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Vodafone To Unleash New Mobile Plans?

Staff Writers January 11, 2013 No Comments

SmartHouse has been told by a company source of the telco’s intentions to overhaul its mobile post-paid plans. The changes will affect plans with contracted phones, while BYO plans will…

Vodafone Kills Free Facebook, Twitter Party

Staff Writers January 10, 2013 No Comments

“From 13 February 2013, infinite surfing on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, FourSquare, YouTube and MySpace will be ditched and “won’t be part of any recharge or prepaid Mobile Internet Data Add-on,”…

Microsoft ‘Live Messenger’ Divorce March 15, Cuddles Skype

Staff Writers January 10, 2013 No Comments

Microsoft informed users it will be shutting off ‘Windows Live Messenger,’ its instant messaging service from March 15, with the exception of mainland China. To ease the transition, it released…

CES 2013: Hello… ‘Smart’ Home Phone?

Staff Writers January 7, 2013 No Comments

As mobiles get even smarter, home phones too are stepping up their game. The hot new UrbanHello is the home phone for the 21 century. The…

Watchdog Roaming Clampdown …As $5K Bill Shocks Rocket

Staff Writers December 14, 2012 No Comments

The Australian Communication and Media Authority is seeking public comment on a draft of the global mobile roaming standard, after roaming charges jumped by 70% in 2011-12, as reported by the Telecommunications Ombudsman…

$5000+ Bill Shocks Rise

Staff Writers December 13, 2012 No Comments

The number of mobile users slapped with international roaming bills of $5000 or more is increasing, according to Telecommunications Ombudsman TIO Talk publication. There were 4100 such complaints in 2011-12…

BlackBerry 7 Fights Back With ‘Free Calls’

Staff Writers December 11, 2012 No Comments

BlackBerry launched Messenger (BBM) 7 overnight, offering BBM Voice – free VoIP calls to BBM contacts – anywhere in the world via Wi-Fi. The free update to BBM 7 is…

Could Simple Technology Have Saved Hoaxed Nurse & Is Brit Media Also To Blame?

David Richards December 8, 2012 No Comments

The King Edward VII Hospital in London has treated British Royalty in the past, so one would expect a reasonable degree of security to be implemented after the Duchess of…

OZ Data Hungry But Will Networks Choke?

Staff Writers December 6, 2012 No Comments

Aussies downloaded an astonishing 421,147 terabytes of data from the web in the last year – a 52% jump on 2011. And there are almost 30 million mobile phone services…

Appy New Year! Telstra “Message The Bridge & Mates” NYE Madness

Staff Writers December 6, 2012 No Comments

It’s an Australian first: Telstra have announced a free interactive Sydney New Year Eve app allow users send messages to appear on the Sydney Harbour Bridge pylons. The app for…