The TalkTalk Blog

Welcome to the TalkTalk blog. Here you'll find regular entries from our Chairman Charles Dunstone, our CEO Dido Harding and members of the TalkTalk team.

From the launch of free broadband in 2006 to the release of our innovative new myTalkTalk package, we're always thinking of ways to change the phone and broadband market for the better. Through the blog you'll be the first to hear any news.

If you have any general comments or questions about TalkTalk, or would like to get the latest service updates, then feel free to visit TalkTalk Members

We'll also be letting you know about the issues shaping the industry and any new technology that gets us excited. Hope you enjoy it - we look forward to reading your comments.

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Duncan Jefferies

Duncan Jefferies has been a freelance journalist since 2007. His work has appeared in a wide range of publications including The Guardian, The Observer, Scotland on Sunday, 360 Gamer Magazine and MSN UK Tech & Gadgets. His specialist subjects are video games, digital culture and travel.

When not at his desk he can often be found surfing at Widemouth Bay, Cornwall. He's the guy falling over a lot.

His personal blog can be found on his website.
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1 From snakes to angry birds: how mobile gaming got serious

Remember Snake? When I brought my first mobile phone, a Nokia 5110, this game was the premier ‘app’ of the day. The concept was simple: steer your snake around the screen at increasing speeds, eat dots (which make you grow), and don’t hit the walls or your tail. Like many easy-to-play but difficult-to-master games it [...]

 24-Jun-2011
2 The appeal of retro gadgets in a digital age

“The past is a foreign country,” said the writer L.P. Hartley. If so it’s one we’re increasingly keen to visit. Mad Men helped kick-start the craze for mid-century fashion and furniture, and every aspect of 80s pop culture has been repurposed for today’s tastes. But its not just retro clothes, music and Sly Stallone action films that have made a comeback. Gadgets once consigned to the attic have been dusted down and rediscovered by a generation weaned on iPods and Xboxes.

 24-May-2011
3 When will video games get a sense of humour?

When did you last laugh at a video game? And not because of some wooden dialogue, or unintentionally hilarious glitch that wasn’t ironed out during development. No, I mean when did you last laugh because your character said something witty? Or due to a well-executed sight gag or piece of slapstick? A while ago, I’d [...]

 14-Apr-2011
4 DIY gadgets – making new devices from old technology

When you buy a new gadget how many years do you think will pass before you replace it? Ten? Twenty perhaps? If recent surveys are to be believed, five or less is probably a more accurate estimate. A 2010 UN report revealed that e-waste is growing a rate of 40 million tons per years as [...]

 04-Mar-2011
5 Is 3D printing the next great technological disruption?

Hollywood sees 3D as the future of film. But the most revolutionary developments in 3D technology aren’t taking place in the multiplex; they’re happening in the printing industry.
3D printers work in a similar manner to their inkjet cousins. However instead of using ink cartridges, they print in materials like plastic, clay, steel, glass and even [...]

 11-Feb-2011