China’s not all aboutclones. Chinese web appO.cnactually puts Google Maps to shame. O.cn is a gorgeous 3D map of China’s biggest metropolitan cities. Aside from looking cool, it also lets users view nearby establishments including hotels, restaurants, hospitals, and shopping malls. Clicking on one of the categories reveals a list of the most popular places, complete with contact information, reviews and ratings. It also displays nearby bus stops and train stations....

O2, the UK’s largest mobile operator, has today switched on its new “superfast” 3G 900MHz network, providing customers across London and other UK cities with a improved coverage, increased network capacity and fast downloads. The activation of the new 3G network comes afterOfcom announcedit would allow “GSM refarming”, giving operators permission to reuse the 900MHz spectrum (old 2G bands) to provide their customers with additional 3G resources. The new 900MHz spectrum will result in better coverage for customers, with current 3G bands using the 2....

O2, the UK’s second largest mobile phone network, has the fastest mobile broadband in the country, astudyby Ofcom has found. The independent regulator carried out over 4 million speed tests across the UK, and it found that the average data-download speed was 1.5 megabits per second (Mbps), whilst in areas with good 3G coverage the average was found to be 2.1Mbps. Overall though, O2 fared best with average speeds ranging from 2....

The UK’s second largest mobile network, O2, has announced that its customers can now top-up their pay-as-you-go (PAYG) accounts through Facebook. A secure app on O2’sFacebook pagelets subscribers enter their personal details, and their credit card information, and their top-up purchase is confirmed by text message. At the time of writing, the app doesn’t appear to be live yet. This is another big step forward for social commerce, and it seems that O2 is the first mobile phone network to offer such a service, in the UK at least....

It seems that O2, the UK’s second biggest mobile phone network, is down again in London. This follows another major down-time episode for the network last month, whenvandalshit on an O2 site that affected voice, texts and 3G data (basically, anything you’d ever need from a mobile phone) in London and the South East. O2’s officialstatus checkermakes no mention of the down-time in London yet, but it does state that recent faults may not show up yet:...