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4 what is “Buzz”? each month, we find out the “buzz” of a dozen or so recent or in this report, we look at: upcoming releases/products for Bad Neighbours movie technology, telecoms, media and Carphone Warehouse and Dixons agree to merge entertainment eBay users told to change email after widespread privacy hack we find out 3 key buzz metrics EE Kestrel 4G smartphone per news item/release/product: Godzilla movie 1. level of awareness & Mario Kart 8 video game 1 familiarity Microsoft Surface Pro 3 tablet launched 2. degree to which it generates O2 launches revamped Priority App/Service with 'Be More Dog' campaign 2 discussion among peers Sky TV streaming services available on PlayStation 4 Watch Dogs video game 3. degree of excitement it Wolfenstein: The New Order video game 3 generates Xbox One console now sold without Kinect for a cheaper price X-Men: Days of Future Past movie
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. robust quantitative method demographic unweighted base . conducted via the Harris PollTM total 2,069 Online Omnibus (see more) all males 1,032 all females 1,037 . 2,069 respondents 16-24s 313 . fieldwork 28 May – 2 June 2014 25-34s 435 35-44s 500 . data weighted to be representative 45-54s 428 of GB national demographics aged 55-64s 393 16-64 metric 1 of 3 awareness buzz how we asked the question please take a look at this list of technology, mobile and entertainment topics, new products and services. Tell us how familiar you are with each.
extremely familiar very familiar somewhat familiar just know the name and nothing more never heard of this
2 important things to note 1. we gave no further information or images to respondents, we just showed them the text list as shown at the beginning of this report 2. when considering all Buzz metrics, one needs to bear in mind that some products/services have been launched, some earlier than others, and some are yet to be launched (see over for more detail)
8 launch/news dates Bad Neighbours movie 3rd May Carphone Warehouse and Dixons agree to merge 15th May eBay users told to change email after widespread privacy hack 22nd May EE Kestrel 4G smartphone 28th May Godzilla movie 15th May Mario Kart 8 video game 30th May Microsoft Surface Pro 3 tablet launched 20th May O2 launches revamped Priority App/Service with 'Be More Dog' campaign Ongoing Sky TV streaming services available on PlayStation 4 1st May Watch Dogs video game 27th May Wolfenstein: The New Order video game 20th May Xbox One console now sold without Kinect for a cheaper price 13th May X-Men: Days of Future Past movie 22nd May awareness buzz
extremely familiar very familiar somewhat familiar know name only never heard of
eBay privacy hack 36% 26% 19% 7% 12% eBay’s privacy hack and the consequent urging of users X-Men: Days of Future Past movie 13% 16% 24% 26% 22% to change their passwords Godzilla movie 12% 15% 26% 32% 15% clearly tops the awareness list this edition Bad Neighbours movie 9% 11% 20% 23% 37% With so many users affected, it’s no Carphone/Dixons agree to merge 7% 12% 26% 18% 38% surprise to see it rank so highly for awareness in our all-time list (see O2 Be More Dog campaign 6% 11% 19% 15% 49% later in report – it is ranked joint 11th). Mario Kart 8 game 5% 7% 13% 24% 50% Movies also achieve high levels of Xbox One without Kinect 6% 7% 14% 19% 54% awareness this month, with the new X-Men movie and Godzilla Watch Dogs game 6% 7% 11% 13% 64% roughly on par. Sky TV streaming on PS4 3%6% 13% 17% 61% Of the games tested this month, Nintendo’s latest Mario Kart edges Wolfenstein game 4%5% 10% 16% 65% it over Ubisoft’s Watch Dogs.
MS Surface Pro 3 launched 3%5% 12% 18% 63%
EE Kestrel 4G smartphone 2%4% 8% 11% 74% base: all GB 16-64 (2,069)
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O2 BeMoreDog Mario Kart 8 Godzilla EE Kestrel 4G eBay hack CarphoneDixon Bad Neighbours base Never Never heard of Just know name Somewhat Very Extremely Never Never heard of Just know name Somewhat Very Extremely Never Never heard of Just know name Somewhat Very Extremely Never Never heard of Just know name Somewhat Very Extremely Never Never heard of Just know name Somewhat Very Extremely Never heard of Just know name Somewhat Very Extremely Never Never heard of Just know name Somewhat Very Extremely
size familiar familiar familiar familiar familiar familiar familiar
familiar familiar familiar familiar familiar familiar familiar
familiar familiar familiar familiar familiar familiar familiar
2,069 Total 15% 32% 26% 15% 12% 74% 11% 49% 15% 19% 11% 38% 18% 26% 12% 12% 19% 26% 36% 37% 23% 20% 11% 50% 24% 13% 8% 4% 2% 6% 7% 7% 9% 7% 5%
1,032 Male 12% 31% 26% 17% 14% 71% 12% 10% 48% 15% 19% 11% 32% 16% 29% 15% 10% 21% 25% 36% 33% 25% 19% 13% 48% 24% 14% 5% 3% 7% 8% 8% 9% 9% 6%
1,037 18% 33% 25% 13% 10% 78% 11% 49% 16% 19% 11% Fem 43% 20% 22% 14% 18% 26% 36% 40% 22% 20% 10% 53% 24% 12% 7% 3% 2% 5% 9% 6% 7% 9% 6% 5%
16 12% 19% 26% 21% 22% 17% 15% 53% 27% 15% 26% 20% 13% 44% 18% 20% 17% 16% 26% 34% 17% 16% 20% 25% 23% 27% 21% 23% 15% 14% 313 8% 7% 9% 9% 6% - 24
25 11% 27% 27% 20% 15% 67% 12% 11% 41% 18% 18% 15% 45% 16% 21% 12% 14% 18% 29% 33% 39% 22% 19% 11% 26% 21% 27% 14% 12% 435 8% 3% 9% 7% 6% 9% - 34
35 13% 30% 29% 19% 10% 77% 10% 48% 15% 21% 12% 42% 16% 22% 13% 10% 20% 26% 35% 52% 26% 12% 11% 34% 25% 25% 500 8% 4% 2% 5% 7% 9% 8% 2% 6% - 44
45 15% 40% 26% 10% 10% 85% 52% 19% 21% <1% <1% 33% 20% 30% 10% 19% 24% 43% 42% 30% 15% 62% 25% 428 9% 5% 6% 2% 7% 8% 7% 6% 6% 9% 3% 2% - 54
55 25% 43% 20% 85% 10% 73% 10% <1% 24% 21% 35% 14% 11% 23% 24% 34% 66% 25% 61% 23% 393 8% 5% 4% 1% 8% 6% 3% 5% 5% 2% 1% 8% 4% 3% 9% - 64
(alphabetical order) breakdown demographic awareness buzz X-Men:DoFP Xbox-No Kinect Wolfenstein Watch Dogs Surface Pro 3 Sky on PS4 base Never Never heard of Just know name Somewhat Very Extremely Never heard of Just know name Somewhat Very Extremely Never heard of Just know name Somewhat Very Extremely Never heard of Just know name Somewhat Very Extremely Very Extremely Never Never heard of Just know name Somewhat Never Never heard of Just know name Somewhat Very Extremely
size familiar familiar familiar familiar familiar familiar
familiar familiar familiar familiar familiar familiar
familiar familiar familiar familiar familiar familiar
2,069
Total 22% 26% 24% 16% 13% 54% 19% 14% 65% 16% 10% 64% 13% 11% 61% 17% 13% 63% 18% 12% 7% 6% 5% 4% 7% 6% 6% 3% 5% 3%
1,032 Male 18% 25% 25% 18% 15% 48% 19% 16% 55% 17% 13% 53% 15% 14% 10% 56% 18% 15% 54% 21% 15% 9% 7% 9% 6% 8% 8% 4% 6% 4%
1,037 Fem 26% 27% 22% 14% 11% 60% 19% 13% 75% 14% 74% 12% 66% 16% 10% 71% 15% 10% 5% 4% 7% 2% 2% 8% 3% 3% 5% 3% 3% 2%
16 13% 20% 24% 22% 22% 33% 17% 20% 15% 14% 44% 19% 19% 11% 38% 14% 20% 13% 15% 40% 16% 20% 14% 11% 46% 18% 17% 11% 313 8% 8% - 24
25 21% 19% 20% 24% 17% 46% 18% 15% 14% 53% 17% 13% 51% 14% 15% 11% 10% 55% 15% 16% 11% 57% 18% 15% 435 7% 8% 8% 3% 7% 3% - 34
35 20% 23% 27% 16% 13% 56% 15% 18% 66% 14% 12% 63% 14% 13% 63% 19% 11% 63% 18% 13% 500 6% 6% 6% 3% 7% 3% 5% 3% 4% 3% - 44
45 20% 32% 27% 11% 10% 63% 21% 12% 73% 16% 75% 14% 72% 17% 71% 17% 428 2% 3% 6% 2% 2% 5% 3% 3% 8% 2% 1% 9% 2% 1% - 54
55 34% 37% 18% 68% 23% 82% 13% 87% 10% 70% 18% 10% <1% 72% 20% 393 7% 4% 8% 1% 1% 3% 1% 1% 2% 0% 1% 2% 7% 1% 1% - 64
