Welcome to the age of internet shade. Kanye phones Taylor, Kim Snapchats the convo, Taylor responds via Instagram, and Twitter makes a Moment. Dissing people used to be so much less data intensive. Social media can barely contain itself over the latest chapter in the blustering feud (or is that “mutually beneficial hype train”) between …

Welcome to the age of internet shade. Kanye phones Taylor, Kim Snapchats the convo, Taylor responds via Instagram, and Twitter makes a Moment. Dissing people used to be so much less data intensive. Social media can barely contain itself over the latest chapter in the blustering feud (or is that “mutually beneficial hype train”) between Kanye West and Taylor Swift. …

Android users, your day has come. iOS fans might have been talking up Apple Pay for months, but as of today Android Pay has finally made it to Australia. ANZ is the only major bank to have the service from day one, meaning customers with an ANZ Visa debit or credit card, or an ANZ-issued American Express card, will be …

The US government is claiming an online win against ISIS, saying the terrorist group’s social media influence, and its ability to recruit, is declining. Taking the battle to Twitter, US State Department officials say ISIS has seen a 45 percent drop in traffic on the social network over the past two years, the Associated Press reports. The decline comes on …

It’s finally happened. You refused to move out of home, so your parents have decided to retaliate and invade the only space you had left to yourself: Snapchat. According to new stats from ratings company ComScore, the burn-after-reading photo- and video-sharing app is “rapidly growing” its user base of over 35-year-olds, with 14 percent of US smartphone users aged 35 …

Facebook is tugging at the heart strings with a new tool that lets users raise money for their favourite non-profit organisations. From today, users in the US will be able to raise funds for US-based 501(c)(3) non-profit charitable organisations, inviting friends to chip in for the cause. The news was announced on the Nonprofits on Facebook page, with a video …

How do you do, fellow kids? Fancy voting for a totally radical political party this election? Proving that there’s nothing quite like a media team trying to keep its finger on the pulse, the Liberal Party has surprised pollsters and hipsters everywhere by sponsoring their very own Snapchat filter. The filter is making waves just hours out from the start …

When it comes to mobile and fixed broadband speeds in Australia, this country is experiencing both the best of times and the worst of times. When it comes to top speeds on mobile devices, Australia is ranked second in the world, just behind Germany. But when we’re connecting to fixed broadband, we’re still trailing way behind in 56th place. The …

Winter is well and truly here, bringing with it a load of new movies and episodes to stream. Stan has scored a number of streaming exclusives including “Episodes” (Matt LeBlanc in a surprisingly great return to comedic form). Plus, if you’re a US politics buff, check out the doco “The Circus,” which takes you behind the 2016 US presidential race. …

Norton is pushing hard on mobile with the launch of a new mobile VPN, but forget about torrents and accessing overseas Netflix catalogues: The company says it just wants you to stay safe on public Wi-Fi. The company on Tuesday announced the global launch of Norton Wi-Fi Privacy — a subscription-based app that encrypts all the data you send over …