Oppo readies ColorOS 14 roll out for the latest features
Oppo phone owners will get access to the Android 14 based updated ColorOS 14 over the coming...
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Author: Trevor Long
Optus Compensation Confusion – The Devil is in the detail
I’d love to be writing about something else right now, but Optus just keeps rolling out the...
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Get $20 from Optus After the Outage – YES!
Look, I’ve been pretty clear that I think the 200GB data offer to Optus Customers is a joke....
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Podcast – The Best Movies You’ve Never Seen – Collateral
From 2004 this one has a big cast, I mean – Tom Cruise – Jamie Foxx, Jada Pinkett...
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Podcast – Two Blokes Talking Tech – No news this week.. KIDDING
Look, let’s be honest – we’ve just endured the biggest telco outage in...
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Optus Data offer to customers is a joke worth laughing at
Hate to say I told you so, but I saw this coming. Optus has offered 200GB of free data to their...
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Optus confirms outage source and offers Data to customers
The outage began around 4am on Wednesday, was rectified around 10-11 hours later and now, a full...
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Giving Optus the boot – customers flock to rival telcos as Optus fails them
Last year when Optus led the way with the biggest data breach we’d seen in Australia,...
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Apple TV+ Now available on Fetch – The box just keeps getting better
In a sign of continued progress from the team at Fetch, today they have announced that Apple TV+...
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Time for a change – Optus Leadership under fire as 24 hours passes since worst outage in Australian history
Look I don’t want to sound like a broken record here, but it’s time for a leadership...
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Down Down: OPTUS IS DOWN – National Outage affecting Australia’s #2 Carrier
Australians are waking up to one of the biggest Telco outages in memory with the Optus Mobile and...
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Podcast – EFTM – I’m a bit angry this week
This week’s Talkback Technology podcast helps you with your questions about headphones,...
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RODE launches new NT1 Signature Series studio microphones including limited edition colours
RODE’s gone colourful with a fresh twist on the iconic NT1 studio mic! Say G’day to...
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Oppo Find N3 Pre Orders start tomorrow (November 8) – Folding phone wars begin!
The Oppo Find N3 is launching in Australia, with pre-orders starting Tomorrow (November 8th) at JB...
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Podcast – OUTBREAK – The Best Movies You’ve Never Seen
Outbreak is a 1995 American movie with a stunningly strong cast. None less than Dustin Hoffman,...
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Podcast – Two Blokes Talking Tech – The eight wave has hit while Apple has lots to show in a short space of time
Wrapping up a 30 minute Apple event and it probably takes Stephen and Trevor longer than that to...
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YouTube jacks up Premium Price by 21-41% – Let’s go back to watching ads
We are all at the mercy of those subscriptions we’ve signed up to and in some cases...
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Is this the real reason Apple set a night-time event? And the Aussie company that featured in every shot!
Apple’s “Scary Fast” event was a delightful day-time event for us here in...
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Apple launches new Silicon, updated MacBook Pro and iMac
Apple didn’t mess around with their Scary Fast event today, done and dusted in 30 minutes!...
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Square and Zeller Payments now accepted with Apple Tap to Pay – accept payments with Just your iPhone
When Apple launched Tap to Pay on iPhone earlier this year I thought it was awesome, very cool,...
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Podcast – EFTM: Surprise! It’s Black Friday soon! All the tips you need!
Coming at you a day early because the Apple Event is tomorrow so no time to record, so to get all...
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Elon’s Twitter plummets in value – down 57% since he bought it one year ago
Poor Poor Elon, his $320 Billion fortune has had some fat trimmed from it after the value or X...
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Meta launches Verified for Business in Australia allowing businesses to get support and protection for their accounts
Earlier this year Meta (Facebook’s parent company) announced their Meta Verified program,...
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Could NASCAR take on Supercars in Australia? Boost Mobile’s Peter Adderton thinks so
It’s no secret to people who follow Supercars and especially those who read the news and...
