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HTC Posts Record Loss, Revenue Down 29%, Google Deal To Lift Q1

Roma Christian March 27, 2018 No Comments

HTC has posted its biggest quarterly net loss in company history – a whopping NT$9.8 billion [~US$3.3 million] after tax. The Taiwanese company claims earnings were impacted by “competition, product mix,…

Facebook Logging Text and Calls On Android

Athina Mallis March 27, 2018 No Comments

Facebook has admitted it logs calls and text history for some of its Android users who have installed Messenger or Facebook Lite. This admission comes after Twitter users saw the…

Samsung To Fix S9 Unresponsive Screens

Athina Mallis March 27, 2018 No Comments

Samsung is looking into an issue where a number of S9 users are experiencing problems with their screens having ‘dead spots’. The issues were discovered through a Samsung Forum with some users finding their…

Huawei Resorts To Junkets In An Effort To Stall A Dumping

David Richards March 27, 2018 No Comments

Desperate to convince retailers that they should continue selling their products in Australia Huawei has turned to taking journalists such the Financial Reviews John Davidson on junkets to China in…

Telstra To Refund ~100,000 Customers For Misleading Billing

Roma Christian March 26, 2018 No Comments

Telstra is set to refund thousands of mobile phone customers, after the ACCC found individuals unintentionally incurred third-party charges and subscriptions, without being prompted to verify their identity, or enter payment details.…

Apple Gets Socially Inclusive With Proposed Accessibility Emojis

Athina Mallis March 26, 2018 No Comments

Apple is creating more inclusion with its emojis by proposing to add a range of accessibility emojis, representing the disabled community which are no where to be seen in the…

Samsung Pay Wins Race To ‘Big 4’ Oz Banks

Roma Christian March 26, 2018 No Comments

Samsung Pay has become the first smartphone wallet provider to win the support of Australia’s ‘Big 4’ banks, following an agreement with NAB announced this morning. As more consumers choose smartphones for everyday…

Facebook Was Fore-Warned About Data Misuse: Claim

Computer Daily News March 26, 2018 No Comments

Facebook was warned as long ago as 2011 that a misuse of its data could occur, as has allegedly happened in the Cambridge Analytica case, according to reports. European privacy campaigner, lawyer…

Telstra Est Ouvert En Paris

Computer Daily News March 26, 2018 No Comments

Telstra has opened an office in Paris to serve as its hub for continental Europe, and is installing points of presence (PoPs) for its programmable network in Frankfurt and Paris.…

Tassie Demands $100m From Basslink For Cable Outage

Computer Daily News March 26, 2018 No Comments

The Tasmanian Liberal Government is demanding that Basslink – the company that operates the 370km undersea electricity and data cable that links Tasmania to the mainland – pay it $100…