Vodafone is looking to add perks to its plans. Vodafone Vodafone has rolled out a raft of new features across its prepaid and post-paid plans in a bid to win over customers, calling the changes its “biggest ever plan shake-up.” As part of the raft of new inclusions, all new plans will get unlimited national …

EzyFlix.tv has all but fallen into oblivion with news that it is shutting up shop. Screenshot by Nic Healey/CNET Australia’s increasingly competitive streaming space has claimed its first scalp with EzyFlix.tv announcing it has shut down, cutting off access to content on its platform just two years after it launched. The decision was made by EzyFlix owner Access Digital Entertainment, …

Apple Pay has already rolled out in the US and UK. Andrew Hoyle/CNET Since Apple CEO Tim Cook first announced the launch of Apple Pay in September last year, iFans have been eagerly awaiting the arrival of the contactless payments system in Australia. But it hasn’t been smooth sailing for the iPhone maker, as new reports suggest Apple may been …

Optus Bad reception is no longer a problem for Optus customers, with the telco announcing the introduction of WiFi Talk, a service that lets customers make and receive calls and text messages over a Wi-Fi connection. Available as a free app download from both the App Store and Google Play, WiFi Talk can be used by Optus prepaid and postpaid …

Quickflix Amidst declining profits and falling customer numbers, Quickflix has made a bold bid to revive its fortunes, announcing its intention to buy out a Chinese film and TV company to distribute in China and beyond. The company today confirmed it has entered a memorandum of understanding with an unnamed “Shanghai-based film and television company” with Quickflix signalling its intention …

Telstra is already promoting its Apple Music partnership to customers. Telstra Forget BigPond Music: Telstra is giving its customers a much more recognisable name in the music streaming space with an offer for free Apple Music subscriptions for post-paid customers. Pitched as an “introductory 12 month trial offer,” the deal offers Telstra iPhone users on a 12- or 24- month …

The CommBank Offers app (left) is entering trial stages, while a new Loyalty feature will let customers ditch their physical loyalty cards. Commonwealth Bank Commonwealth Bank may be a business concerned with helping people save their money, but now it’s going to help customers spend it with two new retail-focused initiatives to expand its mobile wallet offering. The financial institution …

Telstra has announced a new partnership to bring Roku to Australia. Telstra Telstra has confirmed it will bring a new media streaming box to Australia in partnership with Roku, but only Telstra home broadband customers are going to be able to get their hands on the device. The company announced the news today in a blog post, saying it would …

Seamus Byrne/CNET Just four months after voting with the Federal Government to pass mandatory data retention legislation, Labor has been called on to review the scheme with one of the party’s state members saying the laws “help create a culture of fear” in Australia. The news emerged from Labor’s National Conference, held in Melbourne over the weekend, where NSW Labor …

Australian shoppers could soon pay more on overseas purchases from the likes of eBay and Amazon. eBay Australian shoppers are set to start paying GST on online purchases from overseas after the country’s state and territory leaders offered “in principle” support for the move. The change would see a 10 percent goods and services tax charged on all purchases valued …