Australia might be new to the Halloween phenomenon, but we’re certainly not immune to the trick-or-treating, the bad costume parties and the out-of-season-pumpkins in supermarkets. But as Halloween approaches, the subscription video on demand services are stockpiling plenty of good movies (and the occasional TV show) to help you put on a killer fright night …

Optus customers can watch cricket on the go this summer. Getty Images/Cricket Australia Optus has announced a partnership with Cricket Australia that will give customers unmetered access to live stream international matches and Big Bash League games in time for summer. From October 29, all Optus’ consumer and small business customers will get access to a free Cricket Australia Live …

Katja Kircher/Corbis A Sydney-based ridesharing driver has been charged with sexual assault after an investigation into an alleged incident in Sydney’s eastern suburbs on the weekend. NSW Police today released a statement alleging a 39-year-old man “was working for a shared-ride service when he offered the young woman a lift home.” The 22-year-old woman accepted the ride and got into …

The male peacock spider doesn’t have an extensive showreel. When you’re the size of a fingernail, it’s hard to command the attention of wildlife filmmakers — if camera crews haven’t spent years stepping over you in the undergrowth, then they haven’t had the gear required to capture your colours in glorious detail. Compared to lightning-fast cheetahs or a pride of …

Enlarge ImageFounder of Kogan Mobile, Ruslan Kogan. Paul McMillan After collapsing in spectacular fashion in 2013, Kogan Mobile is back from the telco graveyard as online retailer Kogan partners with Vodafone to sell a value-focused 3G service. Kogan Mobile is billed as a competitively-priced mobile offering that utilises Vodafone’s network as well as its service team, which it says separates …

Enlarge Image NBN NBN has shed light on its broadband rollout schedule for the next three years, giving Australians a better idea of when construction will begin for 7.5 million homes and businesses across the country, and the technology that will be used in each area. The company responsible for building Australia’s national broadband network released its three-year plan today, …

Telstra TV will go head to head with Apple TV when it launches at the end of this month, bringing Telstra customers catch-up TV and SVOD apps alongside content channels such as YouTube and Red Bull TV. But while Netflix will be available on Telstra TV from launch, the telco is looking after its home turf first, offering unmetered streaming …

Julia Wheeler/Veronika Laws/Corbis Australia’s consumer watchdog plans to strike down a new taxi-hailing app geared at taking on the likes of Uber and goCatch, saying that it is anti-competitive. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission says it intends to deny authorising a new app, known as ihail, that has been put forward by a joint group of companies from the …

Telstra Telstra has today announced two big 4G developments for its mobile network, offering Voice over LTE ‘4G calling’ to post-paid mobile customers, and launching the world’s first Category 11 device with a new 600Mbps-capable mobile hotspot. The telco is pitching both launches as ‘next generation’ advances in connectivity for mobile customers, who are coming to expect fast speeds, seamless …

Recomazing collects recommendations from Facebook friends. Recomazing An Australian start-up has set out to take on the world of fake online reviews, bogus accounts and customer comment bots with a new service that focuses on recommendations from friends. Launched out of Sydney start-up incubator Fishburners on Tuesday and tapping into Facebook’s existing social networks, Recomazing lets users share recommendations for …