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EE's double speed 4G hits UK tomorrow, shared plans land July 17

EE is doublin' up

EE has announced that it's switching on its double speed 4G network in 12 UK cities on July 4, giving consumers a theoretical top speed of 150Mbps.

In reality, however, users are unlikely to see that kind of speed on their smartphones, with EE revealing customers can expect speeds around 24 - 30Mbps on average.

This additional grunt is being provided at no extra cost and, according to EE, current 4G users can expect to see download times for apps, games, movies and so on halved.

If you're hankering for some double speed goodness from your 4G EE contract then you'll need to make sure you're in one of the following cities: Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Derby, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds, Liverpool, London, Manchester, Nottingham and Sheffield.

That coverage, EE claims, means that from July 4, 24 per cent of the UK population will be covered by its double speed 4G network.

We heard a few weeks ago about EE's plans for double speed 4G, at which point it also mentioned it would be bringing shared 4G plans in - although information was scarce.

Well now we know that you'll be able to pick up a shared 4G plan from July 17 over at EE, and these are aimed at families, couples and individuals with multiple devices.

A family can have up to five people on one shared plan, with everyone getting unlimited calls and texts while data is shared from one central pot.

An additional data SIM can be added for just £5, while family members/a loved one will cost an extra £12 per month each on a SIM-only deal, or £22 per month if they want a 4G handset thrown in too.

All charges are collated into one central bill, you can choose up to 20GB of shared data in the contract, and extra data can be purchased - which may be required if you're putting your children onto the shared plan.

It's clear that EE is ramping up its 4G efforts ahead of its rivals O2, Three and Vodafone launching their LTE services in the coming months, but we'll have to wait and see if it's done enough to stay on top.

Shared Plans aren't the only service EE is launching on July 17, with its mobile and fibre broadband packages also coming online at the same time - the latter of which sports the UK's first AC-enabled wireless router for improved signal around the home.

iPad 5, iPad mini 2 release reportedly beset by delay due to Foxconn, Apple rift

A 'mini' delay

The wait for the iPad 5 and iPad mini 2 release date may have just gotten a little bit longer if the latest rumors about Apple's next set of tablets prove true.

The reason behind this reported delay stems from the fact that Chinese manufacturer Foxconn is out as Apple's iPad-producing partner, according to the International Business Times, noting Foxconn itself has hinted it's not leading the new slate charge.

The Apple-Foxconn split is reportedly "due to the unreliability" of Foxconn, which is said to have created woes for Apple with scratch-prone iPhone 5 handsets and up to eight million returns.

Foxconn is also producing Android handsets and even announced its own wearable tech that could compete against the long-rumored Apple iWatch.

While Apple's new, unnamed supplier remains unknown, the Cupertino-based company may need some extra time due to the switch.

Of course, no one really knows when the follow-up iPads are due, especially as Apple itself has never claimed the tablets are in the works (though, come on, we know how its refresh cycle rolls). To that effect, we've heard months thrown out from the left and right.

The IBT report claims that previous predictions indicated an iPad 5 and iPad mini 2 release date in July, before iOS 7 even goes public.

Other release date rumors peg Apple's next tablets for an October launch, one year after the launch of the iPad 4 and iPad mini.

Today's report doesn't have a updated release time frame attached to either the iPad 5 and iPad mini 2, so the launch of these two tablets could possibly have been pushed back to October do the the Apple-Foxconn rift.

While the iPad 5 and iPad mini 2 launch dates are a big question mark at this point, there's a better indication as to what features we'll see from the forthcoming tablets.

Rumors have indicated that the iPad mini 2 will be refreshed with a Retina display resolution of 2,048 x 1,536 pixels.

Behind its same 7.9-inch screen the heart of the tablet is likely to be the Apple A6X processor, an upgrade over the current model's A5 System on a Chip.

The iPad 5, meanwhile, may introduce the Apple A7 chip if the iPhone 5S doesn't beat it to the punch in September.

