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Hyperloop is dubbed the first new mode of transport in over 100 years, and if all things go to plan, companies like Virgin Hyperloop willpropel people through the air in pods moving through vacuum tubes. This week Virgin Hyperloop released a new explainer video on Twitter.While the company sounds excited to get you onboard its ultra-fast trains, you’re in for a long wait before you can strap in for your first ride....

Virgin Media Business, the enterprise arm of the UK telecoms and media group, is launching itself into thecloudmarket, and today it has announced its “first true cloud product”. The company says it’s attempting to “shake up the cloud computing market, with jargon-free advice, easy-to-use technology and straightforward support”, and its first product will be the Virtual Private Data Centre (VPDC), giving businesses virtual computing power, allowing them to test and develop applications without having to pay for hardware....

Two years after UK ISP Virgin Media firstannouncedits plans to offer a digital music service, it seems that a deal may finally be coming to fruition. And the deal would see Virgin Media team up with Spotify and four record companies. Despite Virgin Media officially announcing a partnership with Universal to offer ‘an unlimited music download subscription service’ way back in 2009, its proposals seemingly did not attract the backing of the other major labels and the plans were shelved....

The UK’s Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has ruled that Virgin Media overstepped the mark in its ‘Stop the broadband con’ campaign,reportsthe BBC. Both Sky and BT filed complaints with the ASA against Virgin’s campaign, arguing that the campaign contained a number of misleading statements. But the main crux of the complaints centered on the overall tone of the campaign, which used phrasing such as ‘conned’ and ‘getting the truth’ implying that other broadband providers were deliberately dishonest....

Virgin Media has announced that it will undertake another speed-boosting programme for its broadband customers in the UK in order to deliver higher download speeds and offer better value for money once the company has increased prices for their fixed line services. According to a spokeswoman for the company, the new headline package will offer a 152Mbps headline download speed, but Virgin Media will continue to offer its 30, 60 and 120Mbps tiers too....