Archive for the ‘Articles’ Category

Warning Over Taxi App

Thursday, August 4th, 2011

A NSW government-funded iPhone app is revolutionising taxi bookings by allowing people to track booked cabs on a real-time GPS map, but the NSW Taxi Council says the unauthorised app could put passengers' safety at risk.

Android Is Making Its Mark In SmartMarket

Wednesday, August 3rd, 2011

Android, which Google acquired in 2005 and launched on phones in 2008, is used by almost all the major phone makers including HTC, LG, Motorola and Samsung.

Huge Numbers Walk From Vodafone

Tuesday, August 2nd, 2011

Vodafone lost 375,000 customers in the first six months of this year as customers abandoned the telecommunications company because of poor mobile reception.

Tracking Down Your Stolen iPhone

Monday, August 1st, 2011

Emily Kitson thought her iPhone 4 was gone forever when it was stolen from beneath a cash register while she was at work. Her partner, Josh, was beginning to think so too after dealing with what he said was an unhelpful police officer.

Is Your iPhone Your New Security Blankie?

Wednesday, July 27th, 2011

You gave it a pet name. It knows more about you than your mother does. Sometimes you even sleep with it. In fact, you're so attached to it that being separated for only a few minutes could send you into a panic.

Samsung Android Sales Making Ground On Apple iPhones

Wednesday, July 27th, 2011

Samsung, maker of the popular Galaxy S mobile phone line, may have surpassed Nokia and Apple in smartphone sales for the first time on demand for its Android devices, a research company said.

Telcos Feel The Whip

Monday, July 25th, 2011

Submissions to Australian Communications and Media Authority's Reconnecting the Customer inquiry - published yesterday - the peak industry body, Communications Alliance, said it supported the ACMA draft report but that the industry's revised Telecommunications Consumer Protections (TCP) Code would address the major issues raised in the report.

Network Glitch For 2Degrees

Sunday, July 24th, 2011

Customers of New Zealand mobile phone carrier 2degrees got a surprise in the middle of the night when they received hundreds of text messages not intended for them.

2016 - The Year Every One Will Have A Mobile

Wednesday, July 20th, 2011

Every person in the world will have access to mobile phone service within five years and half the handsets will be smartphones. The head of mobile infrastructure for Ericsson, Ulf Ewaldsson, says global mobile penetration will reach 100 per cent by 2016, or even a year earlier.

Apple Compensation Suit

Thursday, July 14th, 2011

In May, Apple Korea was ordered by the court to pay 1 million won ($883) in compensation to Kim Hyung-suk, a lawyer, two officials at Changwon District Court said on Thursday in Korea. They declined to be identified because they are not authorised to speak to the media.