If you somehow missed two global Galaxy Note 7 recalls, the photos of exploded phones on the nightly news, the text messages from your carrier and the push notifications being sent direct to your phone — all telling you to power off the device and return it — you’ll now have another option for ditching …

Foreign-owned farmland, “indiscriminate immigration” — now you can add foreign gamers to the list of things Pauline Hanson finds unacceptable. After landing a seat on the government’s Joint Standing Committee on the National Broadband Network, Senator Hanson is getting stuck into the job of improving Australia’s connection speeds, and she’s calling on Australians to share their internet horror stories for …

No more sliding the conference TV out into the break room and making awkward conversation while Gavin from accounts tries to sort the cables — the Melbourne Cup is coming to Twitter. The social media platform has announced it will stream the race on November 1 this year as part of an hour-long broadcast, available on mobile, tablet or desktop, …

Vodafone has put on its game face for the global race towards 5G, conducting the first public trials of the technology in Sydney today. The telco has partnered with Nokia to test and develop the technology, and both companies were talking up the benefits of lower latency, faster speeds and greater capacity for more connected devices on the network. Vodafone …

Free-to-air TV is playing catch-up with the streaming services and making its way into the 21st century with a new app that will allow you to watch free-to-air channels live on your mobile. From November, the free Freeview FV app will let users stream more than 15 free-to-air channels, both live and on catch-up, with the ability to browse and …

Uber’s global expansion continues apace with the ridesharing company launching its growing food delivery service UberEats in Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth. The standalone app lets the tired and hungry order food from local restaurants, then track the delivery to their door. There are more than 80 restaurants on board in Brisbane, 60 in Adelaide and 70 in Perth, and Uber …

After giving the world of streaming video a solid college try, Foxtel has thrown in the towel on Presto, choosing instead to focus its energy on a revamped version of its IPTV offering Foxtel Play. But while the pay TV provider has previously said the new Foxtel Play would be priced to compete with streaming players such as Netflix and …

Less than two years after the Australian launch of Netflix, the streaming industry has claimed its first scalp, with Foxtel and Seven West Media announcing the closure of Presto. The service will stop streaming on January 31, 2017. Foxtel launched the subscription video on demand (SVOD) service in March 2014 offering unlimited movies for a monthly fee. In December of …

No need to book that hour-long trip across the city in an Uber — the ridesharing app has just started playing nice with public transport. Uber has joined forces with transport app TripGo to link public transport routes with ridesharing cars. That means TripGo users will now be able to plan out their entire route from A to B using …

There’s nothing as hellish as trawling through online comments trying to find accurate reviews — from “A+++ would stay again” to “Garbage hotel for garbage people!” Now the ACCC is cracking down on misleading online reviews, sweeping sites to ensure they’re upfront about how reviews are published and to make sure the reviews themselves are accurate. The ACCC is also …