Apple and Samsung are both about to release shiny new phones, and Telstra wants to seize the opportunity. The telco has partnered with Foxtel to bring the entertainment giant’s Foxtel Now online streaming service to its mobile customers. That’s good news for anyone who’s been guzzling data by watching “Game of Thrones” on their commute. …
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Hopefully you already know that we should be protecting and appreciating the environment. If you don’t though, this project is here to remind you. See that photo? It’s part of the “The Nameless,” a collaboration between photographer Vaughan Brookfield and projectionist Tom Lynch. Lynch uses projected imagery to light up nature, while Brookfield takes snaps with his camera. Their latest …
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As with movies and smart home devices, Australia, the UK and other countries come late to the new tech packing the US market. One of the latest is the Bixby voice feature in the Samsung Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus phones, Bixby being the assistant software similar to Siri or Google Assistant — which itself just arrived in Australia with …
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A note from online streamers to Foxtel: You don’t crash during “Game of Thrones” and get away with it. It’s been coming and now a report from Telsyte predicts the amount of Australians who pay for online streaming will overtake pay TV subscribers by June, 2018. The report shows a 30 percent year-on-year increase of Aussies subscribing to online streamers, like …
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“Take the second exit at the roundabout.” Sometimes a direction that makes sense on paper can be confusing on the road. But that’s OK because the Google-owned Waze is now letting iOS users record their own personalised directions. You can access the Voice Recorder feature in Waze’s advanced settings by hitting “Sound & voice.” Tap “Voice directions” and you’ll be …
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You want Minecraft on your phone, but don’t want to use your credit card to pay for it? Apple and PayPal hear you. From today, Australians can use PayPal to purchase from Apple‘s digital stores — iTunes, iBooks, Apple Music, the App Store, Apple TV — on both iOS and desktops. To set it up, sign in to your PayPal account through your Apple …
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Google has a fun new educational tool for those students slowly falling asleep at their desks. The company on Monday launched 10 new “stories” on Google Earth Voyager specifically designed for educational use. Students can explore remote places such as the Costa Rica Thermal Dome Hope Spot through interactive guided tours of satellite imagery and photographs. The interaction comes from …
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Kayak and Hopper help you compare and book flights, but Google Flights one-ups them both by combining some of their best features. And it’s finally available in Australia. The service gets you a simple list of available flight options that are the best trade-off of convenience and price. The “Explore” feature lets you choose a month and a trip duration, and you can …
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Social media is big business, so likes and shares can be very valuable. That, of course, means there’s a market for fake likes and shares. Three Chinese men were found to be running a complex social media operation in Thailand, the Bangkok Post reports, that involved 474 iPhones and just under 350,000 unused Thai SIM cards. Wang Dong, Niu Bang …
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If you need a new phone but don’t want to shell out four digits, Kogan has your back. The company today announced its Agora 8 — it’s similar to the Agora 6 Plus, but at AU$199 is about a hundred bucks cheaper. For that money you’ll get a phone with a 5-inch 1,280×720-pixel display, 2GB of RAM, a quad-core processor …
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