Vodafone After a “transmission network failure” knocked out services on Vodafone’s network in Australia yesterday, the telco is compensating its customers with a free weekend of data. Regardless of whether they were affected by the outage, all Vodafone customers have been invited to “use as much data as they like” within Australia this weekend, starting …
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19 June
Complaints over excess data charges on the rise says TIO
CNET Despite new regulations that require network providers to notify customers when they have reached their monthly data limit, the number of customers complaining about excess data charges is on the rise. That’s according to new data from the Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman, which has released statistics on the complaints it has received this year. According to the TIO, complaints are …
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19 June
Thieves now stealing fewer iPhones, more Samsung phones
The top one is harder to steal? CNET There is a popular view, supported by statistics, that thieves steal iPhones because they are the coolest phones that fetch the most money on resale. Indeed, last year, the New York Police Department announced that iPhones were involved in 14 percent of all the crime in the city. However, a report released …
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19 June
BlackBerry Passport phone on tap for September launch
A concept design of BlackBerry’s upcoming Passport smartphone, code-named Windermere.CrackBerry.com BlackBerry’s newest smartphone is set to launch in September at a special event in London, the company’s CEO John Chen said Thursday. Chen leaked news of the new device during the company’s fiscal first quarter 2015 conference call. The new device, called the Passport, has been rumored for several months …
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19 June
Android, Windows Phone to add kill switch to thwart theft
The iPhone 5S already has a kill switch. Apple Microsoft and Google have signed an agreement with the New York Attorney General to add a “kill switch” to the next versions of Windows Phone and Android. Eric Schneiderman, the attorney general, released a report Thursday as part of his offices’s “Secure Our Smartphones” initiative. That report, which detailed the importance …
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19 June
Wi
Now playing: Watch this: Samsung Galaxy Tab S: Premium Android tablet line has… 3:13 The Wi-Fi version of Samsung’s two Galaxy Tab S tablets go on sale in the US in a few weeks, arriving on June 27. Amazon, Best Buy, and Sears are a few of the retailers selling the 8.4-inch and 10.5-inch slates, which you can also buy …
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19 June
Get a 3
Screenshot by Rick Broida/CNET First things first: You’ve got just one more day to enter the NeatConnect scanner giveaway contest! As of right now, there are under 4,000 entries, so your chances are pretty darn good. Second things second: What can I tell you about audiobooks that I haven’t already said a dozen times? If you’re taking a long trip, …
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19 June
Fitness fanatics are driving a mobile app usage boom
Flurry In the world of mobile apps, 2014 appears to be shaping up to be the year of the fitness fanatic. A new report by app analytics company Flurry shows that health and fitness apps are surging — in fact, they’re growing at a rate 87 percent faster than the rest of the app industry. After studying more than 6,800 …
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19 June
Nokia Lumia 635 launches in July for £145, Cortana could be ‘weeks’ away
The Nokia Lumia 635 with Windows 8.1 and Cortana. Nokia You can get colourful with Windows 8.1 at a wallet-friendly price on or around 3 July with the arrival of the new 4G Nokia Lumia 635 , set to cost £145. And you might not have to wait too long to be chatting up Microsoft’s Siri rival Cortana either. Microsoft …
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19 June
Apple’s iWatch said to hit in October with 2.5
Josh Miller/CNET The rumor mill keeps churning about Apple’s hotly anticipated smartwatch, and this time it appears production will start soon on a device with a “slightly rectangular” display. Apple has hired Quanta to start mass producing its wearable next month to prepare for launch as early as October, according to a report Thursday from Reuters, which cited anonymous sources. …
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