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Australia Could Join Laptop Flight Ban

Jon Bragg May 16, 2017 No Comments

Australia could be set to follow the US and the UK by enacting a ban on laptops and other electronics on flights from Middle Eastern and African destinations. Prime Minister…

Samsung Pay Adds Support For Citibank Debit Cards

Jon Bragg May 16, 2017 No Comments

Samsung have announced that Citibank debit card users are now able to access Samsung Pay. Citibank was one of the original partners when Samsung Pay first launched in Australia in…

Philips Launches New Hue Lamps

Jon Bragg May 16, 2017 No Comments

Philips is expanding its range of Hue smart home lighting products with two new lamps. The new Wellner and Wellness table lamps are part of the Philips Hue White Ambiance…

HP Responds To Pre-Installed Keylogger On Laptops

Jon Bragg May 16, 2017 No Comments

HP has issued a fix for dozens of its commercial and consumer laptop models that were found to be logging the keystrokes of users. The Swiss cybersecurity firm Modzero published a…

TPG Capital Leads $2.7 Billion Bid For Fairfax

Jon Bragg May 15, 2017 No Comments

TPG Capital and Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan have offered $2.76 billion to takeover Fairfax Media and all of its assets. Shareholders had responded negatively to an initial $2.2 billion offer from…

Netflix Trials Price Rises In Oz

Jon Bragg May 15, 2017 No Comments

Australians could be set to pay up to $3 more per month for Netflix after the streaming service began trialing temporary price increases. The Australian reported Netflix has been applying price…

Telstra Offers Refunds Over Slow NBN Speeds

Jon Bragg May 15, 2017 No Comments

Telstra is offering refunds to thousands of its NBN customers who were promised higher speeds than their connections were capable of. The telco admitted that about 1% of its NBN customers had…

Vita Group CEO Loses Millions Due To Telstra Store Renegotiation

Jon Bragg May 12, 2017 No Comments

Vita Group founder and CEO Maxine Horne has seen her stake in the company drop in value by $17 million in a single day. After the company’s shares closed at…

Apple & Amazon Set To End Streaming Standoff

Jon Bragg May 12, 2017 No Comments

Apple and Amazon have reportedly come to an agreement that will soon see Amazon’s video streaming app available on Apple TV. BuzzFeed News reported that the Amazon Prime Video app…

Samsung Gear VR Tops Virtual Reality Charts

Jon Bragg May 11, 2017 No Comments

Samsung’s Gear VR was the most popular virtual reality headset worldwide in the first quarter of 2017, selling over twice as many units as its nearest competitor. The Gear VR’s position as…