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Telsyte: Smartphones Sales Jump 11% in 2017, iPhone X Falls Short

Roma Christian February 20, 2018 No Comments

Telsyte’s latest research reveals Australian smartphone sales experienced “strong growth” in 2017, jumping 11% YOY to 9.2 million units. Despite the launch of the iPhone X, Telsyte reports “a significant…

Push Notifications Ending For Windows 7.5 and 8.0

Athina Mallis February 20, 2018 No Comments

Push notifications will be turned off for Windows Phone 7.5 and 8.0 as Windows says these devices have reached the end of their support dates. Windows says services for these…

Twitter Trolls Crashing iPhones With Telugu ‘Text Bomb’

Roma Christian February 20, 2018 No Comments

Twitter trolls are taking advantage of the latest iOS design flaw, by embedding a unique Indian Telugu character in their username, to instantly crash a user’s iPhone when read. Just last…

March 8 D Day For New iPhone X Killer

David Richards February 20, 2018 No Comments

Australian consumer electronics retailers are set to get a big boost on March 8th when the all new Galaxy 9 and S9+ goes on sale. One carrier has told ChannelNews…

Apple Requiring All Apps To Embrace Notch

Athina Mallis February 19, 2018 No Comments

Apple has told its app developers that when submitting products from April 2018 they must be built with the iOS 11 SDK. Apple says, “All new apps for iPhone, including…

Lew Calls New Myer Executive Chairman “Discredited”

Roma Christian February 19, 2018 No Comments

Following the [forced] departure of Myer CEO Richard Umbers last week, major shareholder Solomon Lew has released a letter describing new Executive Chairman, Gary Hounsell, as “discredited”. The news comes…

Huawei P20+ To Feature ‘Always On Display’ & iPhone X ‘Notch’

Roma Christian February 19, 2018 No Comments

Ahead of its March launch, recent reports reveal Huawei’s P20 Plus will feature an iPhone X-esque ‘notch’ and Samsung Galaxy inspired ‘Always On’ Display. The Chinese-based company is set to launch the…

Telstra’s Mobile Business Losing Ground To Optus

Roma Christian February 19, 2018 No Comments

Several analysts – from UBS, Citi and Macquarie – have expressed concern Telstra’s mobile business is losing ground to Optus. For the six months to December 31st, Optus signed up 202,000…

Pixel 2 February Update Causing Overheating And Battery Issues

Athina Mallis February 19, 2018 No Comments

A recent update for the Google Pixel 2 is seeing some devices unexpectedly heat up when it is not in use and batteries draining quicker than before. 9to5Google reports users on…

Nokia 7+ Images Leak Ahead Of MWC

Roma Christian February 19, 2018 No Comments

Consumers have been gifted a further peek at Nokia’s 7+ smartphone, following new images which have leaked online, including an ‘in the wild’ shot. V-Tech leaked a Nokia 7+ ‘in the…