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ARM isn’t content with dominating the mobile space. It’s been by the far the most vocal about an Internet of Things where everything is connected — and to make that happen, it just established an industry forum in the UK that it hopes will establish common ground for all those internet-linked light bulbs, refrigerators and thermostats. Home energy firm Alertme, cloud-aware sensing outfit AquaMW, lighting maker EnLight and white space wireless guru Neul will start meeting with ARM from August 24th onwards to hash out our automated, eco-friendly future. There’s a certain urgency in this for the chip designer: it expects 50 billion devices on the grid by 2020. With IDC estimating a billion new connected devices just in 2011, the clock on that connected device transition is ticking very loudly.

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ARM forms UK group to foster an Internet of Things, put 50 billion devices online by 2020 originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 26 Jul 2012 19:36:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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After being unceremoniously stripped in a recent OTA update, Samsung has told TechRadar that the Galaxy S III’s universal search function will return — at least in the UK. A spokesperson for Samsung said that the “inadvertent removal” will be remedied in the “correct software upgrade” over the next few days. It sends a mixed message on why the feature was removed in the first place — and makes us wonder whether the search box will ever return to the Sprint iteration any time soon. Still, it’s good news for anyone that’s having trouble keeping tabs on all those Angry Birds iterations. Gotta finish ’em all.

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Samsung: Galaxy S III’s universal search function ‘inadvertently removed’, will return to UK models in the next few days originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 26 Jul 2012 10:31:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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This week if you’re anywhere near the greater London area you’re going to want to head on down to BMW’s brand new Flagship i Store. This lovely viewing room of a store contains nothing less than the i3 city car and the i8 hybrid grand tourer as well. Though the i3 isn’t due to come out until next year and the i4 wont be available until 2014, BMW is using the massive opportunity that is the 2012 Summer Olympics to gain massive views on their next-level wares through the next few weeks at least.

It’s the BMW i3 that will likely get the most attention in the weeks ahead as it nears reality for the lucky few who will pick one up. This lovely beast has a near identical look to it when compared to the Frankfurt Motor Show showing of the vehicle on the outside while the innards have gone through some substantial changes indeed. BMW notes that all of the materials used in the cabin of the i3, eucalyptus to leather, come from sustainable outlets making this as “green” as they want to market it as.

Along with the i vehicle lineup BMW is bringing on some cool new smaller products to the in-store stage. One of these units is the Pedelec electric scooter that’s got power enough for 30 miles on one charge. Another product in the store is BMW’s own i Wallbox, made specifically for i range electric products. In addition to the store, BMW is planning a “Born Electric” tour of product showings starting in Rome, heading up and over to Japan, moving through the USA, and ending up in London in 2013.

Stay tuned for BMW’s electric wave as it sweeps over us all!

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BMW i Flagship Store opened in London with full showroom is written by Chris Burns & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Getting online during the Olympics in London will probably be a chore thanks to the jammed mobile networks, but companies are doing their best to roll out free WiFi across the city. Recently, Virgin equipped multiple Tube stations with free WiFi access on platforms, and now O2 has announced that it will be rolling out free WiFi access outdoors in certain parts of the city.

Typically O2 offers WiFi access to those that subscribe to its service plans, but this latest WiFi scheme is open to anyone. Users simply need only sign up with an email address to receive free access that will be available in multiple parts of the city, including Piccadilly Circus, Leicester Square, Regent Street, Exhibition Road, and High Street Kensington. There’s no word on if the company plans to do the same closer to the Olympic Stadium.

The service may be free for now, but O2 hasn’t indicated what will happen to the hotspots in the future. The company could pull them altogether, or begin charging for access, but we’d hope they remain active for the foreseeable future. Virgin, meanwhile, is currently offering free access on the Tube, but has dropped hints that users will be charged for access sometime later this year. Still, it’s faster than most people’s home broadband, so maybe it really is worth the price of admission.

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O2 rolling out free WiFi across London is written by Ben Kersey & originally posted on SlashGear.
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While we’ve known the pricing and availability attached to ASUS’ new flagship slate in the US for some time now, UKers had been left to wonder when they’d finally be able to get their eager palms on that rebranded and well-specced Pad Infinity. Thankfully, that’s about to change, as the Taiwanese outfit just announced the Transformer TF700 will be up for grabs from Amazon in the UK starting August 31st, with the sticker value set at £600 for the rather spacious 64GB configuration and with the useful dock included. Naturally, that’s only a small part of the entire package, given how you’d also be getting a beautiful 1920 x 1200 display and the famed Tegra 3 chip to get you through the days. The only tedious bit is you’ll still have to wait a while to place your order; in the meantime, however, you could always give our review yet another read.

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ASUS Transformer Pad Infinity hits the UK on August 31st, priced at £600 for 64GB model originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 24 Jul 2012 14:27:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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