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Vaya announces changes to Power and Unlimited plans
It looks like today is new plan announcement day, with Vaya announcing changes to many of its Power and Unlimited plans with either price...
Micro investments platform Acorns is now live in Australia
Micro investments platform, Acorns is now live in Australia, with the app now freely available to download and new users signing up to the...
Samsung tease their first Samsung Galaxy Unpacked event for 2016
As we have been expecting Samsung have announced a press conference for #TheNextGalaxy at MWC 2016 in Barcelona on 21st February this year. It's...
Ikea’s range of Qi enabled chargers, lamps and tables are now available in Australia
Swedish, flat-pack furniture maker Ikea launched a range of Qi enabled furniture, lamps and pads in US stores last March, and it appears that...
Optus brings bonus data, international calls and increased data rollover to prepaid My Prepaid...
Optus announced this morning that its My Prepaid Ultimate plans have increased data allowances (amusingly titled 'Datafest') with bonus recharge data, unlimited standard international...
Vodafone makes Red Roaming to New Zealand free; adds Qantas Points deals
Vodafone announced this morning that it's removed the $5/day roaming fee for customers travelling to New Zealand on Red and SIM Only plans using...
Lenovo preparing for a “more innovative” Motorola phone for a possible July launch
Lenovo is looking looking at launching their next major smartphone in the US around mid-July this year under the Moto brand according to Lenovo...
Is this our first look at Samsung’s Galaxy S7 / Galaxy S7 Edge?
Thanks to serial leaker @evleaks, it now looks as if we've got some press renders of Samsung's rumoured (and likely) successor to last year's...
OnePlus X can now be purchased without an invite
There was a huge amount of hype around the launch of the OnePlus Two and shortly after (but to a lesser extent) OnePlus X....
Lonely Planet brings their Guides app to Google Play with 37 free guides for...
Before a plethora of travel related apps and websites appeared, Lonely Planet was travelling the out of the way places and releasing their books...
Google announce the 2nd AdMob Student App Challange
Are you a Student? Do you have an awesome app idea? Do you actually know how to make that app? If you can answer...
Could this be LG Pay?
A report from Korean news outlet ETNews suggests that LG's rumoured payment system -- their answer to Android Pay, Samsung Pay and so on --...
Google adds smart suggestions for adding entries to Calendar
Calendars, though fairly 'boring' are generally one of the more used functions on phones. Getting into shared calendar events and more makes organising a...
Googler advises fix for Bluetooth on Marshmallow will be rolled out in future release
The Bluetooth issue reported by several Marshmallow users affecting a variety of cars has apparently been resolved according to a Googler on the Android...
Review — Xiaomi Mi Note Pro
In the Australian market, we can be a little blinded to the larger worldwide Android manufacturer ecosystem, especially when said devices live outside the...