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London 2012 opening 89 Chris Moyles leaves 55 CoD: Black Ops 2 game 40 HP TouchPad 31 Nexus 4 24 HTC Flyer tablet 19 Sightseers Movie 11 Phone hacking 89 Goal-line technology 55 Stone Roses tour 40 Nintendo unveil ‘Wii U’ 31 Lumia 920 24 Warner films on Fbook 19 Dell Streak 11 Jimmy Savile scandal 88 The New iPad 55 Kindle eBook 40 MS Office for iPad 30 London 2012 game 24 Sony Move 19 Nvidia device unveil 11 Michael Jackson’s doctor 88 iPhone 4S 55 Hunger Games: CF movie 39 Assassin’s Creed IV game 30 YouView launch 24 Kinect SportsRivals game 18 nVidia launch ‘Shield’ 10 HMV administration 86 Grand Theft Auto V 54 Homeland series 3 39 Rush movie 30 Mass Effect 3 game 24 Rayman Legends game 18 Snapchat mobile app 10 Olympic torch relay 86 Man of Steel movie 54 Wreck-It Ralph movie 39 Olympus Has Fallen 30 Google Play 24 Gears of War:Judgement 18 Net neutrality 10 Murray loss Wimbledon 83 Star Wars/Disney deal 54 Robbie Williams #1 39 Yahoo! buys Summly app 30 Roaming costs capped 24 Crysis 3 game 18 Intel ‘Haswell’processors 9 Oscars 2012 83 Facebook “Timeline” 54 PS Vita 39 JJ Abrams Star Wars 30 YouTube movie rentals 24 Sony unveils Xperia Z 18 Remember Me game 9 Steve Jobs dies 82 Microsoft buy Skype 54 Android-based tablets 39 Nexus 10 tablet 30 Google buy Motorola 24 Ultra HD/4K TV sets 18 Mflow 7 Final Harry Potter 82 Godzilla movie 53 The Times paywall 39 Nexus 7 tablet 30 Amazon Cloud Player 24 Optimus 4X HD 18 Painkiller: H&D game 7 eBay hack 81 Facebook buy WhatsApp 53 Google Chrome OS 39 Windows 8 preview 30 Watch Dogs game 23 Diablo 3 game 18 Alex Ferguson retires 81 The Wolverine movie 53 Samsung Galaxy S5 38 Megaupload taken down 30 PS Vita Slim released 23 Homefront game 18 EURO 2012 81 Steve Jobs resigns 53 Microsoft buy Nokia 38 PM backs UK film wins 30 Dead Rising 3 game 23 Amazon smartphone 17 Stars at jubilee concert 81 Nintendo 3DS 53 Windows 8 update 38 Batman: Arkham City 30 Nintendo 2DS 23 Windows phone 8.1 17 London 2012 tickets 81 Life of Pi movie 53 Psy ‘Gentleman’ single 38 Apple-Samsung battle 30 E3 gaming conference 23 Infamous: Second Son 17 Blockbuster admin’n 80 X-Men:DoFP movie 52 Oblivion film 38 “Quick Tap” 30 Nokia Lumia 925 slim 23 Metal Gear Solid V 17 Baftas 2012 80 Muppets Most Wanted 52 Nintendo Wii U launch 38 Nokia E7 smartphone 30 Star Trek game 23 Google sells Motorola 17 Brits 2012 80 England lose Ashes 0-5 52 Avengers Assemble 38 BBM messenger app 30 Cloud Atlas movie 23 Snapchat hack 17 Murdoch questions 77 Mrs Brown’s Boys ratings 52 Sky 3D Channel 38 2014 FIFA game 29 New Super Mario game 23 Killzone: Shadow Fall 17 Skyfall movie 76 Fast & Furious 6 movie 52 Frozen movie 37 Beyoncé album 29 Piracy Hotspots 23 Wuaki.tv launches in UK 17 Jimmy Carr tax 76 Prometheus movie 52 FIFA 14 game 37 Gran Turismo 6 game 29 Microsoft Xbox Music 23 YouTube Awards 17 Facebook shares 76 James Arthur X Factor 52 Tesco launch Hudl tablet 37 Sam Gal Note 8 unveil 29 HTC service questioned 23 Reddit Boston apology 17 Britain’s Got Talent 74 Despicable Me 2 52 Apple iPad Air 37 Halo 4 game 29 Sky on PS4 22 Project Glass unveil 17 BlackBerry outage 74 Amazing Spiderman 2 51 Call of Duty: Ghosts 37 Live Messenger closes 29 Xperia Z1 goes on sale 22 Nokia 808 revealed 17 PS3 accounts hacked 74 iPhone 5S/5C 51 PlayStation 4 price £349 37 MS Outlook relaunch 29 Steve Ballmer to retire 22 World of Warcraft free 17 Golden Globes 2012 74 Call of Duty: MW3 game 51 Xbox One price £429 37 Wii U console revealed 29 BBC launch 5 HD ch’s 22 Inside Lleywn Davis 16 Justin Bieber arrested 73 Ice Age 4 movie 51 The Croods movie 37 O2 mobile wallet 29 Google paid music serv. 22 Runner Runner movie 16 Prince Harry naked 72 iPhone secretly tracking 50 The Hobbit preview 37 Facebook app store 29 Peter Kay sitcom iPlayer 22 Total War: Rome II game 16 Wiggins wins BBC Sport 70 TV Licence non payment 49 Madonna booed 37 Nokia Android phones 28 Far Cry 3 game 22 Twitter #Music launch 16 The Voice UK launched 70 Abbey Clancy Strictly win 49 Xbox Kinect 37 Elise Christie bullied 28 Google search ranking 22 DmC video game 16 12 Yrs a Slave best film 69 iPad Mini 49 O2 Be More Dog 36 YouTube paid sub 28 BT buys ESPN channels 22 NI wins football rights 16 David Moyes sacked 68 Netflix in UK 49 Samsung Galaxy Note 3 36 Need for Speed 28 “ACTA” rejection 22 Madden NFL 13 game 16 Felix Baumgartner dive 68 Facebook plan to float 49 SimCity game 36 Surface launch 28 Flame virus 22 Darksiders ll game 16 Men In Black 3 movie 68 BBC Two celebrate 50 yrs 48 Assassin’s Creed III game 36 PS3 Slimmed 28 Official Charts streams 22 Deus Ex: HR game 16 Charlie Sheen in news 68 BBC mumble complaints 48 FIFA 13 game 36 Kinect: Star Wars game 28 Max Payne 3 game 22 BlackBerry music service 16 Murray Sports Person’y 67 The Wolf of Wall Street 48 Facebook buy Instagram 36 Windows 8 unveiled 28 HP to focus on software 22 Google One Pass 16 Titanic 3D movie 67 X-Factor Sam Bailey #1 48 Samsung #1 smartphone 36 Sonic the H-hog 20 years 28 Portal 2 game 22 Google Buzz 16 The Hobbit movie 66 Louis Smith wins SCD 48 FIFA 12 game 36 Xbox-No Kinect 27 PS Vita unveiled 22 Ubisoft patch 16 Oscars 2013 65 Hillsborough song 48 Skype on Facebook 36 HTC One M8 27 Fable III game 22 EE Kestrel 4G 15 Comic Relief 2013 64 Viva Forever' musical 48 Spotify 36 Facebook Home 27 “.xxx” sex domain 22 Dark Souls 2 15 Peter Capaldi Dr. Who 64 PlayStation 4 launched 47 Jack Reacher movie 36 Resident Evil 6 game 27 UK Radioplayer 22 Sky offers free tablet 15 Murdoch not a fit person 64 Twilight: Part 2 movie 47 Windows 8.1 released 36 Apple Siri software 27 Google TV 22 The Last of Us game 15 DAB Radio 64 BT Vision 47 Harry Potter screenplay 35 Gears of War 3 game 27 Nokia Lumia 1520/1320 22 Dell takeover bids 15 Freeview HD 64 Noah movie 46 Zero Dark Thirty movie 35 Sony Ericsson Xperia Play 27 Steam (gaming service) 22 Facebook Graph Search 15 Dr Who 50th Anniversary 63 Xbox One launched 46 BBC iPlayer Radio 35 Battlefield 4 game 27 Amazon Fire TV 21 Dishonored game 15 New series of Dr Who 63 The Hobbit 2 movie 46 UK’s first 4G network 35 Mario Kart 8 26 Facebook buys Oculus 21 Led Zeppelin DVD 15 3D TV sets 63 Rock of Ages movie 46 EMI sold to Universal 35 Samsung Curve 26 Titanfall video game 21 Sleeping Dogs game 15 Brits 2013 62 Star Wars films on BD 46 3D Wimbledon on BBC 35 HTC Windows 26 Xbox One price cut 21 Guild Wars 2 game 15 Gov’t email spying 62 Firefox 4 launched 46 CoD: Black Ops game 35 Muse Olympic song 26 Forza 5 game 21 Sony touchless display 15 Entwistle resigns 61 iPad 46 Anchorman 2 movie 34 Nintendo ‘3DS XL’ 26 KitKat Android 21 Yahoo! put up for sale 15 Les Misérables movie 60 The Sweeney movie 45 BBC One +1 channel 34 Resident Evil 6 trailer 26 Nokia Lumia 1020 21 UK HuffPo launched 15 BBC Three dropped 60 Carphone/Dixon merge 44 Bowie The Next Day 34 Google Music in USA 26 Now TV streaming box 21 Qriocity 15 iPhone 5 released 60 12 Years a Slave movie 44 BlackBerry 10 revealed 34 BT told block pirate sites 26 Girls Aloud Ten album 21 Blu-ray disc successor 14 Dark Knight Rises movie 60 World War Z movie 44 HTC One X launched 34 Batman: Arkham Origins 26 Microsoft SmartGlass 21 Nintendo Land game 14 Fifty Shades of Grey 60 Xbox One announced 44 Warner Bros. StudioTour 34 Football Manager ‘14 26 Dig Economy Act delay 21 PS A-S B Royale game 14 Game chain bust 60 Google new privacy 44 Battlefield 3 game 34 Nexus 5 smartphone 26 60s/70s Absolute Radio 21 NBA 2K13 game 14 please see the Children in Need concert 60 Windows 7 Mobile 44 Samsung Galaxy Tab 34 HTC/Apple dispute 26 ‘The Daily’ on iPad 21 Ouya console unveil 14 Sherlock S03 on BBC1 59 iPhone4 reception issue 44 3D Blu-ray players 34 Myspace sold for £35M 26 Apple TV 21 HP reveal VoiceTab 13 Appendix for Pornography filters 59 Bing 44 iPhone 4 34 LA Noire game 26 Samsung Galaxy 21 The Sun/O2 4G deals 13 details of the The Great Gatsby movie 59 Secret Life of W. Mitty 43 Amazon Prime rebrand 33 Django Unchained movie 26 Wolfenstein game 20 Halo: Spartan Assault 13 fieldwork date to Windows 8 launched 59 The World’s End movie 43 