Clik here to view.
Telstra extends native Wi-Fi calling to iPhone and more Samsungs
If you’re in a regional area or experience patchy mobile coverage around the home, and you have a qualifying iPhone or Samsung smartphone, Telstra’s native Wi-Fi calling is waiting for your call....
View ArticleClik here to view.
Microsoft $450K richer after software bust
Microsoft is $450,000 richer after Victorian reseller Centre Com agreed to settle on a piracy breach. Centre Com, operated by director Raymond Xianke Huang, established 18 years ago, has 10 stores in...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Vaya strikes back with 30% off most 12-month plans and 2nd free data SIM
Vaya bills itself as the best-value mobile service provider, and it has just struck back against the latest mobile offerings by re-introducing two of its most popular past promotions. Hot on the heels...
View ArticleClik here to view.
HP Sprocket – a printer in your pocket
HP’s new instant, Bluetooth/NFC printer will produce 3 x 2” (50 x 76mm) colourful and durable photos or stickers with no ink needed! The Sprocket uses HP’s thermal ZINK — Zero Ink — technology to avoid...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Amaysim adds 50GB and 70GB data-only plans to mobile data suite
Do you feel the need, the need for more speedy 4G data? Then Amaysim seeks to amaze you with its two new data-only plans, delivering 70GB or 50GB per 28 days. If you desire a deluge of data via the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Ombudsman reports massive blowout in complaints about NBN
Complaints about services delivered over the NBN have blown out significantly. The Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman reports an increase of 117.5% in NBN-related complaints for the six months to...
View ArticleClik here to view.
ACCAN slams defensive NBN Co over complaints
The Australian Communications Consumer Action Network (ACCAN) has reacted with a barrage of criticism over a significant increase in complaints about services delivered by the National Broadband...
View ArticleClik here to view.
iOS up almost everywhere but China and Japan; Android up big in China
Kantar Worldpanel Comtech’s latest OS marketshare stats have arrived, revealing gains for iOS in most markets except China and Japan, where iOS fell, with a big gain for Android in China but a big loss...
View ArticleClik here to view.
iPhone 7 models world’s best sellers in Q1 2017, dramatically outselling OPPO...
While Android aficionados celebrate the OPPO R9s as the best-selling Android smartphone, iPhone 7 and 7 Plus individually outsold OPPO R9s by dramatically huge margins. What’s one way to tell a story?...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Some Telstra NBN customers taken for ride on speed
About 8000 Telstra customers were put on NBN plans which specified higher speeds than could be achieved on their connections, Australia's biggest telecommunications provider has confessed. The company...
View ArticleClik here to view.
SBS delivers Chromecast streaming to iOS SBS On Demand app
What I am about to say might seem crazy, but I’m as appy as Pharrell Williams to let you know the SBS On Demand app for iOS has now added Chromecast compatibility. If you love watching your SBS On...
View ArticleClik here to view.
High stakes eSports lands in Melbourne
BAM9 is expecting a thousand competitors, including top international pro-esports fighting game players, to thrash it out for $50,000 in cash and prizes in Melbourne this weekend. The ninth annual...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Former Assistant Minister for Innovation, Wyatt Roy, misrepresented on own site
Wyatt Roy, the youngest person elected to the Australian Parliament at age 20, was the first Assistant Minister for Innovation, but not according to his Afiniti profile page. In life, honesty is very...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Huawei P10 and P10 Plus – the next evolution (first look)
Huawei has opened pre-orders for its new P10 and P10 Plus flagship smartphones for delivery from 25 May. Huawei has proven with its recent P and Mate series that it can produce a top-quality, top...
View ArticleClik here to view.
OVH opens APAC HQ in Melbourne
France-based hyperscale cloud provider OVH has opened its regional headquarters in Melbourne. Although OVH's first APAC data centres are located in Sydney and Singapore, the company has, as expected,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Microsoft Build 2017 – Day 2: Even more Windows features soon
Microsoft has outlined the new features coming soon to Windows 10, including the next wave of creativity across devices, the experiences that move across Windows, iOS, and Android; iTunes, Spotify, and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Alleged leaked NSA tool used to attack hospitals with Windows ransomware
An alleged NSA hacking tool appears to have been used to craft ransomware and stage attacks on hospitals in Britain and various organisations in other countries, with demands for payment after the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Ransomware mess: high time for Microsoft to act
In the face of spreading ransomware attacks on Windows machines worldwide, one would expect Microsoft, the cause for all this mess, to stand up, issue a public statement of contrition and put its...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Vault 7: WikiLeaks releases details of malware frameworks
WikiLeaks has released details about two malware frameworks which it says were designed by the CIA, as part of its Vault 7 document dump. The whistle-blower organisation started releasing the Vault 7...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Gigabyte Aero 15 – Why should gamers have all the fun? (review)
Gigabyte’s Aero 15 laptop has a split personality – on the one hand, it has been designed for gamers and on the other, the burnt orange cover cries “Look at me – I am different from other notebooks”....
View Article