The 8.4-inch Galaxy Tab S. Sarah Tew/CNET Launched in the middle of last month, Samsung’s Galaxy Tab S range has now landed down under. Both the 10.4-inch and 8.4-inch tablets will be available soon, in white and bronze. Or, as Samsung is styling it, “dazzling white” and “titanium bronze”. In the UK and the US, …
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HBO’s Sofia Chang in Sydney. Dave Cheng/CNET The Game of Thrones exhibition has made it to Sydney as part of its international tour, setting up shop in the Museum of Contemporary Art in Circular Quay. While much of the excitement has been around the special guest Liam Cunningham — Ser Davos in the show — HBO’s VP and GM Sofia …
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Quickflix With the Chromecast now just over a month old in Australia, announcements of local services being compatible with the device are coming thick and fast. Quickflix is the latest company to get on board with the media streamer, with both its iOS and Android app now offering Chromecast compatibility. It joins similar service EzyFlix and Presto, the movie streaming …
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CNET When the Chromecast launched in Australia at the end of May, Presto announced that it would have Chromecast compatibility coming for its service by July. That’s up and running as of today, along with an Android Presto app that’s available on selected tablets. According to Presto, it is the “only official launch partner” from Chromecast. EzyFlix, a relative newcomer …
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The Nokia Lumia 930. CNET Microsoft Devices — still popularly known as Nokia, despite the acquisition — is getting ready to launch two new Lumia smartphones into the Australian market. The first is the Nokia Lumia 930. This is the latest flagship device for Windows 8.1 — a sturdy metal construction topped with a 5-inch Full HD OLED screen. Inside …
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LG’s G Watch at Google I/O 2014. Josh Miller/CNET If you needed any more confirmation that the age of wearables is here, look no further than the Google I/O conference happening in San Francisco. Google, LG, Samsung and Motorola have let people go hands-on with the new range of Android Wear smart watches, but will Aussies be whispering “OK, Google” …
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HBO Last week, the season four finale of “Game of Thrones” broke all existing torrent records to become the most pirated show ever. And, of course, all the records it broke were previously set by “Game of Thrones” episodes. To put it conservatively, it’s a popular show. Australians have been prolific when it comes to torrenting “Game of Thrones” — …
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SBS’s HbbTV app overlays content options onto broadcast TV. SBS If you’ve been wondering when Hybrid Broadcast Broadband TV — better known as HbbTV — was coming to Australia the answer is that it’s already here, at least in beta form. (If you’re actually wondering what HbbTV actually is, try our primer over here.) SBS has launched the HbbTV version …
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Panasonic’s AX800 4K TV showing the My Stream predictive content feature. Nic Healey/CNET Panasonic may have said goodbye to plasma, but according to the company it’s definitely committed to 4K Ultra HD for 2014 and beyond. In fact, it’s expanding its 4K TVs into two series — the AX800 and AX900 — although that’s only four separate units. There are …
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Sarah Tew With Google’s Chromecast device finally available in Australia, the next step has been to ensure that there are some local services worth using on it. In the US there are the usual suspects of Netflix, HBO Go, Hulu, and so forth, but in Australia we’ve mostly been running on promises. Foxtel’s Presto movie service was looking at a …
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