Star Wars: Ep VII date 33 LEGO: Hobbit game 25 Surface Pro 3 launch 20 Facebook ‘Paper’ app 13 understand full Bourne Legacy movie 59 Sony PS4 announced 43 Samsung smartwatch 33 Apple iOS7 25 Sony Xperia Z2 20 NBA 2K14 game 13 context #nomakeupselfie 58 BBC TV Centre closes 43 Nokia Lumia launched 33 Rise of the Guardians 25 Saints Row IV game 20 Disney Infinity game 13 Matt Smith last Dr Who 58 Kindle Fire UK 43 PEGI Ratings 33 Stones GRRR! album 25 Marvel Heroes game 20 Nokia Music+ 13 this edition’s items Samsung fined 58 Digital display screens 43 Sony recall 1.6m TVs 33 Football Manager ’13 25 Daft Punk #1 20 YouView 13 are highlighted Internet ‘trolls’ identified 58 Need for Speed movie 42 BBC Olympic comment’y 32 Google TV UK 25 BioShock Infinite game 20 HP Music 13 green Twitter super-injunctions 58 McAlpine sues 42 Yahoo! buy Tumblr 32 HTC beat Apple 25 HTC One unveiled 20 Virgin Gaming 13 IE9 launched 58 iPlayer downloads 42 Google Drive 32 MDNA album 25 Nokia tablet, Lumia 2520 20 ITV to launch ITV Encore 12 Star Trek Into Darkness 57 Amazon Kindle Fire 42 Apple iCloud 32 SKY News Twitter use 25 Sky buys O2 business 20 Jolla smartphone 12 Iron Man 3 movie 57 BBC News site redesign 42 BlackBerry PlayBook 32 Blinkbox launched 25 Apple Mountain Lion 20 Google Chromecast 12 Leveson Report 57 Game of Thrones series 4 41 Google Cloud music 32 Lego Marvel game 25 Virgin Media Tube wi-fi 20 Grid 2 video game 12 Amazon Kindle Touch 57 Captain America 2 41 Google Chromebooks 32 Vevo launched 25 BBC TV download service 20 HP Slate 7 12 The Sun on Sunday 57 Robocop (2014 remake) 41 Nokia/MS partnership 32 Halo: Reach game 25 Rage game 20 Twitter launches Vine 12 awareness The Inbetweeners Movie 57 Samsung Gal S4 unveil 41 Windows 8 pre-launch 32 Digital sales over £1b 25 Motorola Xoom 20 FA Cup on Facebook 12 Big Brother re-launched 57 One Direction #1 41 American Hustle movie 31 Samsung smartwatches 24 Crysis 2 game 20 Tweet Store 12 buzz Murdoch’s BSkyB bid 57 Expendables ll movie 41 Microsoft U-turn 31 Dallas Buyers Club movie 24 Fallout: New Vegas game 20 #WatchOnSky 11 JK Rowling author reveal 56 Samsung Galaxy Note 41 Evil Dead 2013 movie 31 Samsung Smart Home 24 "Newport" Jay-Z spoof 20 Lords of Shadow 2 game 11 all time list Lincoln movie 56 Samsung Galaxy S3 41 Tomb Raider game 31 PES 2014 game 24 Gravity movie 19 The Wolf Among Us 11 4G UK 56 Hunger Games movie 41 Resident Evil: Retribution 31 Next generation iPlayer 24 Defiance series/game 19 Lilyhammer S2 on Netflix 11 % at least Amazing Spider-Man 56 Google+ 41 MacBooks revamped 31 LOVEFiLM series, Copper 24 Trance movie 19 Asda remove Wii U 11 somewhat familiar Sites go offline for SOPA 56 Smart TV 41 MS Surface preview 31 Daft Punk album 24 Chromebook Pixel unveil 19 Huawei Ascend P6 11 Facebook new design 56 Bad Neighbours movie 40 Asteroid mining 31 LOVEFiLM pilots 24 Xbox Music 19 Company of Heroes 2 11 iPad 2 released 56 Facebook email 40 Kinect for PCs launch 31 Hitman: Absolution 24 Microsoft buy Yammer 19 O2 Tu Go app 11 12 metric 2 of 3 discussion buzz discussion buzz among those at least somewhat familiar with each
have/will discuss a great deal have/will discuss a little have not discussed this at all and probably won't it would never occur to me to discuss this
eBay privacy hack (1702) 17% 47% 24% 12% The eBay hack tops Discussion Buzz among X-Men: Days of Future Past movie (1077) 20% 42% 25% 13% those aware of these Godzilla movie (1105) 15% 43% 28% 14% stories – please see overleaf for the same Watch Dogs game (494) 19% 38% 26% 17% results re-based to the Bad Neighbours movie (816) 14% 42% 31% 14% public as a whole Wolfenstein game (436) 17% 35% 35% 14% MS Surface Pro 3 launched (426) 11% 37% 37% 15% Mario Kart 8 game (539) 14% 33% 35% 18% Sky TV streaming on PS4 (445) 11% 35% 35% 19% Xbox One without Kinect (550) 13% 33% 34% 20% EE Kestrel 4G smartphone (289) 12% 30% 46% 12% O2 Be More Dog campaign (772) 8% 28% 36% 29% Carphone/Dixons agree to merge (951) 7% 28% 39% 27% bases shown in parentheses
© Harris Interactive Harris © 1414 discussion buzz among all respondents, including unfamiliar have/will discuss a great deal have/will discuss a little have not discussed this at all and probably won't it would never occur to me to discuss this unfamiliar (not asked about discussion level)
eBay privacy hack 14% 38% 20% 10% 19% The eBay hack generated a huge amount of X-Men: Days of Future Past movie 10% 22% 13% 7% 48% discussion among the Godzilla movie 8% 23% 15% 8% 47% public as a whole Bad Neighbours movie 6% 17% 12% 6% 60% It ranks joint 11th for Discussion Buzz in our all-time list, which is Carphone/Dixons agree to merge 3% 13% 17% 12% 56% highly significant. Watch Dogs game 5% 9% 6%4% 77% The new X-Men and Godzilla movies also achieve high O2 Be More Dog campaign 3% 10% 13% 10% 64% discussion levels, but for X-Men we have seen higher discussion 3% 9% 9% 6% 73% Xbox One without Kinect levels for other comic-book Mario Kart 8 game 4% 9% 9% 5% 74% movies, like The Dark Knight Rises and Iron Man 3. Wolfenstein game 3%7% 7%3% 80% Ubisoft’s Watch Dogs edges out Sky TV streaming on PS4 3%8% 8% 4% 78% Mario Kart 8 and Wolfenstein as most discussed game in this
MS Surface Pro 3 launched 2%7% 7%3% 81% edition.
EE Kestrel 4G smartphone 2%4% 7%2% 85% base: all GB 16-64 (2,069)
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O2 BeMoreDog Mario Kart 8 Godzilla EE Kestrel 4G eBay hack CarphoneDixon Bad Neighbours base Unfamiliar Would never occur Have not / won’t Discuss alittle Discuss Unfamiliar Would never occur Have not / won’t Discuss alittle Discuss Unfamiliar Would never occur Have not / won’t Discuss alittle Discuss Unfamiliar Would never occur Have not / won’t Discuss alittle Discuss Unfamiliar Would never occur Have not / won’t Discuss alittle Discuss Unfamiliar Would never occur Have not / won’t Discuss alittle Discuss Unfamiliar Would never occur Have not / won’t Discuss alittle Discuss
size
great deal great deal great deal great deal great deal great deal great deal
2,069 Total 47% 15% 23% 85% 64% 10% 13% 10% 56% 12% 17% 13% 19% 10% 20% 38% 14% 60% 12% 17% 74% 8% 8% 2% 7% 4% 2% 3% 3% 6% 6% 5% 9% 9% 4%
1,032 Male 43% 17% 24% 82% 63% 14% 11% 48% 13% 21% 15% 18% 11% 20% 35% 16% 59% 12% 17% 72% 10% 8% 9% 2% 8% 5% 2% 9% 3% 4% 6% 6% 5% 9% 4%
1,037 52% 13% 21% 89% 65% 11% 12% Fem 63% 11% 14% 10% 20% 19% 40% 12% 61% 12% 17% 77% 7% 7% 1% 5% 4% 1% 9% 2% 2% 8% 5% 5% 4% 8% 8% 3%
16 31% 15% 29% 18% 13% 69% 42% 13% 19% 19% 62% 14% 14% 23% 21% 33% 17% 33% 16% 28% 19% 48% 20% 16% 313 7% 4% 9% 6% 7% 4% 6% 6% 5% 8% 9% - 24
25 38% 17% 29% 12% 79% 58% 10% 14% 14% 60% 10% 14% 11% 20% 20% 39% 15% 61% 11% 17% 47% 15% 27% 435 4% 3% 8% 8% 3% 5% 5% 7% 4% 7% 5% 6% - 34
35 43% 11% 15% 25% 86% 62% 12% 15% 58% 11% 18% 11% 19% 13% 17% 36% 14% 78% 15% 58% 10% 14% 500 6% 1% 8% 4% 1% 8% 2% 2% 5% 8% 6% 3% 4% - 44
45 54% 15% 19% 94% 71% 10% 12% <1% 53% 15% 18% 12% 15% 12% 21% 38% 13% 12% 72% 86% 428 8% 5% 1% 3% 2% 6% 1% 1% 2% 5% 9% 4% 5% 4% 1% - 54
55 67% 13% 11% 95% 83% <1% 46% 17% 21% 15% <1% 19% 19% 42% 10% 92% 85% 393 7% 1% 2% 2% 1% 7% 5% 5% 0% 1% 3% 4% 1% 9% 4% 1% 4% 7% - 64
(alphabetical order) demographic breakdown discussion buzz X-Men:DoFP Xbox-No Kinect Wolfenstein Watch Dogs Surface Pro 3 Sky on PS4 base Unfamiliar Would never occur Have not / won’t Discuss alittle Discuss Unfamiliar Would never occur Have not / won’t Discuss alittle Discuss Unfamiliar Would never occur Have not / won’t Discuss alittle Discuss Unfamiliar Would never occur Have not / won’t Discuss alittle Discuss Discuss alittle Discuss Unfamiliar Would never occur Have not / won’t Unfamiliar Would never occur Have not / won’t Discuss alittle Discuss
size