Its upgrade in processor speed may be accompanied by a downgrade in weight, as the full-sized iPad for 2013 is said to be 33 percent lighter than last year's model.

With rumors circulating that the iPhone 5S will launch in late September, it's only a matter of time before we start hearing about the new iPads coming down the non-Foxconn factory pipe.

In Depth: 50 handy Office 2013 tips, tricks and hints

Whether you've bought the apps as one-offs, the whole Office 2013 suite or signed up for Microsoft's new Office 365 subscription package, there's lots to like about the new versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook.

If you've taken the plunge with the new-look touch-friendly apps, these tips and tricks can help you go further with the software - from tailoring the interface to embedding online clips, there's plenty to explore.

We've tried to focus on the new features in Office 2013 (though you will find some tricks that work across the board), while providing a mix of quick hints and more in-depth tips to suit every level of user.

1. Stream Office anywhere

Use your Microsoft ID to stream copies of your Office apps to other PCs (Windows 7 or Windows 8). Log into the Office website to use Office on Demand.

2. Pin locations

Save your most-used folders to the Open screen in any application - use the pin icon to the right of a recently opened workbook or folder.

3. Save to SkyDrive

Office 2013 makes full use of your SkyDrive account, and you can save your files to the cloud, access them from anywhere and sync them across computers.

4. Use Flickr and Facebook pictures

Stream your apps to any Windows 7 or Windows 8 computer with Office on Demand50 handy Office 2013 tips, tricks and hints Connect accounts to drop in pictures from Facebook or Flickr

Drop in pictures from the newly revamped Flickr or Facebook by connecting your account through the Online Pictures option under the Insert tab.

5. Change Office's look and theme

Access the Account page from the File tab in any app to reveal a selection of options for changing the background and theme of the suite.

6. Zoom with your fingers

Using a fancy touchscreen laptop or tablet with Office 2013? Use two fingers to zoom in or out of any document, just like on your smartphone.

7. Add apps

Office finally joins the app revolution - visit the Office website to find apps you can run on top of Word, Excel and Outlook. The store is labelled as US-only, but you can still make use of it.

8. Remove the Start screen

50 handy Office 2013 tips, tricks and hints Turn off the new all-singing all-dancing Start page if you don't like it

When launched, the Office 2013 apps show a dynamic Start screen by default. To see a blank new document instead, select File and Options, then untick the Start screen option on the General tab.

9. Get Skyping

If you've signed up for the subscription-based 365 flavour of Office 2013, you may not know that you get 60 minutes of Skype credit free each month.

10. Try a parallel install

You might have already noticed this, but you can keep older versions of Office running alongside the 2013 version, should you need to (with the exception of Outlook).

11. Read more easily

Word's new-look Read Mode (under the View tab) makes browsing documents easier, and it supports touchscreen input too.

12. Embed videos

50 handy Office 2013 tips, tricks and hints Drop YouTube videos in and play them from Word

Load in online video clips from YouTube and elsewhere using the new Online Video button under the Insert tab.

13. Define words

Right-click on a word and choose Define to pick a dictionary and see its definition. You can even get help with pronunciation if you need it.

14. Reply to comments

Word 2013 enables you to reply to document comments, and even mark them as 'done', for a smoother workflow.

15. Get better borders

50 handy Office 2013 tips, tricks and hints Quickly copy border formatting with the Border Painter tool

Table borders have been given some love in Word 2013, with additions such as the Border Painter tool (for copying border formatting), which is under the Design section of the Table Tools tab.

16. Edit PDFs

Fully fledged PDF editing finally arrives with Word 2013, though you might lose some layout settings. Edited documents can be saved as PDF or DOCX files.

17. Change the defaults

New documents use Calibri and double spacing by default. Change this by right-clicking on the Normal stylesheet icon and choosing Modify.

18. Benefit from live alignment

Click and drag and object on the page and you'll see faint green marker lines appear, DTP-style, enabling you to line up a series of elements more easily.

19. Try inline wrapping

50 handy Office 2013 tips, tricks and hints Use the pop-up Layout Options box to quickly adjust text wrap settings

Word's text wrapping options can now be found by clicking on the icon that appears at the top-right whenever a picture is selected.

