Gaming, Australia, and the local industry: 10 minutes with Hipster Whale’s Clara Reeves
Australian developer Hipster Whale - best known for smartphone hits Crossy Road and Pac-Man 256 - is making the leap in the world of videogame…
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This week on CyberShack TV: 30/07/16
Looking for more information about the stories on today's CyberShack TV? Here's where you'll find it! One Education Infinity:One One Education website AEG AEG Series…
Global roaming now available on Vodafone prepaid
Vodafone has become known the AUD$5 per day roaming it offers to subscribers on postpaid plans, but the company's prepaid customers have to date been…
Troubled music streaming service Guvera leaving the Australian market
Troubled music streaming service Guvera is giving up on Australia to focus on the international market, with both the online service and app scheduled to…
Pokémon Go Plus wearable hits Australia in September
Nintendo Australia has confirmed that the Pokémon Go Plus wearable will be available locally (and in New Zealand) this September. The app-centric Bluetooth accessory is…
Apple has now sold a billion iPhones
Apple today announced that it has now sold over one billion iPhones, a milestone it was able to reach in less than a decade. "iPhone…
Xiaomi takes on the MacBook with wallet-friendly premium laptops
Chinese manufacturer Xiaomi is once again expanding product portfolio with its first ever Windows-based notebooks. Dubbed the Mi Notebook Air, Xiaomi's Windows 10 laptops will…
Motorola says monthly security updates are too hard
Motorola will not be providing monthly security updates for its Android smartphones, according to a statement the company gave to Ars Technica. While Google provides…
Apple’s upcoming software proves there’s never been a better time to be an iFan
There's never been a more compelling time to be entangled in the Apple ecosystem. We're going to be seeing a lot of cool new features…
BlackBerry’s second Android phone is a midrange handset built for business
BlackBerry might be down, but it's certainly not out; the old school smartphone manufacturer today announced its second Android handset - the DTEK50 - a…
Microsoft reveals pricing for 500GB and 1TB Xbox One S configurations
Microsoft's slim new Xbox One S will be available from August 2, but only the AUD$549 2TB configuration will be on sale at launch. If…
Second NBN satellite takes off October 5
Sky Muster II, the second National Broadband Network satellite, is scheduled to launch on October 5. Working in tandem with the first Sky Muster satellite…
The real Windows 10 starts with Anniversary Update
On August 2, Microsoft will start rolling out the first major update to Windows 10 - a big bundle of new features appropriately referred to…
Good news Sydney, Uber now delivers food
Uber-powered food delivery service - UberEATS - is now live in Sydney, working in partnership with over 100 restaurants. While UberEATS is a standalone app,…
Next iPhone on schedule for launch during week of September 12
The next iPhone is scheduled to go on sale in the week starting September 12, according to prolific leaker Evan Blass. Further elaborating on his…
Virgin Australia promising inflight Wi-Fi by the middle of next year
Virgin Australia is planning to kit out its fleet with inflight Wi-Fi by the middle of 2017, providing both domestic and international travellers with sky…
Security PSA: Update your iPhone, iPad, and Mac now
Cisco's Talos security team has identified a number of exploits that affect both Apple's iOS and Mac OS X devices, and potentially enable hackers to…
Sony hopes to win back the TV quality crown with ultra-premium Z series
Sony might not be the biggest player in TVs anymore, but it's attempting to wrestle the quality crown back from the likes of Samsung and…
Facebook’s solar-powered internet-delivering plane completes first test flight
Facebook has completed the first test flight of what is easily its most ambitious project yet: an autonomous solar-powered plane capable of delivering wireless internet…
Japan ending VCR production this month
The days of VHS tapes may be long gone, but oddly enough, Japanese electronics companies have still been making VCRs. Well, they were. The last…
McDonald’s Japan is Pokémon Go’s first paying sponsor
An imminent Japanese launch for Pokémon Go will see McDonald's come on board as the game's first paying sponsor. As part of the collaboration, over…
Stan brings native app to Windows 10 and Windows Mobile with Cortana integration
While you've always been able to watch Stan through a web browser on a PC, the Australian streaming service now has a native app available…
Gorilla Glass 5 will make your next smartphone harder to break
Smartphones are set to get tougher before the year's end thanks to the fifth iteration of Corning's Gorilla Glass. Devices using Gorilla Glass 5 displays…
“Pink gold” Galaxy S7 Edge now available in Australia
A "pink gold" version of Samsung's Galaxy S7 Edge is now available in Australia, complementing the current black, silver, and gold models. The phone is…