great deal great deal great deal great deal great deal great deal
2,069 Total 48% 13% 22% 10% 73% 80% 77% 78% 81% 7% 6% 9% 9% 3% 3% 7% 7% 3% 4% 6% 9% 5% 8% 3% 4% 8% 3% 7% 7% 2%
1,032 Male 43% 15% 24% 11% 67% 11% 12% 71% 10% 67% 13% 73% 10% 75% 8% 6% 4% 4% 9% 5% 6% 8% 6% 8% 4% 5% 4% 9% 9% 3%
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Fem 53% 12% 20% 10% 79% 89% 86% 83% 86% 6% 5% 8% 6% 3% 2% 4% 3% 2% 2% 5% 5% 3% 3% 6% 7% 2% 2% 6% 5% 1%
16 32% 17% 26% 17% 51% 15% 21% 63% 13% 13% 52% 11% 21% 11% 56% 14% 17% 65% 11% 14% 313 8% 8% 6% 5% 6% 6% 8% 6% 3% 7% - 24
25 40% 11% 30% 16% 64% 10% 14% 70% 12% 65% 15% 70% 12% 75% 10% 435 3% 5% 7% 2% 9% 7% 5% 8% 8% 4% 9% 5% 4% 7% 4% - 34
35 44% 13% 24% 10% 71% 12% 80% 77% 82% 80% 500 9% 7% 6% 3% 3% 8% 6% 3% 5% 9% 6% 4% 3% 7% 6% 2% 3% 8% 8% 1% - 44
45 53% 16% 17% 83% 89% 89% 89% <1% 88% 428 <1% 9% 6% 5% 6% 5% 1% 3% 4% 3% 1% 3% 3% 4% 1% 2% 5% 4% 3% 6% 3% - 54
55 71% 11% 91% 95% 97% <1% 88% 92% 393 6% 9% 3% 3% 5% 2% 2% 2% 1% 0% 2% 1% 1% 0% 4% 6% 2% 0% 2% 4% 2% 0% - 64
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London 2012 opening 75 Golden Globes 2012 31 Tesco launch Hudl tablet 21 Asteroid mining 15 Sony recall 1.6m TVs 12 Sonic the H-hog 20 years 9 The Sun/O2 4G deals 4 Jimmy Savile scandal 72 Amazing Spiderman 2 30 Psy ‘Gentleman’ single 21 PS Vita unveiled 15 Gears of War 3 game 12 "Newport" Jay-Z spoof 9 Asda remove Wii U 4 Phone hacking 66 The Great Gatsby movie 30 Need for Speed movie 20 Amazon Cloud Player 15 “.xxx” sex domain 12 Steam (gaming service) 9 O2 Tu Go app 4 EURO 2012 61 Windows 8 launched 30 JK Rowling author reveal 20 BBC News site redesign 15 ‘The Daily’ on iPad 12 Kinect SportsRivals game 8 Twitter launches Vine 4 Skyfall movie 60 Comic Relief 2013 30 Evil Dead 2013 movie 20 3D Blu-ray players 15 Xbox One price cut 11 Dark Souls 2 8 Snapchat mobile app 4 HMV administration 58 Star Wars/Disney deal 30 Zero Dark Thirty movie 20 Django Unchained movie 15 Beyoncé album 11 Infamous: Second Son 8 Yahoo! put up for sale 4 Murray loss Wimbledon 57 DAB Radio 30 FIFA 13 game 20 Dallas Buyers Club movie 14 Dead Rising 3 game 11 Inside Lleywn Davis 8 UK HuffPo launched 4 Final Harry Potter 55 The Wolf of Wall Street 29 Facebook plan to float 20 Gran Turismo 6 14 Forza 5 game 11 Snapchat hack 8 Virgin Gaming 4 Stars at Jubilee concert 54 England lose Ashes 0-5 29 Windows 8.1 launched 20 Next generation iPlayer 14 Nintendo 2DS 11 Killzone: Shadow Fall 8 Mflow 4 Olympic torch relay 54 Mrs Brown’s Boys ratings 29 PS Vita 20 Halo 4 game 14 Nokia Lumia 925 slim 11 Runner Runner movie 8 Painkiller: H&D game 4 eBay hack 52 PlayStation 4 launched 29 Amazon Kindle Fire 20 Robbie Williams #1 14 Star Trek game 11 Steve Ballmer to retire 8 Steve Jobs dies 52 Pornography filters 29 Star Wars films on BD 20 Surface launch 14 Defiance series/game 11 Rayman Legends game 8 The Voice 51 The Wolverine movie 29 Hillsborough song 20 Resident Evil 6 game 14 Daft Punk #1 11 Now TV streaming box 8 Britain’s Got Talent 50 World War Z movie 29 Jack Reacher movie 20 “ACTA” rejection 14 Trance movie 11 Nokia Lumia 1020 8 Alex Ferguson retires 48 Samsung fined 29 Secret Life of W. Mitty 19 Google TV UK 14 HTC One unveiled 11 BBC launch 5 HD ch’s 8 Michael Jackson’s doctor 48 Call of Duty: MW3 game 29 Anchorman 2 movie 19 London 2012 game 14 BT buys ESPN channels 11 Google paid music serv. 8 London 2012 tickets 47 Xbox One launched 28 BBC One +1 channel 19 Battlefield 4 game 14 Stones GRRR! album 11 Reddit Boston apology 8 Blockbuster admin’n 47 Entwistle resigns 28 Microsoft U-turn 19 Wii U console revealed 14 Football Manager ’13 11 Twitter #Music launch 8 BlackBerry outage 46 iPad Mini 28 Olympus Has Fallen 19 Facebook buy Instagram 14 Nexus 4 11 Gears of War: udgement 8 The Hobbit movie 46 iPhone secretly tracking 28 Bowie The Next Day 19 Batman: Arkham City 14 Lumia 920 11 Sky buys O2 business 8 David Moyes sacked 45 Xbox One announced 27 McAlpine sues 19 Fable III game 14 Piracy Hotspots 11 Sony unveils Xperia Z 8 Felix Baumgartner dive 45 Murdoch not a fit person 27 Assassin’s Creed III game 19 Blinkbox launched 14 Microsoft SmartGlass 11 Xbox Music 8 Brits 2012 44 Sites go offline for SOPA 27 UK’s first 4G network 19 Facebook Home 14 Facebook app store 11 Madden NFL 13 game 8 Jimmy Carr tax 43 IE9 launched 27 Samsung Galaxy S3 19 Vevo launched 14 Dig Economy Act delay 11 Official Charts streams 8 PS3 accounts hacked 43 Murdoch’s BSkyB bid 27 Warner Bros. Studio Tour 19 Halo: Reach game 14 BT told block pirate sites 11 Nokia 808 revealed 8 3D TV sets 42 Noah movie 26 FIFA 12 video game 19 Watch Dogs game 13 3D Wimbledon on BBC 11 Virgin Media Tube wi-fi 8 Fifty Shades of Grey 41 TV Licence non payment 26 Nintendo unveil ‘Wii U’ 19 O2 Be More Dog 13 HTC Flyer tablet 11 Rage game 8 Govt email spying 41 Sony PS4 announced 26 BlackBerry PlayBook 19 Xbox-No Kinect 13 Apple TV 11 HTC service questioned 8 Iron Man 3 movie 40 Twilight: Part 2 movie 26 BT Vision 19 Amazon Prime rebrand 13 Fallout: New Vegas game 11 Deus Ex: HR game 8 Dr Who 50th Anniversary 39 Ice Age 4 movie 26 BBC Two celebrate 50 yrs 18 Samsung Smart Home 13 Digital display screens 11 YouView 8 Peter Capaldi Dr. Who 39 Internet ‘trolls’ identified 26 Samsung Galaxy S5 18 Gravity movie 13 Wolfenstein game 10 Samsung Galaxy 8 Prince Harry naked 39 Hunger Games movie 26 Harry Potter screenplay 18 SimCity game 13 Sky on PS4 10 Digital sales over £1b 8 Dark Knight Rises movie 39 The Sun on Sunday 26 Windows 8 update 18 Yahoo! buys Summly app 13 Titanfall video game 10 Metal Gear Solid V 7 Oscars 2012 39 Big Brother re-launched 26 Nintendo Wii U launch 18 Cloud Atlas movie 13 Samsung smartwatches 10 Sony Xperia Z2 7 iPad 2 39 Microsoft buy Skype 26 Windows 8 pre-launch 18 Facebook email 13 Elise Christie bullied 10 Google sells Motorola 7 iPhone 5 38 Louis Smith wins SCD 26 Chris Moyles leaves 18 Rise of the Guardians 13 LOVEFiLM series, Copper 10 Wuaki.tv launches in UK 7 Freeview HD 38 Game of Thrones series 4 25 Google+ 18 Hitman: Absolution 13 KitKat Android 10 NBA 2K14 game 7 Man of Steel movie 37 Abbey Clancy Strictly win 25 “Quick Tap” 18 Need for Speed game 13 Saint Row IV game 10 Total War: Rome II game 7 Star Trek Into Darkness 37 X-Factor Sam Bailey #1 25 Samsung Galaxy Tab 18 Nexus 5 smartphone 13 Yahoo! buy Tumblr 10 HP Slate 7 7 Goal-line technology 37 The World’s End movie 25 Google Chromebooks 18 Nexus 10 13 LOVEFiLM pilots 10 DmC video game 7 Murdoch questions 37 Xbox One price £429 25 Sony Ericsson Xperia Play 18 Batman: Arkham Origins 13 Crysis 3 game 10 NI wins football rights 7 Wiggins wins BBC Sport 37 PlayStation 4 price £349 25 Nokia/MS partnership 18 MS Outlook relaunch 13 New Super Mario game 10 PS A-S B Royale game 7 #nomakeupselfie 36 Kindle eBook 25 Rush movie 17 PEGI Ratings 13 Ultra HD/4K TV sets 10 Dishonored game 7 New series of Dr Who 36 Robocop (2014 remake) 24 Samsung smartwatch 17 YouView launch 13 Optimus 4X HD 10 Ubisoft patch 7 Baftas 2012 36 12 Years a Slave movie 24 BBC TV Centre closes 17 Nokia Lumia launched 13 Darksiders ll game 10 Ouya console unveiled 7 The Inbetweeners Movie 36 The Hobbit preview 24 Resident Evil: Retribution 17 Kinect: Star Wars game 13 Sleeping Dogs game 10 Sony touchless display 7 Sherlock S03 on BBC1 35 Oblivion film 24 Nexus 7 tablet 17 Mass Effect 3 game 13 Guild Wars 2 game 10 Myspace sold for £35M 7 Amazing Spider-Man 35 Avengers Assemble 24 Stone Roses tour 17 Kinect for PCs launch 13 Apple Mountain Lion 10 Net neutrality 7 Men In Black 3 movie 35 Netflix in UK 24 MS Surface preview 17 PM backs UK film wins 13 Madonna booed 10 EE Kestrel 4G 6 Facebook new design 35 Hunger Games: CF movie 24 Google privacy policy 17 Resident Evil 6 trailer 13 