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Facial Recognition & Gesture Controls To Replace iPhone Home Button

Jon Bragg August 31, 2017 No Comments

Details about the upcoming iPhone 8 continue to be revealed, with the latest leak suggesting gesture controls and facial recognition will completely replace the home button. As reported by Bloomberg, the new…

Motorola Test Shatter-Proof Display, World’s Largest Phone Drop

Roma Christian August 30, 2017 No Comments

Nearly a month ago Motorola unveiled its newest 2017 flagship phone the Z2 Force. With it came a ‘shatter-proof display’. Whilst shatter-proof display has been featured on other Motorola phones, it…

NBN Co Reject Telstra’s $5b Future Revenue Plan

Roma Christian August 30, 2017 No Comments

The NBN Co has rejected Telstra’s plan to sell $5 billion of future NBN revenue to its investors. After announcing full year results in August, Telstra revealed plans to develop an…

Ikea To Launch Augmented Reality App On Apple iOS 11

Roma Christian August 30, 2017 No Comments

Apple’s newest operating system (iOS 11) is scheduled for release nearly a month from now – one of its core features will be Apple’s Augmented reality engine (ARKit), allowing developers…

IFA 2017: Keyboard-Less, Water Resistant BlackBerry Coming Soon

Jon Bragg August 30, 2017 No Comments

Following on from its first BlackBerry-branded phone launched earlier this year, Chinese company TCL has announced a new keyboard-less Blackberry phone will be released in the coming months. In a…

Telstra Ends Third Party Billing

Computer Daily News August 30, 2017 No Comments

Telstra has ended the practice of third-party subscription-based content providers charging for their products via the telco’s customer bills. Third-party billing was previously used for subscription services such as mobile…

IFA 2017: Demand For Rugged Mobiles Set To Grow 25%

David Richards August 29, 2017 No Comments

Australian retailers attending IFA 2017 are set to be offered an array of new ruggedized smartphones, a category that the experts claims are set to grow 25% in the next…

Demand For Smartphones ‘Strong’ As Android Regains Crown

David Richards August 29, 2017 No Comments

Demand for smartphones are still strong despite Telstra struggling to deliver growth according to IDC who claims that more than 2.16 mobiles were shipped in the last quarter 2017 compared…

Apple Set To Announce New iPhone On September 12

Jon Bragg August 29, 2017 No Comments

Apple has reportedly scheduled a product launch event for September 12 where the company is expected to unveil the iPhone 8 and other new products. A report from The Wall Street…

HTC’s Market Value Plummets 75% In 5 Years, Advisor Brought In

Roma Christian August 25, 2017 No Comments

Taiwanese-based HTC was once ranked among the world’s leading smartphone manufacturers, however, the last five years have seen the company’s market value fall almost 75% (to US$1.78 billion). Reports state HTC…