Computer Daily News – Page 244

iPhone 6 Catches Touch Disease

Computer Daily News October 12, 2016 No Comments

It’s perhaps not as explosive as Samsung’s issues with the Galaxy Note 7 and its battery – but Apple’s older models iPhone 6 and 6 Plus are also claimed to…

Apple Jumps To Christmas Highs

Computer Daily News October 12, 2016 No Comments

Apple stock shot up to its highest level since December by 2.3 percent after rival Samsung Electronics suspended production of its flagship Galaxy Note 7 smartphones (CDN, yesterday), following reports…

Aussies Hanging Up On Landlines

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Australians appear to be abandoning their landline phones in a major way, a new survey by online comparison service iSelect suggests. Its survey of 1100 Australian household “decision makers” found…

Shed The Apple Watch, PM Told, Ahead Of Cabinet Meetings

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Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has agreed to remove his much-prized Apple Watch at Cabinet meetings and other sensitive gatherings where policy matters might be discussed. The PM is known for…

Sorry, No Bonuses: Telstra Execs To Suffer Over 2016 Outages

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Telstra executives will dip out on their annual customer service bonuses this year – at least partly due to the continued outages customers experienced in the first half of this…

Telstra Says ‘No’ To Mobile Roaming – But Sims May Differ

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There is no way Telstra will give in easily to calls for the introduction of mobile roaming across Australia, chairman John Mullen has made plain. Speaking at this week’s AGM…

Developers Take Apple to Court

Computer Daily News October 11, 2016 No Comments

French open-source software company Nexedi has filed a lawsuit against Apple in Paris. alleging that Apple’s App Store contract is unfair. In a blog, founder and CEO Jean-Paul Smets and…

Google Opens Big Pixel Push

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Google’s new Pixel smartphone is off to a splashy start with US$3.2 million spent on US television ads in two days since it announced the launch. While Google’s brand is…

No PC Needed For Oculus

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Six months after the highly anticipated launch of its virtual-reality goggles, Facebook’s Oculus has come up against strong competition from HTC and Sony, and has endured a string of disappointing…

TPG Eyes New Spectrum Auction

Computer Daily News October 11, 2016 No Comments

TPG chief David Teoh, pictured, has welcomed the Federal Government decision to auction the remaining 700MHz spectrum left over from the 2013 “digital dividend” sale. TPG had strongly opposed a…