Microsoft buy Yammer 10 #WatchOnSky 6 12 Yrs a Slave best film 34 Children in Need concert 24 Battlefield 3 game 17 Apple-Samsung battle 13 Microsoft Xbox Music 10 Facebook ‘Paper’ app 6 Despicable Me 2 34 Spotify 24 Apple iCloud 17 Windows 8 unveiled 13 Diablo 3 game 10 Halo: Spartan Assault 6 Prometheus movie 34 Windows 7 Mobile 24 LA Noire game 17 HP TouchPad 13 MDNA album 10 Sky offers free tablet 6 The New iPad 34 Android-based tablets 24 Portal 2 game 17 Skype on Facebook 13 SKY News Twitter use 10 Jolla smartphone 6 Facebook “Timeline” 34 Xbox Kinect 24 Google Cloud music 17 Motorola Xoom 13 YouTube movie rentals 10 Disney Infinity game 6 iPad 34 iPhone4 reception issue 24 Nokia E7 smartphone 17 Homefront game 13 HP to focus on software 10 nVidia launch ‘Shield’ 6 Les Misérables movie 34 iPhone 4 24 Google Chrome OS 17 UK Radioplayer 13 HTC/Apple dispute 10 Grid 2 video game 6 Murray Sports Person’y 33 BBC mumble complaints 23 Carphone/Dixon merge 16 Warner films on FBook 13 Google One Pass 10 Nokia Music+ 6 Matt Smith last Dr Who 33 Captain America 2 23 American Hustle movie 16 Sony Move 13 Qriocity 10 Nintendo Land game 6 please see the Grand Theft Auto V game 33 Frozen movie 23 Samsung Galaxy Note 3 16 Bing 13 Google TV 10 HP Music 6 iPhone 5S/5C 33 Wreck-It Ralph movie 23 Microsoft buy Nokia 16 ‘Viva Forever' musical 13 Nokia Lumia 1520/1320 10 Led Zeppelin DVD 6 Appendix for Fast & Furious 6 movie 33 Kindle Fire UK 23 BBM app on iOS/Android 16 Mario Kart 8 12 Surface Pro 3 launch 9 NBA 2K13 game 6 details of the Oscars 2013 33 The Sweeney movie 23 BlackBerry 10 revealed 16 LEGO: Hobbit game 12 Windows phone 8.1 9 Tweet Store 6 fieldwork date to Life of Pi movie 33 Apple iPad Air 23 HTC One X launched 16 HTC One M8 12 Amazon Fire TV 9 BlackBerry music service 6 understand full X-Men:DoFP movie 32 Rock of Ages movie 23 Windows 8 preview 16 MS Office on iPad 12 Amazon smartphone 9 FA Cup on Facebook 6 context BBC Three dropped 32 Firefox 4 launched 23 Megaupload taken down 16 BBCOlympic commentary 12 Facebook buys Oculus 9 World of Warcraft free 6 Justin Bieber arrested 32 Smart TV 23 Samsung #1 smartphone 16 PES 2014 game 12 Nokia Android phones 9 Dell Streak 6 this edition’s items Lincoln movie 32 Bad Neighbours movie 22 Apple Siri software 16 Xperia Z1 goes on sale 12 PS Vita Slim released 9 Lords of Shadow 2 game 5 are highlighted Leveson Report 32 Facebook buy WhatsApp 22 Crysis 2 game 16 Daft Punk album 12 YouTube Awards 9 ITV to launch ITV encore 5 green Facebook shares 32 Samsung Gal S4 unveil 22 The Times paywall 16 YouTube paid sub. 12 The Last of Us game 9 The Wolf Among Us 5 Titanic 3D movie 32 The Croods movie 22 2014 FIFA WC game 15 BioShock Infinite game 12 Marvel Heroes game 9 Lilyhammer S2 on Netflix 5 Twitter super-injunctions 32 CoD: Black Ops 2 game 22 Assassin’s Creed IV game 15 Far Cry 3 game 12 Peter Kay sitcom iPlayer 9 Blu-ray disc successor 5 Charlie Sheen in news 32 iPlayer downloads 22 Samsung Curve 15 Live Messenger closure 12 Chromebook Pixel unveil 9 Google Chromecast 5 X Factor win 32 Expendables ll movie 22 Apple iOS7 15 BBC iPlayer Radio 12 Girls Aloud Ten album 9 Company of Heroes 2 5 Godzilla movie 31 Samsung Galaxy Note 22 E3 gaming conference 15 PS3 Slimmed 12 Flame virus 9 Intel ‘Haswell’ rocessors 5 discussion The Hobbit 2 movie 31 Steve Jobs resigns 22 Tomb Raider game 15 HTC Windows 12 Project Glass 9 Huawei Ascend P6 5 Brits 2013 31 Sky 3D Channel 22 One Direction #1 15 Google search ranking 12 Nokia tablet, Lumia 2520 9 Remember Me game 5 4G Live 31 Call of Duty: Black Ops 22 Sam Gal Note 8 unveil 15 HTC beat Apple 12 Max Payne 3 game 9 Dell takeover bids 5 buzz Bourne Legacy movie 31 Muppets Most Wanted 21 JJ Abrams Star Wars 15 Lego Marvel game 12 Roaming costs capped 9 FB Graph Search 5 Game chain bust 31 Homeland series 3 21 Muse Olympic song 15 Football Manager ’14 12 BBC TV download service 9 Sightseers 5 all time list Amazon Kindle Touch 31 FIFA 14 game 21 Nintendo ‘3DS XL’ 15 O2 mobile wallet 12 EMI sold to Universal 9 Google Buzz 5 iPhone 4S 31 Star Wars: Ep VII date 21 MacBooks revamped 15 Google Play 12 60s/70s Absolute Radio 9 Nvidia device unveil 5 Nintendo 3DS 31 Call of Duty: Ghosts 21 Google Drive 15 Google Music in USA 12 Google buy Motorola 9 HP reveal VoiceTab 4 17 metric 3 of 3 excitement buzz
18 © Harris Interactive X - Carphone/Dixons agree to merge (951) couldn't care less not all excited at somewhat excited excited very Men: Days of Future Past movie (1077) MS Surface MS ProSurface 3 launched (426) O2 Be More Dog campaign (772) EE Kestrel 4G smartphone (289) Xbox One without Kinect (550) Sky streaming TV PS4 on (445) Bad Bad Neighbours movie (816)
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1,037 52% 17% 16% 65% 12% 16% Fem 63% 14% 17% 89% 61% 12% 14% 77% 9% 6% 7% 1% 4% 2% 2% 5% 4% 1% 7% 6% 5% 7% 8% 3%
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25 38% 17% 26% 12% 58% 12% 15% 12% 60% 13% 12% 11% 79% 61% 13% 15% 47% 15% 22% 10% 435 8% 3% 4% 2% 6% 8% 5% 5% 7% 7% - 34
35 43% 12% 17% 23% 62% 11% 17% 58% 18% 15% 86% 78% 12% 58% 10% 16% 500 6% 7% 2% 8% 1% 1% 6% 5% 1% 5% 7% 7% 3% 4% - 44
45 54% 17% 17% 71% 11% 14% 53% 21% 23% 94% <1% 11% 72% 10% 86% <1% 428 9% 4% 4% 0% 3% 2% 3% 1% 0% 2% 6% 4% 4% 5% - 54
55 67% 17% 83% 46% 26% 26% 95% <1% 92% <1% 85% 393 8% 7% 1% 7% 9% 1% 0% 2% 4% 3% 1% 0% 3% 1% 1% 3% 1% 6% 6% - 64
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45 53% 14% 17% 83% 89% 89% 89% 88% 428 <1% 8% 9% 6% 7% 3% 1% 2% 4% 4% 1% 1% 4% 5% 1% 3% 6% 2% 1% 3% 5% 3% - 54
55 71% 11% 11% 91% 95% 97% <1% <1% 88% 92% 393 4% 3% 5% 4% 2% 1% 1% 0% 1% 1% 1% 0% 4% 7% 1% 0% 2% 4% 3% 0% - 64
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London 2012 opening 65 iPhone 5S/5C 21 Facebook “Timeline” 16 BlackBerry 10 revealed 12 Amazon Prime rebrand 9 Nintendo Land game 7 HTC/Apple dispute Skyfall movie 48 Alex Ferguson retires 21 Nintendo unveil ‘Wii U’ 16 Halo 4 game 12 Samsung smartwatches 9 PS A-S B Royale game 7 Phone hacking EURO 2012 47 Xbox One announced 21 BlackBerry PlayBook 16 Hitman: Absolution game 12 Justin Bieber arrested 9 Dishonored game 7 Twitter super-injunctions Final Harry Potter 41 Oblivion film 21 Samsung Galaxy Tab 16 Resident Evil 6 game 12 PS Vita Slim released 9 Led Zeppelin DVD 7 iPhone secretly tracking The Hobbit movie 41 Windows 8 launched 21 LA Noire game 16 Optimus 4X HD 12 Beyoncé album 9 Piracy Hotspots 7 PS3 accounts hacked Iron Man 3 movie 39 4G UK 21 Portal 2 game 16 Prince Harry naked 12 Killzone: Shadow Fall 9 BT told block pirate sites 7 Murdoch’s BSkyB bid Olympic torch relay 39 Expendables II movie 21 American Hustle movie 15 MS Outlook relaunch 12 YouTube Awards 9 Deus Ex: HR game 7 Net neutrality Stars at Jubilee concert 37 Call of Duty: MW3 game 21 Samsung Galaxy Note 3 15 Microsoft SmartGlass 12 KitKat Android 9 HP to focus on software 7 iPhone4 reception issue New series of Dr Who 36 iPhone 4S 21 Bowie The Next Day 15 Nokia Lumia launched 12 Nintendo 2DS 9 Bing 7 The Times paywall Dark Knight Rises movie 36 Star Wars: Ep VII date 21 Zero Dark Thirty movie 15 Batman: Arkham Origins 12 The Last of Us game 9 #WatchOnSky 6 eBay privacy hack The Voice UK launched 36 Android-based tablets 21 Nintendo Wii U launch 15 Facebook shares 12 Defiance series/game 9 Facebook buys Oculus 6 Dr Who 50th Anniversary 35 David Moyes sacked 20 Assassin’s Creed III game 15 O2 mobile wallet 12 LOVEFiLM pilots 9 Google sells Motorola 6 Men In Black 3 movie 35 #nomakeupselfie 20 Res Evil: Retribution 15 Mass Effect 3 game 12 Gears of War: Judgement 9 Facebook ‘Paper’ app 6 X-Men:DoFP movie 34 Homeland series 3 20 Samsung fined 15 PM backs UK film wins 12 Peter Kay sitcom iPlayer 9 Halo: