Feb 11
If your everyday social networks prove too uneventful for your business flights, Virgin America aims to offer the solution. Today the company unveiled flight-centric social networking for business travelers who … Continue reading
Jan 10
Virgin’s SpaceShip Two has broken its fair share of records in the past, but this does not mean that the spacecraft is unable to shatter even more records right here, right now. No sir, the Virgin SpaceShip Two reusable space vehicle has managed to touch new heights today, where the craft was blasted nearly 13.5 miles into the air where it touched a speed of Mach 1.4, now how about that.
The Virgin SpaceShip Two took off from the Mojave Air and Space Port at approximately 7:22 a.m. PST as it was strapped to the WhiteKnightTwo carrier aircraft, where the latter brought the former to approximately 46,000 feet. Virgin Galactic Pilot Mike Masucci and Scaled Test Pilot Mike Alsbury were at the controls, and this particular test leads the SpaceShip Two one step closer to its ultimate goal as Sir Richard Branson put it succinctly, “’2014 will be the year we will finally put our beautiful spaceship in her natural environment of space. Today, we had our own Chief Pilot flying another flawless supersonic flight and proving the various systems required to take us safely to space, as well as providing the very best experience while we’re up there.”
When WhiteKnightTwo dropped the plane, the SpaceShip Two then relied on its own rocket motor in order roar to 71,000 feet high, setting a new record along the way.
Virgin SpaceShip Two Achieves New Height Record original content from Ubergizmo. 
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Nov 28
It took a while, but Virgin Media has finally brought its TV Anywhere service to Android. Already available on the iPhone and iPad for more than a year, the app comes to Android smartphones and tablets with nine new UK TV channels including Alibi, Dave, Drama, Good Food, Home, Really, Watch, Yesterday and CBS Reality. That takes the total number of mobile channels up to 67, with up to 90 available online. Virgin Media boasts it now offers more choice than rival service Sky Go, but like it’s competitor, some might be frustrated by the patchy support for Android devices. Although you’ll find support for Samsung’s Galaxy S4 and Galaxy Note, HTC One, Sony Xperia Tablet Z and Google’s Nexus tablets, you might experience issues if your device is running Android 4.4 KitKat. While you won’t be able to install it on your Nexus 5 just yet, Virgin says more Android devices will join the line-up “in the very near future.”
Filed under: Cellphones, Home Entertainment, Software, HD, Mobile
Via: Virgin Media
Source: TV Anywhere (Google Play)
Nov 27
Nothing tests a stiff upper lip like a next-gen console launch. Having already been spooked by inaccurate pricing on the PlayStation Network, some Brits are now discovering that the Xbox One‘s heavily promoted TV functions aren’t readily compatible with their set-top boxes. Whether on Freeview, Virgin or Sky, users’ efforts to route TV output through the Xbox One’s HDMI passthrough port are apparently resulting in “juddery” and unwatchable video — perhaps because the Xbox One defaults to 60 frames per second while most UK hardware sticks to the PAL standard of 50Hz. In turn, if they’re forced to give on using passthrough, they also have to miss out on the use of Kinect voice control to start watching TV, change the volume or “snap” TV side-by-side with an app.
Ironically, one UK service that has made a particular point of never supporting the Xbox One — namely, YouView — may now offer the smoothest experience of the lot (albeit without any EPG integration), as its box seems to be more comfortable outputting a compatible signal. That won’t be much help to others, however, so we’ve asked Microsoft’s PR if there’s any progress towards a fix, and in the meantime you might want to try a possible workaround from a reader at HDTVTest.
[Thanks, Barry]
Filed under: Gaming, Home Entertainment, HD
Source: The Guardian
Nov 22
Virgin Galactic has jumped on the Bitcoin train, with founder Richard Branson announcing it will accept the topical virtual currency for tickets on its space flights. According to Branson, at least one Virgin Galactic early-adopter has paid for her ticket for an upcoming flight in Bitcoins, and the outspoken exec says there are obvious parallels […]
Nov 22
As the value and credibility of Bitcoin continues to skyrocket, Virgin founder Richard Branson now wants to let people use the digital currency to finance a flight into space. Ahead of its first trips next year, Virgin Galactic has already had one “future astronaut” from Hawaii book a Bitcoin-funded ticket and hopes that its affluent clientele will follow suit. An investor himself, Branson has been pushing for governments to regulate the peer-to-peer payment system and believes that today’s announcement will give it more credibility. Neither Virgin Galactic nor Branson has indicated just how many Bitcoins you’ll need before you get a return ticket to the heavens, but we suspect this isn’t the future that Gene Roddenberry was planning.
Filed under: Internet
Via: CNBC
Source: Virgin
Nov 18
Today Virgin Mobile has entered another contestant into the growing war of the off-contract smartphones with the HTC Desire. This device works with a 4.5-inch qHD touchscreen display, a 5-megapixel camera at its back, and a Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 dual-core processor inside. Ready for release as early as today, the HTC Desire for late 2013 […]
Nov 01
Virgin America, the airline that invented the sassy in-flight safety video, has rolled out a brand new sassy in-flight safety video: A live-action musical number. It’s still heads and shoulders above most airlines, but is it the best?
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Oct 01
You knew this day would come, Virgin Mobile fans, and now the highly sought after iPhone 5s and the iPhone 5c are available for purchase at Virgin Mobile. Better yet, you’re in for a rather nice discount, as Sprint’s prepaid subsidiary is selling each of the phones outright for $100 less than you’d pay elsewhere. This puts the 16GB iPhone 5s at $550 and the 16GB iPhone 5c at $450. Each of these phones should be available for purchase either online or in a retail setting, but if you want to score an iPhone with larger storage (either 32GB or 64GB), you’ll need to direct your browser to Virgin’s website. With its surprisingly low pricing, perhaps Virgin Mobile is retraining its brain as well.
Filed under: Cellphones, Mobile, Apple
Via: Apple Insider
Source: Virgin Mobile (1), (2)
Sep 18
Virgin Mobile’s YouTube page can–if you let it–use your webcam to tell when you blink and change t
Posted in: Today's ChiliVirgin Mobile’s YouTube page can—if you let it—use your webcam to tell when you blink and change the ads each time you do so. It’s creepy, but kinda cool.
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