…Galaxy S7 Edge, as well as Samsung’s 2015 flagships: the S6, S6 Edge, S6 Edge+, and Note 5. Samsung Pay has been available in South Korea since August last year, and in the United States since September. Samsung might be facing off against Apple Pay when it launches in Australia,…
…customers for an additional AUD$5 per month. Optus says Fetch TV Mini will require a fixed line broadband connection to work. It is not yet clear whether Optus’ EPL app will support Chromecast or Apple TV at launch. When Optus first revealed its EPL packages in early May, it drew…
…continuous), and IP67 water-resistance. Other new functionality includes a small OLED display, and Apple Watch-like stand reminders. Fitbit’s comparable tracker, the Charge HR, retails for AUD$177 locally. However, the Charge HR’s heart rate monitor is continuous, while the Mi Band 2’s will only fire up during a workout. On the…
…Consortium is releasing Unicode 9 on June 21, the new emojis won’t be available until Apple, Microsoft, and Google implement these in their respective operating systems. This process can often take several months. The Unicode Consortium is a non-profit organisation that maintains and develops the Unicode standard. Put simply, the…
…as Apple‘s MacBook and the Razer Blade Stealth. Only Apple‘s official charger, the Nexus 6P charger, and the Razer Blade Stealth charger were the only USB Type-C chargers (that I was able to test) that actually topped up MacBook’s battery, and even then, the Nexus 6P charger did so at…
ASUS today unveiled the ZenBook 3, a Windows-powered ultra-portable laptop that’s ever-so-slightly thinner and lighter than Apple‘s MacBook while packing a bit more grunt under the hood. The ZenBook 3 is 11.9mm at its thickest point, and weighs 910g, while the MacBook is 13.1mm at its thickest point, and weighs…
It’s hard to believe Apple‘s impossibly thin MacBook is now over a year old. In my review of what was then referred to “the new MacBook”, I extoled the virtues of waiting for second generation devices when it comes to Apple. After all, a year is often all you need…
Streaming music service Spotify has revamped its family plan pricing, allowing up to six users to share a subscription for AUD$17.99 per month. The new pricing puts Spotify’s family plans directly in line with what’s currently being offered by both Apple Music and Google Play. Previously, Spotify subscribers were able…
…catch-up. With each major update, it was still a step behind both Android and iOS. While Microsoft had some great ideas (Windows Phone 7’s user interface ultimately shaped Windows 8, Windows 10, and pushed both Apple and Google towards a cleaner design style), the lack of app ecosystem, and a…
…mode or 4G fall-back. I’d happily put a data SIM in my Echo Dot to ensure it’s always working. Apple, Google, Amazon, Samsung, and LG are all fighting for a slice of the smart home pie, but very little is being said about reliability. If the smart home is going…
Google was an early mover in the wearable space, launching Android Wear as the first major mainstream smartwatch operating system. While Android Wear has seen a number of incremental updates over the years, it’s feeling a feeling dated when compared to Apple‘s watchOS and Samsung’s revamped version of Tizen (at…
Chromebooks outsold the entire Mac range in the first quarter of 2016 in the United States, marking the first time Google’s cloud-powered notebooks beat out Apple‘s premium product family. Research IDC firm revealed that Apple moved about 1.76 million Macs during the quarter, and while it doesn’t normally separate Chromebook…