20. Rearrange lists

Not a new feature, but still a good one - use Alt+Shift then the up or down arrow to rearrange items in a bulleted or numbered list, no cutting and pasting required.

21. Use Flash Fill

Give Excel 2013 some examples at the top of a column (such as names), and it can copy the formatting downwards. See Microsoft's Office Blog for a guide.

22. Take a peek

50 handy Office 2013 tips, tricks and hints The Quick Analysis tool enables you to preview formatting and more

Highlight a group of cells then click the Quick Analysis icon (bottom-right) to see a peek of suggested charts, formatting and totals for the data.

23. See key tips

50 handy Office 2013 tips, tricks and hints Hit the Alt key to reveal keyboard shortcuts

Press Alt to see letters appear over every entry on the ribbon menu - tap the relevant key to activate the option.

24. Get recommended charts

Use the Recommended Charts button under the Insert tab to see a selection of charts that Excel thinks suit the data you've selected.

25. Preview chart styles

Select a chart, click the brush icon and you can preview changes to the chart style and colours without making changes.

26. Filter by timeline

Excel 2013 enables you to quickly create timeline filters for any date column in a pivot table or chart (the option is under the PivotTable Tools tab).

27. Use manual formulas

Excel attempts to complete your formula's auto-suggest style by default, but you can disable this via the Formulas tab on the Options dialog, reached through the File menu.

28. Play with multiple windows

Excel 2013 joins Word and PowerPoint in opening each file in a new window (and taskbar window), making it easier to arrange them on screen.

29. Add watermarks

50 handy Office 2013 tips, tricks and hints Open the Header and Footer tool to add an image as a watermark

You can add watermarks to your spreadsheets, though they're only visible in Page Layout view - simply load an image as a header (Insert/ Header & Footer).

30. Do quick tallies

Select a group of cells to see the average value, the number of cells and the sum of all the selected values in the lower right-hand corner.

31. Check out Presenter view

The Presenter view for secondary screens gives you far more flexibility, including the option to zoom into specific points on a slide.

32. Go widescreen

50 handy Office 2013 tips, tricks and hints Bring your slideshows into the modern era with a 16:9 widescreen layout

If your display is a widescreen 16:9 aspect ratio, make your slides 16:9 too, via the Slide Size drop-down under the Design tab.

33. Explore the Format pane

Open the Format pane (right-click an object and choose 'Format Shape') and it automatically adjusts to show the options available for the currently selected object.

34. Add background music

50 handy Office 2013 tips, tricks and hints Use the Play in Background option to have a track span several slides

Set an audio track to play for the duration of your slideshow with the Play in Background option on the Playback tab.

35. Filter photos

Append "photo" to your searches from the Online Pictures dialog to filter out line drawings and clip-art from the results.

36. Export as a video

50 handy Office 2013 tips, tricks and hints You can save your PowerPoint slideshows as a video clip

Select 'Export' from the File menu to save your PowerPoint presentation as an MP4 clip, complete with transitions and media files.

37. Tweak themes

You can choose slideshow themes from the Design tab, but you can also tweak the colours, fonts and effects used via the Variations box.

38. Customise shapes

Select two or more standard shapes then choose Merge Shapes under the Format tab to combine them into a custom shape.

39. Pick colours

From the Fill option through PowerPoint 2013 you can use the Eyedropper tool to pick a colour up from elsewhere in the presentation.

40. Embed slideshows

Head to the upgraded PowerPoint web app to embed your slideshows anywhere online, complete with transitions and animations.

41. Reply inline

Try it out - replies now stay right in the reading pane. Click the Pop Out button if you want to go back to the old way of working.

42. Take quick action

50 handy Office 2013 tips, tricks and hints Quick actions such as mark unread are available from the folder pane

Use the floating cross icon to delete, the flag icon to flag and the blue bar to the left to mark messages as unread, straight from the conversation list. These quick actions can be applied to multiple emails at the same time, too.

