Sky Q subscribers are in for an early Christmas present when the broadcaster starts bundling Netflix with other TV packages in November. Sky is rolling its current Box Sets package, worth £5 per month, in with Netflix, worth £8 per month, to form one new service it’s calling Ultimate On Demand, the company said on Wednesday. …
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California, Washington, NY take steps after net neutrality vote
The Federal Communications Commission may have voted to roll back net neutrality rules, but some state lawmakers and attorneys general say they’ll battle the feds to make sure online traffic is treated equally. Politicians from California, Washington and New York said Thursday they’ll use a mix of legislative action and legal moves to fight the FCC’s repeal of net neutrality …
Read More »Australia Post ‘fake parcel delivery’ scams on the rise: ACCC
As Australians start going internet shopping crazy ahead of Christmas, they’re also being warned about a fake parcel delivery scam that’s popping up in email inboxes across the country The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has issued a warning about a rise in emails being sent by scammers, usually claiming to be from Australia Post or FedEx, saying the recipient …
Read More »Apple’s Black Friday deals are all about the gift cards
No, you can’t get an iPhone 7 for half price on Black Friday, but Apple is sweetening the deal a little with gift cards when you buy an iPhone, Mac, Watch or iPad. Buy a SIM-free 32GB iPhone 6S Plus for £599, $649 or AU$1,079 and you’ll receive a £40, $50 or AU$70 Apple Store gift card in return. Maybe …
Read More »Amazon and Currys unveil Black Friday deals for the UK
Love it or hate it, and I suspect that you’re in the latter camp, Black Friday has landed in the UK with retailers like Amazon, Currys PC World and Carphone Warehouse jumping into fray. No, it doesn’t make a whole lot of sense to have Black Friday when there’s no Thanksgiving before it, but it’s still a day to grab …
Read More »Dreaming up the best toys for the holidays
Now playing: Watch this: Coolest and rudest geeky toys for the holidays 3:00 I used to dream of going to a toy fair when I was a kid. Happily, that fantasy finally came true — even I had to wait until two weeks ago for it to happen. On November 9, just when I needed to chase away my post-US …
Read More »‘Shark stepping on a Lego’ photo goes viral; here’s the real story
The shark knows our pain. When Robert Petersen, a student in Reno, Nevada, spotted a photo of a shark emerging from the water, its mouth open as if wincing, he made a smart and funny connection with the very human agony of stepping on a Lego brick. Then he tweeted the photo Thursday with the words “Rare image of a …
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