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We spend a lot of time online – from playing games and streaming movies to catching up with friends. So, staying connected when you’re away from your trusty home Wi-Fi connection is a must.

That’s where mobile broadband comes in – it lets you stay connected on all your devices, without having to rely on Wi-Fi in restaurants and cafes.

Let’s quickly break down the different ways to connect to the internet:

– Broadband: High-speed internet that travels through cables. There are different types and speeds, but broadband is what most people have as their home internet connection.

– Wi-Fi: This is just the name for a wireless internet connection from a router.
– 4G....

An Italian plumber created by a Japanese artist somehow became one of the most recognizable characters on earth. Featured in over 100 games, it’s hard to imagine Nintendo or even video games without this moustached man in red. But where did he come from?

Our story begins in the early 1980’s with a struggling card and toy company – Nintendo – trying to break into a then-expanding market – arcade games. The company’s few attempts at making games were mixed at best, and a game called Radar Scope barely sold at all – leaving Nintendo with empty cabinets in need of a new game.

Looking to try something new, Nintendo President Hiroshi Yamauchi approached an artist named Shigeru Miyamoto – who until then worked on art for Nintendo’s games – and asked him to design a game for the cabinets. Miyamoto was not a programmer, and thought of a story before starting work on gameplay – perhaps the first time this has happened....