43. Link contacts

Combine data from Facebook, LinkedIn and other sources, just as you can in the Windows 8 People app - choose Link Contacts from any entry on the People screen to do so.

44. See more or less

Choose View then Message Preview to turn off preview snippets for your messages, or to reduce them to one, two or three lines long.

45. Make navigation more compact

Outlook's key components (Mail, Calendar, People, Tasks) now stretch all the way across the bottom of Outlook's interface. Click the three dots on the strip, choose Navigation Options and tick Compact Navigation to revert back to the icon approach.

46. Customise search folders

Choose Search Folders then New Search Folder from Mail to create a custom search folder that automatically updates as new matches come in - you can use keywords, contacts and more as criteria.

47. Preview links

50 handy Office 2013 tips, tricks and hints The new navigation strip comes with a built-in preview feature

Outlook's new navigation strip for Mail, People, Calendar and Tasks includes a preview feature: hover over any link to see it.

48. Filter emails

50 handy Office 2013 tips, tricks and hints There are a host of options for filtering through emails in Outlook

Use the Filter Email option on the Home tab to filter emails by those with attachments, by date, by sender or using a range of other criteria.

49. Save the view

Once you've got the Outlook interface set up just the way you like it, save the view configuration via View > Change View > Save Current View.

50. Restore the To Do Bar

Outlook 2013 hides the To Do Bar. Select the To Do Bar option under the View tab to bring it back.

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Apple's chip deal with TSMC could hasten messy Samsung divorce

Samsung's influence on the iPhone is waning

Apple has signed an agreement with Taiwanese semiconductor company TSMC to build mobile processors for its iOS devices, the Wall Street Journal has reported.

The rival chip-maker will eventually take over from Samsung as Apple's key supplier, eventually phasing out a business relationship destroyed by endless patent infringement lawsuits between the two.

The report claimed TSMC will begin building chips in 2014, although Samsung will continue to be the primary supplier for that year and perhaps beyond.

Apple and TSMC had been in talks since 2010, the report said, but were finally able to agree a deal after the latter resolved "glitches preventing the chips from meeting Apple's speed and power standards."

The procurement of a new chip supplier could be the final piece in the puzzle for Apple as it seeks to lessen its reliance on Samsung as a component manufacturer.

It no longer buys the displays for iOS devices from Samsung and has been spreading the wealth by finding other firms to manufacturer RAM and flash memory for iPhones and iPads.

Apple and Samsung had done great business together for many years before Samsung emerged as a genuine contender to the iPhones dominance with its Galaxy smartphone range.

Apple strongly alleged that Samsung got its leg-up by "blatantly copying" its own devices, leading to countless suits and counter suits around the world.

Although they make plenty of money together, it seems neither is too keen on lining the other's pockets regardless of how mutual beneficial the business relationship has been.

Via The Verge

Apple sidesteps paying taxes, but not anti-trust accusations in Europe

Apple reportedly sidestepped the taxman but not anti-trust accusations

Apple may be playing favorites with itself

Back in May, it was reported that the European commission was looking into alleged anti-competitive practices Apple may have engaged in to push the iPhone.

At the time, a series of questionnaires were sent to retailers asking whether Apple convinced them to participate in such behavior, and included questions about purchase agreements.

Now, a little over a month later, French anti-trust group Autorite de la Concurrence is digging deeper into Apple's potentially harmful practices.

According to French paper Les Echos (via 9to5Mac), authorities searched numerous Apple offices, wholesalers, and retailers in an effort to uncover the truth behind possible anti-trust violations.

The whole issue was raised when EBizcuss, an Apple retailer in France, went bankrupt last year, prompting the company to file a suit against Apple with claims of "abuse of economic dependence" and "unfair competition."

EBizcuss' issue with the Cupertino company stemmed from a perceived favoritism for its own proprietary Apple stores, which left secondary retailers allegedly lacking products or scrambling to offer competitive pricing.

Whether the French authorities will find any conclusive evidence that Apple's own stores were the first to get products remains to be seen, but the accusations are clearly being taken very seriously.

