Published on December 11, 2010 by Technology Slice
Vodafone Network Issues – Vodafone customers have had a horrid run into Christmas with thousands experiencing dropped calls, reception issues and poor data performance over the past two months. The telco’s network is buckling under the load of the busiest time of the year and this has been compounded by technical issues which have prevented [...]
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Posted in Mobile Phones
Published on November 27, 2010 by Technology Slice
Smartphones Could Be Making You Sick – There is rapidly-growing demand for information about the health effects of radio frequency energy – so much so that early next year Australia’s largest mobile retailer Telstra will publish comparison data on mobiles’ “specific absorption rate”. Consumers for the first time will be able to analyse phone SAR [...]
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Posted in Mobile Phones
Published on November 19, 2010 by Technology Slice
More Australians Stop Using Land Lines – The number of people ditching their fixed line telephone in favour of mobiles is bigger than thought, with just two-thirds of young Australians connecting their copper wire line when they move out of home. About 14 per cent of mobile phone users don’t have a fixed line telephone [...]
Tags: Australian Communications, australians, Bad News, Behaviours, Changes In Technology, Copper Wire, Ditch, Favour, Hutchison, Line Telephone, Mobile Operators, Mobile Phone Users, Mobile Plans, Mobile Products, Spokeswoman, Tariffs, Telephone Line, Telephone Network, telstra, vodafone
Posted in General
Published on October 28, 2010 by Technology Slice
Aussies Embracing 3D Television – When the first 3D TVs went on sale in April there were only a handful of 3D Blu-ray discs available and little in the way of broadcast content. Since then we’ve had the World Cup, State of Origin, NRL grand final and AFL grand final all broadcast in 3D and [...]
Tags: 3d Titles, Alice In Wonderland, Australian Communications, Blu Ray Discs, Broadcast Content, Distributors Association, Firmware Upgrades, Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows, Justin Bieber, Manolis, Monster House, Nrl Grand Final, Pirates Of The Caribbean, playstation 3, Software Distributors, Sony Playstation 3, State Of Origin Nrl, Stranger Tides, Title Availability, Visual Software
Posted in Technology
Published on July 30, 2010 by Technology Slice
Mobile Service To Be Available On Flights – The new ruling by the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) is set to revolutionise airline travel and bring Australia into line with other countries that have enjoyed the technology for some time. After close consultation with the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA), which has raised no [...]
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