Maps to 4.1

Google has revamped its Google Maps for Android application – again – bringing a raft of cool new features to its 4.1 upgrade.

The new application overhauls the UI to make things easier to see – for instance, there are no longer any tabs on the search results page, making things easier to see.

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Orange calls for businesses to act now and help new fathers to find the right work / life balance

Only 18% of working men would take all of the proposed six month paternity leave, according to a YouGov survey[1] commissioned by Orange. With the advent of new paternity legislation enabling new mothers to transfer the second half of their year-long maternity leave to the father proposed to come into effect next year, …click here to read more

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Bad news for Samsung Jet owners

Samsung has confirmed to TechRadar that current Jet owners won’t be getting the BBC iPlayer upgrade.

The new Jet Ultra edition, which was announced recently (despite being on sale for weeks) is essentially the same phone as the Jet S8000 launched last year.

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The saying goes that organisations need to change in order to survive, but the recession has prompted a sustained period of change that has forced a turning point in the way public and private enterprises operate that will profoundly alter organisational strategy over the next decade, says Ben Dowd, Business Sales Director, O2. …click here to read more

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Sony Ericsson and Spotify – on 3 soon?

Mobile network 3 is now offering the Sony Ericsson Vivaz on contract – complete with access to the Spotify music service.

Customers planning to nab the 8.1MP, 720p-recording phone can now do so with the unlimited music streaming service – except it’s not available on the …click here to read more

Orange Award for New Writers shortlist announcement: 13 April

Orange Prize for Fiction shortlist announcement: 20 April

Orange Prize for Fiction shortlist readings: 8 June

Awards ceremony: 9 June

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Orange has today announced that it has signed three new mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs); Unicom, Catalyst and Axis Telecom. These deals have been secured on the Orange Partner Platform via Transatel, Orange’s mobile virtual network aggregator (MVNA). This demonstrates Orange’s commitment to expanding MVNO opportunities in the UK and builds on the company’s five* existing MVNO partnerships.
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