Australian startup Pocketbook has built an app for Google Glass aimed at helping you manage your money during your day-to-day life. (Credit: Pocketbook) Pocketbook for iOS and Android is the best budgeting app we’ve seen — intuitive, practical and customisable, it allows you to manage your budget with ease. It’s a masterful piece of app …

Researchers at the University of Sydney have examined the use of a smartphone-compatible heart monitor to diagnose the risk of stroke. (Credit: AliveCor) The AliveCor heart monitor was approved by the FDA in late 2012 and hit the market for health care professionals in January 2013 — and now researchers at the University of Sydney have studied its use in …

A simple kit currently seeking funding on Kickstarter allows you to use your smartphone’s camera as a 150x microscope. (Credit: Thomas Larson) One of my favourite activities as a kid was to muck about with my dad’s microscope, poring over ancient (in my mind) slides bearing legends such as “urea”, “bee pollen” and “spores of smut”. The teeny tiny worlds …

Vodafone has expanded on its Red international roaming plans with a AU$1 per minute flat rate for calls. (Credit: Vodafone) Vodafone’s Red international global roaming is a pretty great deal. For an extra AU$5 per day, it allows you to continue to make calls, send SMS and use data using your normal rates — a pretty effective remedy for the …

A study conducted by Stanford University graduate students has demonstrated that a lot of personal information can be gleaned just based on the phone calls you make. (Credit: Talking on the Phone image by Marjan Lazarevski, CC BY-ND 2.0) Even if the only information that is collected from your phone is the calls you place, that can still tell someone …

Telco Medion has provided a court enforceable undertaking to the ACCC after misrepresenting its Aldi Mobile Unlimited Pack, which had significant usage restrictions. (Credit: Medion) Medion, which took over providing service for Aldi Mobile after ISPOne entered voluntary administration in August last year, was found to be misrepresenting its 30-day “Unlimited Pack” available through the Aldi Mobile website, the ACCC …

SanDisk has launched the world’s first microSD card with a capacity of 128GB. (Credit: SanDisk) Stuck with a 8GB phone? Your woes may soon be over. SanDisk has announced the largest capacity microSD card to date, the 128GB SanDisk Ultra microSDXC UHS-1, delivering twice the speed of ordinary microSD cards. The new card can fit, according to SanDisk, 16 hours …

Carbon is a wristwatch-like portable solar charger that gives you up to three hours of extra power for your gadgets on the go. (Credit: EnergyBionics) Wearable tech seems to be the hot new thing, and there are some pretty crazy ideas out there — but this one looks to be genuinely useful. Called Carbon, and currently seeking Kickstarter funding, it …

Mozilla’s mobile operating system, Firefox OS, is increasing its presence at Mobile World Congress this year with a selection of affordable options. (Credit: Mozilla) When it comes to mobile operating systems, it’s pretty hard to compete with iOS, Android and, to a lesser extent, Windows. Mozilla, however, seems to be taking its Firefox mobile OS in a different direction: the …

Peak body ACCAN has found that consumers are being ripped off on SMS pricing and has called the ACCC to take action. (Credit: SMS image by Stefano Mortellaro, CC BY-ND 2.0) Paying for SMS? You’re probably getting ripped off, peak communications consumer body ACCAN has asserted in a statement calling the ACCC to action. Although it costs less than one …