Spartan Assault 6 Sherlock S03 on BBC1 34 BBC One +1 channel 20 “ACTA” rejection 15 FIFA 12 game 12 One Direction #1 9 Jolla smartphone 6 Star Trek Into Darkness 33 Samsung GalaxyS4 unveil 20 Google TV UK 15 HP TouchPad 12 Crysis 3 game 9 Steve Ballmer to retire 6 Goal-line technology 33 Brits 2013 20 Muse Olympic song 15 Motorola Xoom 12 Nokia Lumia 1520/1320 9 Grid 2 video game 6 Murray loses Wimbledon 33 Wreck-It Ralph movie 20 Wii U console revealed 15 UK Radioplayer 12 Entwistle resigns 9 YouTube paid sub. 6 Felix Baumgartner dive 32 Fifty Shades of Grey 20 HTC One launched 15 Charlie Sheen in news 12 Football Manager ‘13 9 HP Slate 7 6 Britain’s Got Talent 32 Hunger Games movie 20 Battlefield 3 video game 15 Homefront game 12 Ultra HD/4K TV sets 9 Twitter #Music launch 6 The Hobbit 2 movie 31 Spotify 20 Apple iCloud 15 BBM app in iOS/Android 12 Madden NFL 13 game 9 Sky buys O2 business 6 Despicable Me 2 31 Windows 7 Mobile 20 Blinkbox launched 15 Nexus 5 smartphone 12 Diablo 3 game 9 HP Music 6 Comic Relief 2013 31 Sky 3D Channel 20 Nokia/MS partnership 15 Google Chrome OS 12 Flame virus 9 Xbox Music 6 Man of Steel 30 CoD: Black Ops game 20 Watch Dogs game 14 Xbox-No Kinect 11 Official Charts streams 9 BlackBerry music service 6 Amazing Spider-Man 30 iPhone 4 20 TV Licence non payment 14 LEGO: Hobbit games 11 MDNA album 9 FA Cup on Facebook 6 Brits 2012 30 Anchorman 2 movie 19 Samsung Smart Home 14 HTC One M8 11 Facebook buy Instagram 9 Google buy Motorola 6 Freeview HD 30 Olympus Has Fallen 19 Next generation iPlayer 14 Dead Rising 3 game 11 Virgin Media Tube wi-fi 9 Dell Streak 6 Bourne Legacy movie 29 The Croods movie 19 E3 gaming conference 14 Forza 5 game 11 Google Play 9 Nvidia gamedevice unveil 6 Prometheus movie 29 Twilight: Part 2 movie 19 Windows 8 update 14 Football Manager ‘14 11 Rage game 9 The Wolf Among Us 5 Oscars 2012 29 iPad Mini 19 Xperia Z1 goes on sale 11 3D Wimbledon on BBC 9 Robbie Williams #1 14 Skype on Facebook 9 Snapchat hack 5 The Inbetweeners Movie 29 iPlayer downloads 19 Nintendo ‘3DS XL’ 14 Microsoft U-turn 11 Sonic the H-hog 20 years 9 Disney Infinity game 5 3D TV sets 29 The Sweeney movie 19 MacBooks revamped 14 Daft Punk album 11 “.xxx” sex domain 9 Google Chromecast 5 iPad 2 29 Kindle Fire UK 19 Windows 8.1 launched 14 BioShock Infinite game 11 Qriocity 9 Intel ‘Haswell’processors 5 Wiggins wins BBC Sport 29 Samsung Galaxy Note 19 Kinect: Star Wars game 14 SimCity game 11 Google One Pass 9 Remember Me game 5 The Wolverine movie 28 UK’s first 4G network 19 Resident Evil 6 trailer 14 Far Cry 3 game 11 Steam (gaming service) 9 Huawei Ascend P6 5 Baftas 2012 28 Rock of Ages movie 19 Kinect for PCs launch 14 Nexus 4 11 Samsung Galaxy 9 nVidia launch ‘Shield’ 5 Les Misérables movie 28 Titanic 3D movie 19 Facebook new design 14 HTC One unveiled 11 Carphone/Dixon merge 8 Dell takeover bids 5 Godzilla movie 27 PS Vita 19 Big Brother re-launched 14 Cloud Atlas movie 11 Sky on PS4 8 O2 Tu Go app 5 Matt Smith last Dr Who 27 Apple iPad Air 19 Fable III game 14 Nexus 10 11 Windows phone 8.1 8 Facebook Graph search 5 Mrs Brown’s Boys ratings 27 Murdoch questions 19 PS Vita unveiled 14 Sleeping Dogs game 11 Amazon Fire TV 8 Sightseers movie 5 Fast & Furious 6 movie 27 Amazon Kindle Fire 19 “Quick Tap” 14 Apple Mountain Lion 11 Amazon smartphone 8 NBA 2K13 game 5 Amazing Spiderman 2 26 Microsoft buy Skype 19 Vevo launched 14 Chris Moyles leaves 11 Infamous: Second Son 8 Tweet Store 5 Murray Sports Person’y 26 Kindle eBook 19 Amazon Cloud Player 14 Max Payne 3 game 11 Dark Souls 2 8 UK HuffPo launched 5 Peter Capaldi Dr. Who 26 Louis Smith wins SCD 19 Django Unchained movie 14 HTC Flyer tablet 11 Xbox One price cut 8 Google Buzz 5 Life of Pi movie 26 Muppets Most Wanted 18 Mario Kart 8 13 Warner films on FB 11 Nokia Android phones 8 Virgin Gaming 5 12 Yrs a Slave best film 25 PlayStation 4 price £349 18 2014 FIFA WC game 13 ‘The Daily’ on iPad 11 Sony Xperia Z2 8 Digital sales over £1b 5 The Wolf of Wall Street 25 Internet ‘trolls’ identified 18 England lose Ashes 0-5 13 Apple TV 11 LOVEFiLM series, Copper 8 The Sun/O2 4G deals 4 iPhone 5 25 CoD: Black Ops 2 game 18 Gran Turismo 6 game 13 Fallout: New Vegas game 11 Runner Runner movie 8 HP reveal VoiceTab 4 Ice Age 4 movie 25 Jimmy Carr tax 18 Samsung smartwatch 13 Digital display screens 11 Saints Row IV game 8 Lords of Shadow 2 game 4 The New iPad 25 Nexus 7 tablet 18 Gravity movie 13 Wolfenstein game 10 Rayman Legends 8 ITV launch ITV Encore 4 World War Z movie 24 Samsung Galaxy S3 18 Apple iOS7 13 O2 Be More Dog 10 Nokia tablet, Lumia 2520 8 Lilyhammer S2 on Netflix 4 The Great Gatsby movie 24 Murdoch not a fit person 18 BBC TV Centre closes 13 Titanfall video game 10 Nokia Lumia 925 slim 8 Company of Heroes 2 4 Lincoln movie 24 Google Chromebooks 18 Sam Gal Note 8 unveil 13 Facebook buy WhatsApp 10 Chromebook Pixel unveil 8 Nokia Music + 4 Avengers Assemble 24 James Arthur X Factor 18 Tomb Raider game 13 PES 2014 game 10 BT buys ESPN channels 8 World of Warcraft free 4 DAB Radio 24 BBC Two celebrate 50 yrs 17 Rise of the Guardians 13 Microsoft buy Nokia 10 Sony unveils Xperia Z 8 Myspace sold for £35M 4 iPad 24 Need for Speed movie 17 Need for Speed game 13 BBC launch 5 HD ch’s 10 Daft Punk #1 8 Painkiller: H&D game 4 Captain America 2 23 Harry Potter screenplay 17 Surface launch 13 Facebook Home 10 Facebook email 8 Twitter launches Vine 3 12 Years a Slave movie 23 Pornography filters 17 BBC iPlayer Radio 13 Star Trek game 10 Live Messenger closure 8 Snapchat mobile app 3 PlayStation 4 launched 23 Evil Dead 2013 movie 17 HTC beat Apple 13 Trance movie 10 Madonna booed 8 Mflow 3 please see the The World’s End movie 23 Warner Bros. Studio Tour 17 London 2012 game 13 New Super Mario game 10 Ouya console unveiled 8 Asda remove Wii U 2 Appendix for The Hobbit preview 23 Windows 8 preview 17 YouView launch 13 Stones GRRR! Album 10 Sony touchless display 8 BBC mumble complaints Amazon Kindle Touch 23 Star Wars films on BD 17 Google Drive 13 Lumia 920 10 YouView 8 Elise Christie bullied details of the Firefox 4 launched 23 Google Cloud music 17 Battlefield 4 game 13 HTC Windows 10 "Newport" Jay-Z spoof 8 BBC Olympic comment’y fieldwork date to Hunger Games: CF movie 23 Nokia E7 smartphone 17 Game chain bust 13 PS3 Slimmed 10 ‘Viva Forever' musical 8 Reddit Boston apology understand full Game of Thrones series 4 22 Call of Duty: Ghosts game 17 The Sun on Sunday 13 Google piracysearch rank 10 EE Kestrel 4G 7 HMV administration context Robocop (2014 remake) 22 Sony Ericsson Xperia Play 17 Facebook plan to float 13 Darksiders ll game 10 Kinect Sports Rivals game 7 Blockbuster admin’n Grand Theft Auto V game 22 3D Blu-ray players 17 Megaupload taken down 13 Guild Wars 2 game 10 Metal Gear Solid V 7 McAlpine sues this edition’s items Oscars 2013 22 Hillsborough song 17 Batman: Arkham City 13 Microsoft buy Yammer 10 Inside Lleywn Davis 7 Jimmy Savile scandal are highlighted Sony PS4 announced 22 Jack Reacher movie 17 Apple Siri software 13 Microsoft Xbox Music 10 Sky offers free tablet 7 Ubisoft security patch green Star Wars/Disney deal 22 Samsung Galaxy S5 16 Windows 8 unveiled 13 Digital EconomyAct delay 10 NBA 2K14 game 7 PEGI Ratings Netflix in UK 22 Abbey Clancy Strictly win 16 Google+ 13 Facebook app store 10 Wuaki.tv launches in UK 7 Gov’t email spying Sites go offline for SOPA 22 X-Factor Sam Bailey #1 16 Crysis 2 game 13 Project Glass unveiled 10 Total War: Rome II game 7 Google new privacy Children in Need concert 22 Secret Life of W. Mitty 16 Halo: Reach game 13 Roaming costs capped 10 Nokia Lumia 1020 7 SKY News Twitter use London 2012 tickets 22 Assassin’s Creed IV game 16 BT Vision 13 Nokia 808 revealed 10 Now TV