Facebook Logging Text and Calls On Android
Facebook has admitted it logs calls and text history for some of its Android users who have installed Messenger or Facebook Lite.... Read More
Samsung To Fix S9 Unresponsive Screens
Samsung is looking into an issue where a number of S9 users are experiencing problems with their screens having ‘dead spots’. The issues were... Read More
Huawei Resorts To Junkets In An Effort To Stall A Dumping
Desperate to convince retailers that they should continue selling their products in Australia Huawei has turned to taking journalists such the Financial... Read More
Telstra To Refund ~100,000 Customers For Misleading Billing
Telstra is set to refund thousands of mobile phone customers, after the ACCC found individuals unintentionally incurred third-party charges and subscriptions, without... Read More
Apple Gets Socially Inclusive With Proposed Accessibility Emojis
Apple is creating more inclusion with its emojis by proposing to add a range of accessibility emojis, representing the disabled community which... Read More
Samsung Pay Wins Race To ‘Big 4’ Oz Banks
Samsung Pay has become the first smartphone wallet provider to win the support of Australia’s ‘Big 4’ banks, following an agreement with NAB announced... Read More
Facebook Was Fore-Warned About Data Misuse: Claim
Facebook was warned as long ago as 2011 that a misuse of its data could occur, as has allegedly happened in the... Read More
Telstra Est Ouvert En Paris
Telstra has opened an office in Paris to serve as its hub for continental Europe, and is installing points of presence (PoPs)... Read More
Tassie Demands $100m From Basslink For Cable Outage
The Tasmanian Liberal Government is demanding that Basslink – the company that operates the 370km undersea electricity and data cable that links... Read More
Turnbull Govt To Put New Limits On Facebook Power
The Turnbull Government has promised to introduce new laws aimed at limiting the market power of Facebook and similar online operations, following... Read More
Samsung Grows Share In Premium Smartphone Market Note 9 set To Help
The premium end of town in the smartphone market is fast becoming a Samsung device according to retailers and the holy grail... Read More
Dodo & iPrimus Outed Over Misleading NBN Speeds
The ACCC is on a roll, outing three more internet providers who could not deliver their promise on NBN internet speeds, this... Read More
Google Chrome To Block Annoying Autoplay Videos With Sound
Google has listened to its users prayers issuing a fix in its next Google Chrome update where it will stop videos from... Read More
Apple Fixing Siri’s Big Mouth
Apple will be fixing an issue where Siri reads out hidden notifications from the lock screen for various apps when prompted. When... Read More
Huawei Dumped By Major CE Retailer
The world’s largest consumer electronics retailer Best Buy have stopped selling Huawei smartphones over security concerns. The Chinese Company whose technology that... Read More
HTC Unveils Mid-Range Desire 12 Series
HTC is adding two new mid-range devices to its Desire series, the Desire 12 and the Desire 12+ offering a 18:9 display... Read More
Boost Mobile Secures 5 Year Telstra Deal
Youth-focused telco brand, Boost Mobile, has inked another five-year deal with Telstra, enabling the provider to continue using Telstra’s 4G Mobile Network. Following Boost’s... Read More
Alcatel Pens Deal With Family Zone, Software To Be Pre-Loaded On All Oz Devices
Alcatel have signed a deal with Family Zone, cyber-safety company with its software tol be pre-loaded on all new devices from mid-2018.... Read More
Apple Slashes Production Cost For Cheap New 5.8″ iPhone X
Apple has slashed the production cost of its new ‘affordable’ 5.85-inch OLED iPhone X, with an initial manufacturing bill of materials (MBOM) significantly lower... Read More
TPG’s Teoh Calls For Restrictions On Big Telcos At 5G Auction
TPG Telecom CEO David Teoh has called on the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission to restrict how much 5G spectrum the big... Read More
Zuckerberg Responds To Data Scandal, Admits Mistake
After days of silence Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has taken responsibility for the Cambridge Analytica data scandal and has outlined the steps... Read More
Instagram The New Facebook? Shoppable Posts Land In Oz
Instagram has today rolled out ‘shoppable posts’ for Australian retailers and brands – a move set to threaten Facebook’s position as Australia’s... Read More
ACCC Says Competition Between Telcos Improves Value For Customers
A new report released by the ACCC shows competition in the telecommunications market improves value for consumers. The consumer watchdog published its... Read More
Facebook Hit With FTC Probe After Personal Data Breach
The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) will begin to investigate Facebook over the breach of personal data of up to 50 million... Read More
Telstra Inks World-First Deal To Make Calls Inside Office 365
