All eyes are on the South Korean electronics giant’s follow-up to last year’s ill-fated Note 7. The Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus are available for preorder from March 31 ahead of a street date of April 28. The Galaxy S8 is packing in water resistance, an edge-to-edge screen design, expandable storage and an option for …
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If you get Foxtel from Telstra for sport or “Game of Thrones,” you’re in for a price hike. Telstra has announced it’s upping prices, with subscribers to its top-of-the-line Platinum HD package now charged an extra AU$2 per month, and Sports subscribers having to pay an extra AU$4 per month. But while it will mean Telstra’s sports fans have to …
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Sorry Aussie retro fans. Just like “Agro’s Cartoon Connection,” Aerobics Oz Style and the widely-acclaimed butterfly clip and pop music sensation Bardot*, the Nokia 3310 isn’t going to make a massive comeback down under. Nokia announced the return of its famous feature phone at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona today, confirming rumours by showing off a 3310 with a 2.4-inch …
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The age of sitting around the family TV for Friday night football could soon be over if the telcos have their way. Telstra is hoping to lure more eyeballs away from the big screen towards mobiles with the launch of three revamped sports streaming apps for NRL, AFL and Netball. After its acquisition of Netball into its streaming portfolio this …
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Telstra has just unveiled what it’s calling the fastest mobile device in the world. Developed in partnership with Netgear, the Nighthawk M1 is capable of up to 1 gigabit per second download speeds for as many as 20 Wi-Fi connected devices. The device will also double as a portable charger and media storage. Designed to hit that sweet spot between …
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Now playing: Watch this: Silly Australia, you can’t block The Pirate Bay 1:12 The Pirate Bay The Pirate Bay has been blocked in Australia for a matter of hours, but that won’t stop many people from accessing it. Why? Because despite a long-running legal battle, an official Federal Court order and ISP-level blocks by the likes of Telstra, Vodafone and …
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The round-the-world chase of The Pirate Bay continues, with Australian internet service providers now being told they must block the site by the end of the year. The Federal Court of Australia has ordered a number of Australia’s largest ISPs to block The Pirate Bay, along with a number of other torrent sites including TorrentHound, Torrentz, IsoHunt and SolarMovie. The …
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Update, July 12, 2017: Telstra has updated its Travel Passes to a pay-per-day pricing structure. Read all about the new pricing here. The telco has just announced that Telstra Air customers can get free Wi-Fi data at more than 19 million hotspots in 15 countries around the world, thanks to its partnership with international telecommunications company Fon. Overseas Wi-Fi connectivity has already …
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Australian ISPs are lazy, our internet users get speeds so low they’re “criminal” and people across the country deserve a better NBN. That’s the assessment of Australia’s newest ISP, MyRepublic, which has arrived in Australia ahead of November 15 with a range of “NBN-built” plans, including one targeted at gamers. Already an established brand across New Zealand and Asia, MyRepublic …
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As Australians start signing up to the NBN en masse and telcos jostle to win home broadband customers, Vodafone is jumping in to get a piece of the action, announcing it will begin offering fixed broadband services to Australians from the end of 2017. Company CEO Iñaki Berroeta confirmed the move today, saying Australians “expect connectivity whenever they want it, …
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