NBN Co Axes 100Mbps Top Speed Plan, “Outrageous” Cost
NBN Co Chief, Bill Morrow, has announced they’ve “killed off” 100Mbps fixed wireless network plans, affirming the overall cost to taxpayers would be... Read More
LG G7 ThinQ Heading To Oz In June
Good news to those who have been holding out for the upcoming LG G7 ThinQ, it will be available to purchase in... Read More
Amazon Confirms Echo Secretly Shared User’s Private Convo
An Oregon woman has urged individuals to “unplug your Alexa devices now”, after her Echo smart speaker secretly recorded and shared a private conversation... Read More
Apple Credits Customers For Out-Of-Warranty Battery Replacement
Apple will be giving $80 credit to those who bought an out-of-warranty battery replacement for an iPhone 6 or later between January... Read More
Harvey Norman Snares Exclusive Distribution For Norton Core Router
Harvey Norman has snared exclusive local distribution for Symantec’s new Norton Core router – news which makes Australia the first country outside the US... Read More
ZTE Claims It Has Lost $3.1B From US Sanctions
ZTE says the seven-year US sanction placed on the company has cost them around US$3.1bn, according to those familiar with the matter.... Read More
New HTC U12+ Its “Biggest, Boldest” Flagship Ever
Following sluggish sales, the loss of over half its smartphone R&D team, and recent exit of its Global phone Chief, Taiwanese-based HTC has sought to prove... Read More
Twitter Ending Apps For Android TV, Roku And Xbox
Twitter will be closing down its apps on Android TV, Roku and Xbox on May 24, the social media site has not... Read More
Siri Reveals She’s Getting A “Brand New Voice”
In a bid to further differentiate itself from Amazon’s Alexa and Google Assistant, recent reports reveal Apple’s Siri will soon get a... Read More
NBN Co Plans New Sky Muster Service For Outback Business
NBN Co is planning to spread its Sky Muster satellite service – currently largely restricted to the outback consumer market – to... Read More
Telstra Offers Up Another Failure Explanation
Telstra has blamed a series of software faults as the cause for its nationwide network outage, which left millions of customers across... Read More
Optus To Fork Out $1.5m For Misleading Customers
Optus will be paying a hefty $1.5m fine from the ACCC after making misleading representations to customers about their transition from Optus’... Read More
ZTE Could Get A Reprive, But It Will Cost Them More Than $1.5 Billion
Dumped by Telstra Chinese phone maker ZTE could be thrown a lifeline by the US Government bit it will cost them more... Read More
LG Unveils Mid-Range Q7 Smartphones
LG is unveiling a slew new of mid-range smartphones, the Q7, Q7α and Q7+. The Q7 range has high-end features including Portrait mode, QLens, Hi-Fi... Read More
Telstra Tipped To Slash Dividend Over Credit Pressure
UBS analysts forecast Telstra will slash its dividend – from 22 cents to 14 cents – following falling revenues and increased competition, coupled with... Read More
Kevin Russell Gets The Nod To Drive New Vocus Push
Former Telstra business consumer chief and former Optus CEO Kevin Russell, pictured, is the new CEO at No. 4 telco Vocus, replacing... Read More
Vodafone Debuts 4.9G In Parramatta As 5G Inches Closer
In the lead up to 5G, Vodafone is debuting 4.9G in Parramatta the first out of five sites across Australia acting as... Read More
ZTE Sanctions Remain Despite Trump Aid
Despite President Trump’s recent U-Turn, America’s House Appropriations Committee has unanimously voted to uphold sanctions imposed against Chinese smartphone maker ZTE. In... Read More
Samsung Galaxy Note 9 To Debut Smarter ‘Bixby 2.0’
Samsung has announced its forthcoming Galaxy Note 9 will feature a smarter, upgraded version of its digital voice assistant – ‘Bixby 2.0’. The... Read More
Nokia 7 Plus Now Available In Australia For $649
HMD Global has announced its latest “flagship hero”, the Nokia 7 Plus, is now available to purchase in Australia, stocked at Harvey Norman and JB Hi-Fi... Read More
LEAKED: New HTC U12+ With Translucent Back Revealed
This week the Red Agency acting for Taiwanese phone Company HTC, threatened several media Companies in Australia with HTC oblivion, if they... Read More
Samsung Could Put Your Face On Luna Park
Samsung will be giving a handful of people the opportunity for their face to be on Luna Park during Vivid Sydney this year.... Read More
Triple Lens Smartphone Cameras Tipped To Soar
Smartphone component suppliers are forecasting increased demand for multi-lens camera modules, following the release of Huawei’s P20 Pro and its ‘world-first’ LEICA triple lens camera... Read More
Optus Profit Up: Gains 384,000 Mobile Subscribers
Singtel-owned, Optus, has post a 2.8% increase in full-year profit to $817 million, following a surge in mobile and NBN customers. For... Read More
Samsung Brings Out Gold And Red Editions For S9 and S9+