As a demonstration of Australian innovation, Telstra has inked a world-first partnership with Microsoft, enabling consumers to make voice calls inside Office 365. The... Read More
iiNet To Refund Consumers For Misleading NBN Speeds
Internet providers iiNet and Internode will have to refund more than 11,000 of its customers after making misleading claims on its NBN... Read More
Apple Secretly Building MicroLED Display A Move That Could Hurt LG & Samsung
In a move that could have a major impact on Samsung, LG and Sharp, Bloomberg has claimed that Apple is designing and... Read More
Telstra Outage Causes Several Aussie Banks To Go Down
A number of Australian banks were hit by a Telstra outage over the weekend with suppliers trying to restore services. It News... Read More
Google Appeases Newspapers, Play Store To Sell Subscriptions
In a bid to support publishers and spurn revenue from high-quality journalism, Google has revealed it will soon sell subscriptions of digital newspapers... Read More
Facebook Embroiled In Data Privacy Firestorm
Facebook has become embroiled in a data privacy firestorm, following revelations a third-party US analytics firm retained the information of fifty million... Read More
Galaxy S9 Cuddles Up To Kids With New Disney AR Emojis
Samsung has amped up the kid-friendly factor of its latest smartphones, the Galaxy S9/S9+, following a partnership with Disney, which has brought Mickey and... Read More
Encrypted Phones Seized As AFP Helps Break Up Encryption Racket
The Australian Federal Police have played a major role in ending the activities of an alleged criminal IT-based enterprise in Canada. The... Read More
Pivotel Pivots Off To Space
Australian mobile telecoms outfit Pivotel is looking for new worlds to conquer – in space. It has inked a deal with Iridium... Read More
Sony To Give Away Playstation 4 With New Xperia XZ2 Smartphone
Sony who is desperate to generate sales of their new Xperia XZ2 smartphone, is tipped to be set to give away a... Read More
HTC Could Be Making U12+ Instead Of U12
HTC could be skipping the U12 altogether and releasing its next flagship model titled the U12+, according to reports. VentureBeat says the... Read More
Facebook Lite Coming To Oz Shores
Facebook will be bringing Facebook Lite, its stripped down version of the social media platform to Australia and other developed countries. Facebook... Read More
REVIEW: Samsung Galaxy S9+ Proves Real Beauty Comes From Within
The moment you lay eyes on Samsung’s S9+, one thing is blatantly clear – It looks a hell of a lot like the... Read More
NBN Users Experiencing Numerous Drop Outs
New research shows nearly half of Aussie households connected to the NBN have experienced regular service dropouts. This new information comes from... Read More
Telstra To Invest In Drones
Telstra will be heading into the drone business with its venture capital division, Telstra Ventures investing in US based drone flight platform... Read More
LG G7 Tipped To Launch In May
[Source: ET News] The upcoming LG G7 will be launching in May according to reports. Korean news outlet ET News reports it... Read More
Samsung Braces For S9 To Beat S8 First Year Sales
Despite looking remarkably similar to the Galaxy S8, Samsung is ready for its new S9 to sell more units during its first year.... Read More
Google Prioritising News For Subscribers In Search Results
Google will begin to place paid news higher in its user’s search feed, which reports say is a move to help media companies... Read More
Samsung S9/S9+ Nabs Telstra’s ‘Blue Tick’ For Strong Rural Reception
Samsung’s new Galaxy S9 & S9+ smartphones have picked up Telstra’s ‘Blue Tick Certification’ for outstanding connectivity and reception in rural Australian... Read More
Only Half Of NBN Connections Are Currently In Use
A new progress report released by the NBN shows only half of Aussie homes that have access to the NBN have it... Read More
MYOB AI Push Ups The Stake In Accounting Software Battle
Accounting software company MYOB this week plans to launch a new artificial intelligence powered tool as it ups the stakes in its... Read More
Mobile Market Grew 15.4% In Last Quarter Due To iPhone X
The Australian mobile phone grew in the last quarter of 2017 15.4% due in part to the launch of new Apple iPhones... Read More
SmartHouse ‘Best Of The Best’ Awards- Smartphones
In the latest edition of the SmartHouse Best of the Best Awards, it lists the best technology in the market based on... Read More
Galaxy Note 9 Tipped To Forgo In-Display Fingerprint Scanner
Notable tech analyst and ‘leaker’, Ming-Chi Kuo from KGI, has quashed speculation Samsung’s forthcoming Galaxy Note 9 will embed a fingerprint scanner directly within... Read More
Samsung S9 Labelled A Flop By News Corp Despite Having Not Gone On Sale Yet
Despite having the best smartphone in the world with their new Galaxy S9, carriers and retailers are reporting that pre order demand... Read More
Big Un Chairman Hugh Massie Resigns
Big Un Chairman, Hugh Massie, has announced his resignation from the company’s board, following a slew of recent media attention over its use of databases... Read More