Ben Woods

Professional biography

With a psychology degree under his belt, Ben set off on a four-year sojourn as a professional online poker player, but as the draw of the gambling life began to wane his attentions turned to more wholesome employment.With several years' experience covering everything in the world of telecoms and mobility, Ben's your man if it involves a smartphone, tablet, laptop, or any other piece of tech small enough to carry around with you. He's also keenly interested in broadband issues, and has spent more time than strictly necessary testing out a multitude of software packages.Hot tips (no tittering at the back) can be passed along to me at ben.woods@zdnet.com or you can follow me on Twitter @BenWoodsZD, if you can bear intermittent cake and cat tweets.

Samsung acknowledges Galaxy S4 wi-fi connection problem

Samsung has acknowledged an issue that can cause its recently-launched flagship Galaxy S4 handset to fail to connect to, or stay connected to, some wi-fi networks.

May 16, 2013 by Ben Woods

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Firefox 21 release adds to Social API, closes security holes

The release of Firefox 21 adds support for new services via its Social API and fixes a number of security flaws, while the Android version of the browser gets new fonts and better HTML5 performance.

May 15, 2013 by Ben Woods

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BBC iPlayer now available on Windows Phone 8

The BBC has now released its iPlayer app for handsets running Windows Phone 8, but it won't be available for devices running the older Windows Phone 7.5 version of the software.

May 15, 2013 by Ben Woods

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