Facebook’s News Feed will now demote sites with unchanged or stolen content
Facebook has announced that the News Feed will now demote news publisher websites that illicitly scrape or republish content from other sources with little or no modification or permission from the original source.
Facebook has been for trying for the...
Google Pay support for St George, Bank SA and Bank of Melbourne now live...
After an extended wait, St George, Bank SA and Bank of Melbourne customers can now add supported cards to Google Pay.
The support for all three banks, which are either subsidiaries of or part of the Westpac Banking Corporation Group...
Amazon now has a new thinner, waterproof Paperwhite Kindle for sale
Amazon's Kindle book store is one of the best, but if reading books on your phone or tablet isn't for you then their range of Kindle hardware is phenomenal and now there's a new Paperwhite model to pre-order from...
Optus facing $10 million penalty for misleading its mobile customers
Optus is in a bit of hot water and facing a $10 million penalty for misleading and directly charging customers for ringtones and subscription services like horoscopes and games, with the ACCC now commencing proceedings against Optus in...
Google changing up the way its apps are distributed in the EU
Back in July the European Commission fined Google €4.34 billion (yes that is meant to be a B) for "illegal practices regarding Android mobile devices to strengthen dominance of Google's search engine" and ordered them to change the way...
Vodafone announce their plans for the Mate 20 and Mate 20 Pro with bonus...
Hot on the heels of the Mate 20 announcement in London, Vodafone has today announced their range of plans for both the Mate 20 and Mate 20 Pro.
The plans include the bonus Freebuds wireless earbuds for the Mate 20,...
Optus announces Mate 20 Pro plans with pre-order bonuses
We found it strange that carriers didn't go near Huawei's excellent P20 Pro earlier in the year, and it seems they've taken notice. Huawei's latest and greatest, the just-announced Mate 20 Pro, will be landing on some Aussie carriers...
You can buy the Nokia 7.1 with PureDisplay HDR screen technology today in Australia...
HMD Global's latest Nokia handset, the Nokia 7.1, is now available to buy in Australia at JB Hi-fi and Harvey Norman stores.
The $499 handset features a compact 5.8-inch 19:9 notched display with Full HD+ resolution. This makes it refreshingly...
[Update: It’s Back!]Google removes Chromecast Audio from Google Store – tunes now streaming through...
Google first introduced the Chromecast Audio back in September 2015, introducing a way to make a speaker 'smart'. Now it looks like the end of the road with Google removing it from the store as Chromecast Audio comes to...
Google Maps can now show you where you can charge your electric car
I've been driving a Nissan Leaf for the past year and a half, and while it gets through most of the day it's still nice to know where I can top off the battery if I need to. Apps...
[Update: Pixel 3 has LG Screen]Pixel 3 XL teardown reveals a lot of glue...
The Pixel 3 XL is the new hotness in the smartphone world, and the folks over at iFixit have gotten their hands on one and done what they do best, tear it down and see what makes it tick.
The...
Breaking: Huawei announces Huawei Watch GT as companion to Mate 20 series
Alongside the Mate 20 series launch in London overnight, Huawei’s Consumer Business Group CEO Richard Yu unveiled “one more thing” in the form of the Huawei Watch GT. Available in both Sport and Classic designs, the companion to the...
Huawei Mate 20 and Mate 20 Pro — Australian specs, pricing and availability
A sizeable contingent of the Australian technology media is in London this week, for what is – arguably – one of the most exciting phone launches of 2018. After watching the smartphone space rapidly develop over the last eight...
Palm is back…sort of, with a 3.3-inch ‘companion’ device
The prospect of a new Palm phone got an old Treo fan a rather excited, but it's with barely a splash that the new Palm phone has been announced as a US carrier Verizon exclusive.
The new Palm phone,...
Ninety7’s Jot battery for your Google Home Mini is coming to Australia in November
Most of us here have a Google Home Mini either because it is cheap, or we got it in some form of giveaway at Woolworths -- I fit into both categories. Unfortunately the small speaker is tethered to...