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TfL looks to offer wi-fi at 120 tube stations [Update: it’s delayed]

Monday, Mar 28, 2011Friday, Apr 1, 2011 - by Tony Fletcher

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 …

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London Apple store hit by protesters, fanboys scatter

Monday, Mar 28, 2011Monday, Mar 28, 2011 - by mike s

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.

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London’s skyline soars with the Cheesegrater, Walkie Talkie and Pinnacle

Monday, Jan 24, 2011Monday, Jan 24, 2011 - by Pete Railton - 1 Comment

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 …

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Android / mobile apps / mobiles / transport

London Cycle Hire Widget adds LiveView for second screen, two wheel heaven

Thursday, Dec 2, 2010Friday, Dec 3, 2010 - by mike s

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 …

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iPhone / mobile apps / mobiles / transport

Apple iPhone: four great UK transport apps

Friday, Nov 26, 2010Monday, Nov 22, 2010 - by Pete Railton - 5 Comments.

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 …

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photography

London 80GB panorama: the biggest in the world

Wednesday, Nov 17, 2010Wednesday, Nov 17, 2010 - by Pete Railton - 1 Comment

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 …

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iPhone / mobile apps / mobiles

Londonist launches Wi-Fi locating iPhone app

Tuesday, Oct 26, 2010 - by mike s - 1 Comment

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.

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stuff

The London Shard rises! Europe’s tallest skyscraper climbs higer

Monday, Sep 27, 2010Monday, Sep 27, 2010 - by mike s - 1 Comment

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 …

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Android / mobile apps / mobiles / transport

We salute the Barclays/TFL London cycle hire scheme

Tuesday, Sep 21, 2010Tuesday, Sep 21, 2010 - by mike s - 1 Comment

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 …

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Android / mobile apps / mobiles / transport

Cycle Hire Widget for Android lets Londoners find TfL cycles quickly

Tuesday, Aug 3, 2010Tuesday, Aug 3, 2010 - by mike s - 2 Comments.

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 …

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stuff / transport

The amazing fake houses of Paddington, London [off topic]

Friday, Jun 4, 2010Friday, Jun 4, 2010 - by mike s

Seeing as it’s a Friday, it’s sunny outside and the pub is calling our name, we thought we’d bring you a feature from our sister blog at urban75 and tell …

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stuff / web

Design your own London skyline in a skyscraper frenzy

Thursday, Feb 25, 2010 - by Pete Railton - 4 Comments.

It’s more or less completely pointless, but if you’d like to rearrange the London skyline into a futuristic vista stuffed full of colossal skyscrapers, then architectural illustrators Hayes Davidson have …

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