This seems to be a cunningly clever app to make sure that you get to work on time by waking you up earlier if there are delays on your route.
Nokia, Gawdbless’em, have just flicked the switch on their free central London wi-fi network, with 26 hotspots now offering free net browsing.
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It’s a strange looking sculpture alright which has split opinion, but construction of the ArcelorMittal Orbit at the Olympic site in East London is now well underway.
Starting in July and serving up a diverse program of world-class photography, exhibitions and interactive events across London is the London Street Photography Festival 2011.
Even the most fanatical Palm Pre/Pixi fans would have to admit that when it comes to UK-based apps, the webOS cupboard has remained rather bare compared to the well stocked shelves of rivals like Android and iOS.
Keen to get it all working in time for the 2012 Olympics, TfL have invited telecoms companies to tender for wi-fi provision at up to 120 stations across the network by June 2012.
Apple’s shiny, cash-scooping prestigious Regent Store in London didn’t escape the attention of rampaging protesters at Saturday’s huge March for the Alternative demo on Saturday.
London’s skyline is changing at a remarkable rate, with several large and unusually shaped skyscrapers currently under construction.
Many of the towers have already acquired not-always flattering nicknames, like the Cheesegrater, the Walkie Talkie and The Shard to go along with the already completed – and absolutely wonderful – Gherkin.
What do you get when you cross one of our fave Android transport apps – Cycle Hire Widget – with Sony Ericsson’s intriguing second screen gadget, the LiveView?
By the looks of it, a nifty and fast way to find and park bikes on the London Barclays Cycle Hire scheme. Huzzah!
There’s no longer the need for travelling types to unfurl flapping maps and do battle with baffling transport maps thanks to a cavalcade of excellent transport apps available on the iPhone.
If you’re wandering over the wiley, windy moors or just stuck in a pub in an unfamiliar part of town, there’s an app to get you home. Here’s four of the best:
As panorama dilettantes ourselves, we can’t get enough of cityscape vistas, although we’d have to start snapping in an amphetamine frenzy to get anywhere near matching Jeffrey Martin’s awesome view of London.
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One of our favourite London websites, The Londonist, has just launched their own iPhone app displaying cafes, bars, restaurants and other places offering free Wi-Fi.
Originally called the ‘London Bridge Tower’, and then the ‘Shard London Bridge’ and ‘Shard of Glass’ before most people settled on describing it as ‘The Shard,’ this elegant skyscraper is set to be the tallest building in London, the United Kingdom and the European Union.
Keen to catch up with the Pope protest on Saturday, I had my first go on the Barclays/TFL bike hire scheme, hopping on a free bike and dashing across town to get snapping.
A collaboration between Transport for London, Serco and Barclays Bank has seen thousands of bicycles being made available to Londoners, and the free Cycle Hire Widget for Android has been released to lets users locate a bike in double quick time.
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