What’s this? A family enjoying a day in a park — but they’re blasting shots at creatures around them. It sounds like Pokemon Go, but more active. Niantic’s new augmented-reality 5G gaming demo app also seems like a taste of what could be coming with AR glasses, too. Codename: Urban Legends is a multiplayer game …
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If you use Apple’s iPhone Upgrade Program to change phones every year, the new tweak to Xbox’s All Access console purchasing program will be familiar. Players who buy an Xbox One this holiday will get the option to upgrade straight to next year’s new console currently codenamed Project Scarlett. Xbox All Access was first introduced last year. It turned buying a new Xbox, Xbox Live …
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I’m sitting on a park bench on a sunny Friday in Randwick, a Sydney suburb just a hop, skip and jump away from Bondi Beach. I’ve stopped to smell the roses like a retiree, except instead of feeding the birds breadsticks I’m perusing the Google Play store for a game. I feel like some chicken dinner. PUBG it is! I …
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At MWC, it seems like everyone’s jumping into 5G phones. Except for HTC, that is. The Taiwanese electronics company on Monday instead unveiled a 5G hotspot, called the HTC 5G Hub. It will run on Sprint’s network in the US and will let 20 people access the ultra-fast connectivity at the same time. Along with 5G (and 4G) speeds, the …
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Oppo has officially become the next Android brand to announce a 5G phone for 2019. At an MWC 2019 press conference, Oppo said its first 5G device will use Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 855 chipset and X50 modem to latch onto 5G networks. Four carrier networks — Swisscom, Australia’s Telstra and Optus, and Singtel in Singapore — will sell the unnamed 5G Oppo phone first, …
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Telstra reckons Australians suck when it comes to losing things. Keys, phones, wallets, dogs, bikes, bags, expensive tools… we can’t keep track of stuff, and Telstra is going to use technology to solve the problem. On Friday, the telco announced the launch of Telstra Locator — a service that combines Bluetooth and Wi-Fi enabled tags for your gear, with an …
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TPG wants to be Australia’s big new mobile telco, and it’s offering free unlimited data to convince you. The TPG Mobile Network will launch within months (it’s given a date of between July and December), offering the first customers to sign up unlimited data for free for six months. From then, it will charge AU$9.99 a month. TPG says this …
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Telstra wants to be there for you wherever you go. To do so, on Tuesday it launched the Telstra Go Repeater, or “intelligent antenna solution”, an external antenna designed to boost your internet coverage in patchy regional areas (or in places that have patchy internet in general) and moving vehicles. It comes in two variants: a stationary version (pictured above) …
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Telstra and Vodafone have kicked off a competition war for the next mobile frontier: Unlimited data. On Tuesday, the telcos both announced the launch of unlimited mobile data plans, promising to kill excess data charges and let Aussies stream and post without limits. There’s just one small catch. You will be limited by speeds. Telstra’s Endless Data Plan launches on Thursday, …
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Telstra has fixed a nationwide network outage that knocked out 4G voice calls and voice calls over NBN some users. Customers began complaining of the outage on Tuesday afternoon, saying they were unable to make or receive calls. The telco advised customers through social media and its network outages page that an issue was affecting some 4G voice calls, and …
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