streaming box 7 EMI sold to Universal Nintendo 3DS 22 FIFA 14 game 16 Lego Marvel game 13 BBC TV download service 10 Blu-ray disc successor 7 Michael Jackson’s doctor excitement IE9 launched 22 Rush movie 16 MS Office for iPad 12 60s/70s Absolute Radio 10 Marvel Heroes game 7 Samsung #1 smartphone Smart TV 22 JJ Abrams Star Wars 16 BBC Three dropped 12 Google Music in USA 10 Yahoo! buys Tumblr 7 BlackBerry outage Golden Globes 2012 22 Leveson Report 16 Dallas Buyers Club movie 12 YouTube movie rentals 10 Google paid music serv. 7 HTC service questioned buzz Xbox Kinect 22 FIFA 13 game 16 Samsung Curve 12 Gears of War 3 game 10 Yahoo! buys Summly app 7 Sony recall 1.6m TVs Bad Neighbours movie 21 Windows 8 pre-launch 16 Tesco launch Hudl tablet 12 Sony Move 10 DmC game 7 Steve Jobs dies all time list Noah Movie 21 Stone Roses tour 16 JK Rowling Author reveal 12 Google TV 10 NI wins football rights 7 Apple-Samsung battle Frozen Movie 21 MS Surface preview 16 Xbox One price £429 12 BBC News site redesign 10 Girls Aloud Ten album 7 Steve Jobs resigns Xbox One launched 21 Asteroid mining 16 Psy ‘Gentleman’ single 12 Surface Pro 3 launch 9 Amazon Prime rebrand 9 Yahoo! put up for sale 22 appendix Any figure shown in these Buzz reports should really be considered in relation to when a news story occurred and when the fieldwork was conducted. Both these dates are presented in the appendix that follows. BBC Jamaica Inn complaints 4/14 5/14 Dark Souls 2 game 3/14 4/14 Fifty Shades of Grey 6/11 8/12 appendix BBC launch 5 HD channels 6/13 8/13 Darksiders ll game 8/12 9/12 Final Harry Potter 7/11 7/11 BBC News site redesign 7/10 8/10 David Moyes sacked 4/14 5/14 Firefox 4 launched 3/11 5/11 NYR = not yet released at time of fieldwork BBC One +1 channel 10/13 10/13 Dead Rising 3 game 11/13 12/13 Flame virus 6/12 6/12 BBC Three dropped 3/14 4/14 Defiance TV and game 4/13 5/13 Football Manager ‘13 game 11/12 12/12 Title News Field BBC TV Centre closes 3/13 4/13 Dell Streak 6/10 7/10 Football Manager ‘14 game 10/13 11/13 #nomakeupselfie campaign 3/14 4/14 BBC TV download service NYR 3/12 Dell takeover bids 3/13 4/13 Forza Motorsports 5 game 11/13 12/13 #WatchOnSky 4/14 5/14 BBC Two celebrates 50 yrs 4/14 5/14 Despicable Me 2 6/13 7/13 Freeview HD 2012 7/10 .xxx sex domain 4/11 4/11 BBM messenger app 10/13 11/13 Deus Ex: HR game 8/11 9/11 Game chain bust 3/12 4/12 £1bn digital sales 1/13 1/13 Beyoncé new album 12/13 1/14 Devil May Cry game 1/13 2/13 Game of Thrones series 4 4/14 5/14 12 Years a Slave movie 1/14 1/14 Big Brother re-launched 8/11 9/11 Diablo 3 game 6/12 6/12 Gears of War 3 game 9/11 9/11 2014 FIFA World Cup game 4/14 5/14 Bing 6/09 8/10 Digital display screens 2009 8/10 Girls Aloud Ten album 11/12 12/12 3D Blu-ray players 2010 8/10 BioShock Infinite game 3/13 4/13 Digital Economy Act delay 4/12 5/12 Goal-line technology 7/12 7/12 3D TV sets 1/10 5/11 BlackBerry 10 revealed 1/13 2/13 Dishonored game 10/12 11/12 Godzilla movie 5/14 6/14 3D Wimbledon on BBC 7/11 7/11 BlackBerry music service 8/11 9/11 Disney ‘s Frozen movie 12/13 12/13 Golden Globes 1944 2/11 4G Live 10/12 11/12 BlackBerry outage 10/11 10/11 Disney Infinity game 7/13 8/13 Google buy Motorola 8/11 9/11 60s/70s Absolute Radio 10/11 11/11 BlackBerry PlayBook 6/11 6/11 Django Unchained movie 1/13 1/13 Google Buzz 2/10 8/10 Abbey Clancy wins SCD 12/13 1/14 Blinkbox launched 2008 5/11 Dr Who 50th Anniversary 11/13 12/13 Google Chrome OS NYR 7/10 ACTA rejection 7/12 7/12 Blockbuster administration 1/13 2/13 E3 gaming conference 6/13 7/13 Google Chromebook Pixel 2/13 3/13 Amazing Spider-Man 7/12 7/12 Bourne Legacy movie 8/12 9/12 eBay hack 5/14 6/14 Google Chromebooks 5/11 5/11 Amazon Cloud Player 3/11 4/11 Bowie album The Next Day 3/13 4/13 EE Kestrel 4G 5/14 6/14 Google Chromecast 7/13 8/13 Amazon Fire TV 4/14 5/14 Britain’s Got Talent 2/12 4/12 EMI sold to Universal 11/11 11/11 Google Cloud music 5/11 5/11 Amazon Kindle Fire NYR 10/11 Brits 2012 1977 2/12 England lose Ashes 0-5 1/14 2/14 Google Drive 4/12 5/12 Amazon Kindle Touch 3/12 4/12 Brits 2013 2/13 3/13 Entwistle resigns 11/12 12/12 Google Music in USA 11/11 11/11 Amazon smartphone 4/14 5/14 BT buys ESPN 2/13 3/13 EURO 2012 6/12 6/12 Google new privacy policy 3/12 3/12 American Hustle movie 12/13 1/14 BT told block pirate sites 7/11 9/11 Evil Dead 2013 remake 4/13 5/13 Google One Pass 2/11 4/11 Anchorman 2 movie 12/13 12/13 BT Vision 12/06 11/10 Expendables ll movie 8/12 9/12 Google paid music service 5/13 6/13 Android-based tablets 6/10 2/11 Call of Duty: Black Ops 11/10 11/10 FA Cup on Facebook 8/11 9/11 Google Play 3/12 3/12 Apple iCloud 10/11 10/11 Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 11/12 12/12 Fable III game 6/11 6/11 Google search ranking 8/12 9/12 Apple iOS7 6/13 7/13 Call of Duty: Ghosts game 11/13 11/13 Facebook ‘Paper’ news app 1/14 2/14 Google sells Motorola 1/14 2/14 Apple iPad Air 11/13 11/13 Call of Duty: MW3 game 11/11 11/11 Facebook “Timeline” 1/12 2/12 Google TV 10/10 11/10 Apple Mountain Lion 7/12 8/12 Captain America 2 3/14 4/14 Facebook app store 5/12 5/12 Google TV UK 6/12 7/12 Apple Siri software 10/11 10/11 Carphone/Dixon merge 5/14 6/14 Facebook buy Instagram 3/12 4/12 Google+ 6/11 7/11 Apple TV 9/10 11/10 Catching Fire movie 11/13 11/13 Facebook buy Oculus 3/14 4/14 Government email spying 4/12 4/12 Apple-Samsung battle 8/11 9/11 Charlie Sheen in news 3/11 4/11 Facebook email 11/12 12/12 GoW: Judgement game 3/13 4/13 Asda remove Wii U 7/13 8/13 Children in Need concert 11/11 11/11 Facebook Graph search 1/13 2/13 Gran Turismo 6 game 12/13 12/13 Assassin’s Creed III game 10/12 11/12 Chris Moyles leaves 7/12 8/12 Facebook Home s/p 4/13 5/13 Gravity movie NYR 10/13 Assassin’s Creed IV game 10/13 12/13 Cloud Atlas 2/13 3/13 Facebook new design 9/11 10/11 Grid 2 video game 5/13 6/13 Asteroid mining 4/12 5/12 Comic Relief 2013 3/13 4/13 Facebook plan to float 2/12 2/12 Guild Wars 2 game 8/12 9/12 Avengers Assemble 4/12 4/12 Company of Heroes 6/13 6/13 Facebook shares 5/12 5/12 Halo 4 game 11/12 12/12 Bad Neighbours movie 5/14 6/14 Crysis 2 game 3/11 4/11 Fallout: New Vegas game 10/10 11/10 Halo: Reach game 9/10 11/10 Baftas 2012 1947 2/12 Crysis 3 game 2/13 3/13 Far Cry 3 game 11/12 12/12 Halo: Spartan Assault game 12/13 2/14 Batman: Arkham City game 10/11 11/11 DAB Radio 1999 8/10 Fast & Furious 6 movie 5/13 6/13 Hillsborough song 12/12 1/13 Batman: Arkham Origins 10/13 11/13 Daft Punk #1 4/13 5/13 Felix Baumgartner skydive 10/12 11/12 Hitman: Absolution game 11/12 12/12 Battlefield 3 game 10/11 11/11 Daft Punk album 5/13 6/13 FIFA 12 game 9/11 10/11 HMV administration 1/13 2/13 Battlefield 4 game 11/13 11/13 Dallas Buyers Club movie 2/14 2/14 FIFA 13 game 9/12 10/12 Homefront game 3/11 4/11 BBC iPlayer Radio 10/12 11/12 Dark Knight Rises movie 7/12 8/12 FIFA 14 game 9/13 10/13 Fifty Shades of Grey 9/13 10/13 24 Kinect for PCs launch 2/12 2/12 Murdoch not a fit person 5/12 5/12 Olympus has Fallen film 4/13 5/13 appendix Kinect Sports Rivals game 4/14 5/14 Murdoch questions 10/11 11/11 One Direction #1 One Way 2/13 3/13 Kinect: Star Wars game 4/12 4/12 Murdoch’s BSkyB bid 6/10 2/11 Optimus 4X HD 8/12 9/12 NYR = not yet released at time of fieldwork LA Noire game 6/11 6/11 Murray loses Wimbledon 7/12 7/12 Oscars 2012 1929 2/12 Led Zeppelin DVD NYR 11/12 Murray wins SPOTY 2013 12/13 1/14 Oscars 2013 2/13 3/13 Title News Field Lego Hobbit game 4/14 5/14 Muse Olympic song 6/12 7/12 Ouya console unveil 8/12 8/12 HP Music 11/12 12/12 Lego Marvel game 11/13 11/13 Myspace sold for £35M 6/11 7/11 Painkiller: H&D game NYR 1/13 HP Slate 7 launched 4/13 5/13 Les Misérables movie 1/13 1/13 NBA 2K13 game 10/12 10/12 PEGI Ratings 7/12 8/12 HP to focus on software 