Earlier this fall, Twitter opened up access to its storytelling feature “Moments” to all Twitter users, allowing anyone to create their own stories using tweets and photos uploaded to the service. At the time, Moments creation was only available on the web, but the company promised that mobile support would …
Read More »Samsung is cutting the Note 7’s access to mobile networks in New Zealand
No one can claim there hasn’t been ample warning. The Samsung Galaxy Note 7 saga dragged out over multiple months, encompassing two recalls, several travel bans and then, ultimately, the untimely end for the troubled handset. Even still, some people just have trouble letting go. Starting November 18, Note 7 …
Read More »The mobile wars are over
It’s time to call it: The mobile wars are over. The mobile market was once vibrant and variegated, a virtual coral reef of odd devices aimed at specific users. There was a phone with a 3D camera! There was one with a weird version of Android that catered to the …
Read More »Zero is a mobile automation app for email addicts
Email apps are a dime a dozen. There are the regular emails apps that come with our phones, there’s Gmail and Spark and there’s 50 others that all offer just about the same thing. Zero is trying something different. Think of Zero as an AI-enabled email system. It reads your …
Read More »PayPal says mobile shopping accounted for a third of Thanksgiving & Black Friday sales
New data from PayPal further confirms mobile’s contribution to e-commerce retailers’ bottom lines over Thanksgiving and Black Friday. According to data from its network, mobile devices accounted for a third of all total payment volume on both of these top shopping days this year – figures that back up earlier reports that …
Read More »Telstra introduces “no lock-in” mobile plans, data sharing plans coming soon
Telstra has announced some new changes to their mobile plans – with the addition of no-contract plans (following Optus’ move) with the same value as their contract plans, and the introduction of data sharing plans so you can share your data cap with multiple devices. The “No Lock-In Plans” will start …
Read More »Telstra to terminate Kogan Mobile customers
ispONE’s voluntary administrator has cancelled supply of Telstra Wholesale Pre-Paid Mobile ispONE has been a customer of Telstra Wholesale for mobile products, as well as broadband and a relatively small number of fixed line voice products. ispONE on-sold these products and services to retailers and in some instances to …
Read More »I’m with Kogan Mobile… Where do I go now?
As you may have heard, Kogan Mobile customers are slowly but surely being terminated from the Telstra network due to a dispute between ispONE and Telstra. Those of you who are currently on Kogan Mobile may be thinking… Where do I go now? Unfortunately, you probably won’t be getting as …
Read More »Optus updates mobile plans, introduces data sharing
Optus appears to be listening to its customers, as the company today announced a couple of changes to its mobile phone plans. The second-placed telco will increase the included voice and data caps on all of its My Plan products, and will allow customers to share their mobile plan’s data across …
Read More »iMMER Mobile 3D SoundStage (video)
Hacken Design based in Los Angeles California, has developed a new portable 3D SoundStage called the iMMER which is being created to provide the best 3D sound whilst on the go. The system is equipped with Dual Moving Dynamic Driver Earbud and has been launched on Kickstarter this week to …
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