Samsung is adding a touch of colour to its flagship Galaxy S9 and S9+ smartphones with new burgundy red and sunrise gold... Read More
Samsung Galaxy S9 and S9+ Now Supporting ARCore
The Samsung Galaxy S9 and S9+ can now support ARCore, a program which enables augmented reality on devices. Spotted by 9to5Google, Google... Read More
New AI Google News Available On iOS
After being unveiled last week at the I/O Google developers conference, the AI powered Google News app is now available to download... Read More
HTC To Launch World’s Second Blockchain-Powered Smartphone
Following the rise of cryptocurrency and DApp, Taiwanese-based HTC has revealed it’s launching an Android blockchain-powered smartphone named ‘Exodus’. The news follows the transfer... Read More
Telstra Dividends At Risk As Shares Dive
Following yesterday’s profit update, shares in Telstra have dropped below $3 for the first time in over five years. The news comes as analysts... Read More
How Retro, Samsung & Apple Back In Court Over Galaxy 2
It’s been going on for years, the ongoing battle between Samsung and Apple is back in a US Court and the two... Read More
Telstra Wobbles As Spin Doctors Engage In Gimmicks
Telstra shares have nosedived, and problems are appearing in both their broadband and mobile networks at the same time their competitors, Vodafone,... Read More
ZTE Set To Get A Lifeline As US Does A U Turn
US President Donald Trump appears to have given Chinese Company ZTE, who last week saw their products dropped by Telstra, a lifeline... Read More
Samsung Launches Mid-Tier Galaxy A8 In Oz
Set to intensify competition in the mid-tier smartphone market, Samsung has announced its new Galaxy A8 (A$649) is now available to buy... Read More
Snapchat Caves, Puts Stories Back Where They Belong
Snapchat has caved to its users and put stories back where they used to be, on the right hand window. The social... Read More
After Telstra Dump ZTE, Who Will Win The New Contract?
As we exclusively reported Telstra has had no option but to pull the plug on ZTE the Chinese supplier of their house... Read More
NBN Co Revenues Soar 112% To $1.4 Billion
Government backed, NBN Co, has posted a 112% year-on-year lift in total revenues to $1.4 billion [for the nine months to fiscal year... Read More
Top Telco Seeks Right To Block Malicious Internet Traffic
Telstra is seeking federal law changes to allow it to block Internet traffic that it believes may be malicious. The telco is... Read More
Charity Alert As Cryptojacking Racket Hits Oz Web Sites
At least four Australian Web sites are said to have been targeted by a cryptojacking racket that installs browser mining software Coinhive... Read More
ZTE Halts Major Operations, How Will This Impact Telstra?
ZTE is halting its major operations less than a month after the US banned American companies from selling components to the Chinese... Read More
NBN Down For Three Days As Telstra & NBN Squabble
NBN customers on Sydney’s North Shore have gone three days without access to broadband or their phone services and it appears that... Read More
Huawei P20 Pro Landing Next Week For $1,099
Following its global unveiling in Paris early this year, Huawei has announced its new flagship smartphone, the P20 Pro, will land in Australia... Read More
Google Unveils Smarter And Intuitive Android P
Google has revealed its newest operating system for Android, the Android P with beta mode available to a handful of devices. The Android P... Read More
Snapchat Snares Amazon Veteran As New CFO
Social media giant, Snapchat, has appointed former Amazon veteran, Tim Stone, as its new Chief Financial Officer – news set to accelerate... Read More
Telstra Network Crashes Again NBN Blamed
Telstra the carrier who loves to brag that they have the “Best” broadband network in Australia is down again. Residents on Sydney’s... Read More
Optus Subscribers Surge From Pricey EPL Rights
Latest research from Roy Morgan claims Optus’ pricey English Premier League (EPL) rights have paid off, with more Aussies using Optus’ services since... Read More
2019 iPhone Could Have Triple Rear Lens
Rumours for the upcoming 2018 iPhone are in full swing but news for next year’s are already popping up with the Taipei... Read More
It’s Offical Apple Has A Major Problem With Their iPhone X
Apple has admitted that there are serious problems with their iPhone X facial recognition system. The problem it appears is Face ID... Read More
China Asks For ZTE Reprieve
China has asked the US to amend a seven-year ban on American companies selling components and software to telecom equipment firm ZTE.... Read More
Triple-O Outage: Telstra Faces Fine
Telstra may be facing a very large fine after it failed to keep Triple-0 emergency call services open, following an outage, apparently... Read More
Samsung To Debut Foldable Smartphone At MWC 2019
Recent reports suggest Samsung will unveil its tenth-anniversary Galaxy smartphone (the ‘S10’) around January next year, a few weeks prior to the forecast unveiling of its... Read More