8/11 9/11 Leveson Report 11/12 12/12 NBA 2K14 game 10/13 10/13 PES 2014 game 9/13 12/13 HP TouchPad 7/11 7/11 Life of Pi movie 12/12 1/13 Need for Speed game 11/12 12/12 Peter Capaldi Dr. Who 8/13 8/13 HTC beat Apple 6/12 7/12 Lilyhammer series 2 11/13 1/14 Need for Speed movie 3/14 4/14 Peter Kay sitcom on iPlayer 3/13 4/13 HTC Flyer tablet 6/11 6/11 Lincoln movie 1/13 2/13 Net neutrality n/a 11/10 Phone hacking 6/11 7/11 HTC One (M8) 3/14 4/14 Live Messenger closure 11/12 12/12 Netflix in UK 10/11 2/12 Piracy hotspots 9/12 10/12 HTC One flagship phone 2/13 3/13 London 2012 game 6/12 7/12 New series of Dr Who 9/12 9/12 PM backs UK film wins 1/12 2/12 HTC One launched 4/12 5/12 London 2012 opening 7/12 8/12 New Super Mario game 11/12 12/12 Portal 2 game 6/11 6/11 HTC service questioned 10/11 10/11 London 2012 tickets 6/11 7/11 New Tomb Raider game 3/13 3/13 Prince Harry naked 8/12 9/12 HTC Windows 9/12 10/12 Louis Smith wins SCD 12/12 1/13 Newport Jay-Z spoof 8/10 8/10 Project Glass unveiled 4/12 4/12 HTC/Apple dispute 5/11 7/11 LOVEFiLM pilot TV series 4/13 5/13 Next generation iPlayer 10/13 10/13 Prometheus movie 6/12 6/12 Huawei Ascend P6 6/13 7/13 LOVEFiLM series, Copper 9/13 10/13 Nexus 10 tablet 10/12 11/12 PS A-S B Royale game 11/12 12/12 Hunger Games movie 3/12 4/12 Lumia 920 9/12 10/12 Nexus 4 smartphone 10/12 12/12 PS Vita launched 2/12 2/12 Ice Age 4 movie 7/12 8/12 MacBooks revamped NYR 6/12 Nexus 5 smartphone 10/13 11/13 PS Vita Slim released 2/14 2/14 IE9 launched 3/11 5/11 Madden NFL 13 game 8/12 9/12 Nexus 7 tablet 6/12 7/12 PS Vita unveiled NYR 6/11 Infamous: Second Son game 3/14 4/14 Madonna booed 7/12 8/12 NI wins football rights 1/12 2/12 PS3 accounts hacked 4/11 5/11 Inside Llewyn Davis movie 1/14 2/14 Man of Steel 6/13 6/13 Nintendo ‘3DS XL’ 6/12 7/12 PS3 Slimmed 9/12 10/12 Intel ‘Haswell’ processors 6/13 7/13 Mario Kart 8 5/14 6/14 Nintendo 3DS 3/11 6/11 PS4 console launched 11/13 12/13 iPad 6/10 7/10 Marvel Heroes video game 6/13 7/13 Nintendo Land game 11/12 12/12 PS4 price £349 6/13 7/13 iPad 2 3/11 4/11 Mass Effect 3 game 3/12 3/12 Nintendo unveil ‘Wii U’ 6/11 6/11 Psy ‘Gentleman’ single 4/13 5/13 iPad Mini 11/12 11/12 Matt Smith final Dr Who 12/13 1/14 Nintendo Wii U launched 11/12 12/12 Qriocity 3/11 4/11 iPhone 4 6/10 7/10 Max Payne 3 game NYR 4/12 Noah movie 3/14 5/14 Quick Tap 6/11 6/11 iPhone 4 reception issue 6/10 8/10 McApline sues 11/12 12/12 Nokia 808 revealed NYR 3/12 Rage game 10/11 10/11 iPhone 4S NYR 10/11 MDNA album 3/12 4/12 Nokia E7 smartphone 2/11 5/11 Reddit issue apology 4/13 5/13 iPhone 5 9/12 10/12 Megaupload taken down 1/12 2/12 Nokia Lumia 1020 7/13 8/13 Remember Me video game 6/13 7/13 iPhone secretly tracking 4/11 5/11 Men In Black 3 movie 5/12 5/12 Nokia Lumia 1520 & 1320 10/13 11/13 Resident Evil 6 game 10/12 10/12 iPlayer downloads 9/12 10/12 Metal Gear Solid V game 3/14 4/14 Nokia Lumia 925 slim 5/13 6/13 Resident Evil 6 trailer 1/12 2/12 Iron Man 3 4/13 5/13 Mflow 11/09 7/10 Nokia Lumia launched 5/12 5/12 Resident Evil: Retribution 9/12 10/12 ITV to launch ITV Encore 1/14 2/14 Michael Jackson’s doctor 10/11 11/11 Nokia Music+ 1/13 2/13 Rise of the Guardians 11/12 12/12 Jack Reacher movie 12/12 1/13 Microsoft buy Skype 5/11 5/11 Nokia tablet, Lumia 2520 NYR 11/13 Roaming costs capped 3/12 3/12 James Arthur wins X Factor 12/12 1/13 Microsoft buy Yammer 6/12 7/12 Nokia/MS partnership 2/11 4/11 Robbie Williams #1 11/12 12/12 Jimmy Carr tax 6/12 7/12 Microsoft SmartGlass 6/12 6/12 Now TV streaming box 7/13 8/13 Robocop (2014 remake) 2/14 2/14 Jimmy Savile scandal 10/12 11/12 Microsoft U-turn 6/13 7/13 Nvidia gaming device unveil NYR 1/13 Rock of Ages movie 6/12 6/12 JJ Abrams directs Star Wars 1/13 2/13 Microsoft Xbox Music 6/12 6/12 Nvidia launch ‘Shield’ 5/13 6/13 Runner Runner movie 10/13 10/13 JK Rowling author reveal 7/13 8/13 Motorola Xoom 2/11 6/11 O2 Be More Dog 5/14 6/14 Samsung #1 smartphone 10/11 11/11 Jolla smartphone launched 11/13 12/13 Mrs Brown Boys ratings 12/13 1/14 O2 mobile wallet 4/12 5/12 Samsung ‘Smart Home’ 1/14 1/14 Justin Bieber arrested 1/14 2/14 MS Office on iPad 3/14 4/14 O2 Tu Go app 3/13 4/13 Samsung Curve 10/13 10/13 Killzone: Shadow Fall game 11/13 12/13 MS Outlook re-launch 8/12 8/12 Oblivion movie 4/13 5/13 Samsung fined 8/12 9/12 Kindle eBook 10/09 11/10 MS Surface preview 6/12 6/12 Official Charts streams 5/12 5/12 Samsung Galaxy 4/10 8/10 Kindle Fire UK 9/12 10/12 Muppets Most Wanted 3/14 4/14 Olympic torch relay 5/12 5/12 Samsung Galaxy Note 8/12 9/12 25 Successor to Blu-ray 7/13 8/13 Windows 8 launched 10/12 11/12 appendix Surface launch 10/12 12/12 Windows 8 pre-launch 7/12 8/12 Surface Pro 3 launch 5/14 6/14 Windows 8 preview NYR 3/12 NYR = not yet released at time of fieldwork Tesco Hudl tablet 9/13 10/13 Windows 8 unveiled NYR 9/11 The Amazing Spiderman 2 4/14 5/14 Windows 8 update 5/13 6/13 Title News Field The Croods movie 3/13 4/13 Windows 8.1 launched 10/13 11/13 Samsung Galaxy Note 8 tab 2/13 3/13 The Daily on iPad NYR 2/11 Windows phone 8.1 4/14 5/14 Samsung Galaxy S3 5/12 5/12 The Great Gatsby movie 5/13 6/13 Wolfenstein game 5/14 6/14 Samsung Galaxy S4 unveil 3/13 4/13 The Hobbit movie 12/12 1/13 World of Warcraft free 6/11 7/11 Samsung Galaxy Tab 11/10 6/11 The Hobbit preview 7/12 8/12 World War Z 6/13 7/13 Secret Life of Walter MItty 12/13 1/14 The Hobbit: TDoS 2 movie 12/13 12/13 Wreck it Ralph movie 2/13 3/13 Sherlock series 3 1/14 1/14 The Inbetweeners movie 8/11 11/11 Wuaki.tv 9/13 10/13 Sightseers movie 11/12 12/12 The Last of Us game 7/13 8/13 X factor winner #1 12/13 1/14 SimCity game 3/13 4/13 The New iPad 3/12 3/12 Xbox Kinect 11/10 11/10 Sir Alex Ferguson retires 5/13 6/13 The Sun on Sunday 2/12 3/12 Xbox One announced 5/13 6/13 Sites go offline for SOPA 1/12 2/12 The Sweeney movie 9/12 10/12 Xbox One console launched 11/13 12/13 Sky 3D Channel 10/10 11/10 The Times paywall 6/10 8/10 Xbox One price £429 6/13 7/13 Sky buys O2 business 3/13 3/13 The Voice 3/12 4/12 Xbox-No Kinect 5/14 6/14 Sky News Twitter use 2/12 2/12 The Wolf Among Us game 10/13 2/14 X-Men:DoFP movie 5/14 6/14 Sky offers free tablet deal 11/13 2/14 The Wolf of Wall Street 1/14 2/14 Yahoo! buys Summly app 3/13 4/13 Sky on PS4 5/14 6/14 The Wolverine movie 7/13 8/13 Yahoo! buys Tumblr 5/13 6/13 Skyfall movie 10/12 11/12 The Worlds End movie 7/13 8/13 Yahoo! put up for sale 9/11 9/11 Skype on Facebook 6/11 7/11 Titanfall 3/14 4/14 YouTube movie rentals 10/11 10/11 Sleeping Dogs game 8/12 9/12 Titanic 3D movie 1997 4/12 YouTube Music Awards 10/13 10/13 Smart TV 2012 4/11 Trance movie 3/13 4/13 YouTube paid subscriptions 5/13 6/13 Snapchat hack 1/14 1/14 TV Licence decriminalise 3/14 4/14 YouView NYR 11/10 Snapchat mobile app 1/13 2/13 Tweet Store 9/12 10/12 YouView launch 7/12 7/12 Sonic the H-hog 20 years 1991 7/11 Twilight: Part 2 movie 11/12 12/12 Zero Dark Thirty movie 1/13 2/13 Sony announce PS4 2/13 3/13 Twitter launch #Music 4/13 5/13 Sony Ericsson Xperia Play 4/11 4/11 Twitter launches Vine 1/13 2/13 Sony Move 9/10 11/10 Twitter super-injunctions 6/11 6/11 Sony recall 1.6m TVs 10/11 10/11 Ubisoft patch 7/12 8/12 Sony touchless display NYR 3/12 UK HuffPo launched 7/11 7/11 Sony unveils Xperia Z tablet 1/13 2/13 UK pornography filters 7/13 8/13 Sony Xperia Z1 9/13 10/13 UK Radioplayer 3/11 4/11 Spotify 2/09 2/11 UK’s first 4G network 8/12 9/12 Star Trek Into Darkness 5/13 6/13 Ultra HD/4K TV sets 10/12 11/12 Star Trek video game 4/13 5/13 Vevo launched 12/09 5/11 Star Wars films on BD 9/11 9/11 Virgin Gaming 7/10 8/10 Star Wars/Disney deal 10/12 11/12 Virgin Media Tube wi-fi 3/12 3/12 Star Wars: Episode VII date 11/13 11/13 Viva Forever' musical 12/12 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