The first 4G smartphone has arrived in Australia, with the HTC Velocity 4G now available through Telstra. The Velocity 4G features Android 2.3 operating software (upgradable to Android 4.0 in the future), a 4.5 inch touch screen, 1.5 GHz dual core processor and an eight megapixel camera with auto focus, dual LED flash, and back-illuminated [...]
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Popular destinations in Australia – Opera House, Sydney Harbour and… Facebook
January 11, 2012
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It’s official – Tourism Australia’s Facebook page is the most popular tourism destination page on the planet. The “See Australia” page passed the major milestone of two million fans worldwide following Tourism Australia’s New Year’s Eve social media short film initiative Project:12. The short film featuring Facebook fans of Australia celebrating NYE in Sydney as [...]
Read more NBN on right track, depending who you ask
January 4, 2012
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NBN co, the organisation behind the National Broadband Network, has talked up its signing of 4000 customers amid retorts from the Federal Opposition that the network is a “policy failure”. Figures from NBN Co indicate that at the end of 2011, 2315 premises were using the fibre optic service, while 1700 premises in rural and [...]
Read more Interactivity a win for Vodafone and Cricket Australia
January 3, 2012
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A feature in Vodafone’s cricket app that lets viewers vote in real-time on polls featured in Channel Nine’s television coverage received over a million votes in one day during the Melbourne test. Vodafone Viewers’ Verdict, a feature in the telco’s Cricket Live Australia app, allows viewers to vote via their smartphones on issues, predictions and [...]
Read more JB introduces online music service
December 16, 2011
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JB Hi-Fi – the real JB Hi-Fi this time – are offering Australians a free month’s subscription to its new online music service. Dubbed JB HI-FI NOW, the new web-based service will eventually give customers access to a library of more than 10 million songs to enjoy on their home computers and mobile devices. It [...]
Read more Sydney the world’s 7th most social airport
December 14, 2011
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Facebook has ranked Sydney’s Kingsford-Smith airport seventh in a list of the 25 “most social” airports in the world. It is also the highest ranked airport outside the United States, which boasts eight airports in the top 10. To compile the list, Facebook analysed data gathered between August 2010 and November 2011 from Facebook Places [...]
Read more Australia: more mobiles than people
December 14, 2011
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New figures released by the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) show there are now more than 29 million mobile services in operation in Australia. Australian Mobile Telecommunications Association (AMTA) chief executive officer Chris Althaus said yesterday official ACMA figures showed that the number of mobile services in operation had increased during 2010-11 by 13 [...]
Read more Mobile wrap: Telstra first with Nexus, T20 Cricket gets mobile app, and more
December 13, 2011
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Here’s a brief wrap of recent Australian happenings in the mobile world. Telstra customers will be the first in Australia to get the new Samsung Galaxy Nexus smartphone, which will be available from select Telstra stores or from Telstra online tomorrow (Wednesday). The Galaxy Nexus is the first smartphone in the world to feature Google’s [...]
Read more Don’t be fooled by scam, says JB
December 12, 2011
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HOME entertainment retailer JB Hi-Fi has warned customers against a Facebook scam where customers are being offered a $200 voucher. Users were being promised the voucher if they shared a page and added “Thanks” to the comments. But late on Friday afternoon the official JB Hi-Fi Facebook page warned users with “Hey guys, be careful [...]
Read more Google Australia reveals top searches for 2011
December 8, 2011
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The iPhone 5, Charlie Sheen, Amy Winehouse and red velvet cupcakes were among Australia’s top search terms this year, Google Australia has revealed on its blog. The search giant has divided its top searches into 10 categories – fastest rising searches, top food searches, top celebrity death searches, fastest rising news searches, top searches for [...]
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