As if Apple wasn't drawing enough unwanted attention over the anti-trust issue, the iPhone maker is also now drawing the ire of the U.K.'s tax collectors, as it somehow managed to avoid paying any taxes last year whatsoever.

Despite earning £68 million ($103.6m, AU$112.1m) during the last fiscal year, the Financial Times (via CNET) reported Apple paid a grand total of zero in taxes in the U.K.

Just for some comparison, Apple paid out £11.4 million ($17.3m, AU$18.8m) in taxes for the 2011 fiscal year.

In order to avoid dropping so much money on taxation, Apple reportedly granted millions in stock awards to its employees, all of which was 100 percent tax deductible.

Apple is already under scrutiny for its practice of funneling 80 percent of its international income into an Ireland-based subsidiary, where the tax rate is a mere .05 percent.

While not illegal, the lengths to which major corporations like Apple will go to save a few million a year are sure to make the average tax payer cringe.

That said, it likely won't earn any favors should more of these anti-competitive complaints come to light, or if the allegations are found to be true.

Android 4.3 release date, news and rumours

We're all waiting for the next big iteration of Android to hit us and while we already know it's going to be dubbed Key Lime Pie, it turns out Google isn't quite finished with Jelly Bean as Android 4.3 the next update on the horizon.

Don't go expecting huge changes from Android 4.3 Jelly Bean, because as you can probably tell from the version number this is going to be more iterative, just like when Google jumped from Android 4.1 to Android 4.2.

Google hasn't officially revealed whether or not Android 4.3 actually exists, but from the number of rumours knocking around it's probably going to arrive at some point.

We've taken a look through all the talk on the web surrounding Android 4.3 Jelly Bean and pulled it together below to try and give you a clearer picture of what's going on over at Mountain View.

As we've mentioned Google hasn't officially announced anything on its next version of Android, so we don't have any firm release date just yet.

Many believed that Android 4.3 Jelly Bean would make an appearance at the search giant's annual IO conference which took place in May, but sadly no such announcement was made.

Apparently Android 4.3 was at the Google IO show however, with one reporter claiming he was able to get hands on with the software on a white Nexus 4 - although his prediction that 4.3 Jelly Bean would arrive on June 10 has turned out to be false.

This hasn't stopped the rumours popping up however with many suggesting we will be seeing it sooner rather than later with a July/August launch mooted.

Google is likely going to treat its own-brand devices to the Android 4.3 update first, with the likes of the Nexus 4, Nexus 7, Nexus 10 and Galaxy Nexus all in line for the new software early doors.

As well as apparently running on a Nexus 4 at Google IO, Android 4.3 was also spotted on another Nexus 4 at Mobile Expo 2013 in Taiwan.

It's supposedly also shown up on the Samsung Galaxy Nexus after some leaked Bluetooth SIG reports from recent tests showed the aging handset being put through its paces once again - possibly because it has a new OS on board.

Some Google employees have also been a little lax when it comes to covering their tracks with another Nexus 4 and a Nexus 7 spotted in server logs running version 4.3.

Android 4.3 Jelly Bean - LEAK

As we've mentioned the Android 4.3 update, if it actually exists, won't bring us a totally new operating system - instead you can expect some minor tweaks here and there.

One area which looks to be getting some serious attention from Google is the camera app, with snaps taken at Mobile Expo in Taiwan claiming to show the new design for Android 4.3.

While icons such as the shutter key and settings appear to be the same, the circular menu has been ditched in favour of an arc towards the bottom of the screen.

Update: Another shot of the camera app has been spied alongside a couple of other screenshots claiming to be from the Android 4.3 Jelly Bean software.

Android 4.3 Jelly Bean - LEAK Credit: SamMobile

Update: It looks as though Google will be giving the notification system a bit of love with tweaks to the service allowing apps to access notifications with the ability to read, dismiss and activate buttons on them.

Other than that news on new features is thin on the ground, but we'll be updating this article when we hear more.

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