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Foxtel announces Hubbl – Streaming TV platform – Destined to fail or the next big thing?
Foxtel’s CEO Patrick Delaney has announced the name for their previously secretive...
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Podcast: The Best Movies You’ve Never Seen – La Bamba
He knew what he wanted to be, and he was on track to achieve it, but Ritchie Valens life was cut...
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Exposure to data leaks growing while Aussies experience millions of scam emails
I really don’t think we can individually fathom the scale of cybercrime and the threats...
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Podcast: Two Blokes Talking Tech #606
The mega billion dollar Cyber Shield, what is it, what does it really mean, who benefits and all...
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Double Tap now available on latest Apple Watches – How it works and why you want it
At the Apple Event in September we got new iPhones, two new Apple Watches and there was this...
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Vodafone launches $5 a day roaming in-flight – no more expensive WiFi Data costs!
Vodafone changed everything for travellers when they launched their $5 a day roaming allowing...
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BYD’s Dolphin and Seal models score 5-Star ANCAP crash test ratings
The folks with the coolest, and also most important job in motoring get to crash cars and video it...
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Apple announces online event for Tuesday October 31 – a pleasant Lunchtime announcement for Australia
For those on the East Coast of Australia your lunch break next Tuesday can involve an Apple Event...
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Podcast – EFTM: Walk down memory lane and how good is 5G really?
This week, a little bit more on the EV tax and how the High Court decision needs to impact how we...
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“5G is a complete disaster” – Boost Mobile founder Peter Adderton thinks it was all for nothing
Not one to beat about the bush, Boost Mobile founder Peter Adderton is back in Australia for this...
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NBN Price Changes – Aussie Broadband lays out impact of new NBN wholesale pricing
If you’re digging around the Internet trying to understand why NBN prices are changing, get...
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Podcast: The Best Movies You’ve Never Seen – Iron Man
The start of the MARVEL Movie Universe, but of course, Trevor Long has never seen it. So, Stephen...
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Podcast: Two Blokes Talking Tech #605
Trevor and Stephen are back for this week’s Two Blokes Talking Tech podcast. This week...
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Netgear announces their first WiFi 7 Enabled device – Nighthawk® WiFi 7 Tri-Band Router RS700S
If you think we just got a new WiFi Standard that’s true, while WiFi 6E is still hitting...
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I see Red – LG adds another splash of colour to it’s laundry range
Earlier this year I saw a wide new range of products from LG including a new washer/dryer combo in...
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Podcast: The Best Movies You’ve Never Seen – The Da Vinci Code
What if someone raised Catholic watched a movie that told stories of the church, faith, and the...
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Threads takes aim at X (Twitter) with the most requested feature of all time – Edit Post
When you read the sentiment of executives at Meta who run Threads you don’t get the sense...
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Podcast: Two Blokes Talking Tech Episode 604
Trev got kicked off TikTok, account deleted. What did he do? We unpack this, along with the...
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Check your password strength – NSW Government launches free online tool to keep you safe
Millions of dollars are lost to hackers and scammers every year in Australia, and sadly it’s...
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Podcast – EFTM – Saving you money or finding you a $10,000 TV
We get a lot of calls looking for TV buying advice, rare that we get to recommend the best in...
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espresso Displays launches new larger espresso 17 Pro – and it’s awesome
Aussie tech company espresso Displays has announced a brand new product which takes their portable...
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Power, Performance, Connectivity – Belkin’s new Thunderbolt 4 gear is made to simplify and improve
The thing about having a powerful laptop like a MacBook Pro is that you’re probably not...
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Review: LG QNED81 65 Inch TV – mid-range and feature packed
Thinking about the TV market, there’s low end, high-end and mid-range TVs in every single...
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Review: Ecovacs Goat G1 – the G.O.A.T. of robot lawn mowers?
Regular readers will know that in our home we welcome robot helpers into the family, we name them....
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Review: LG Gram 2 in 1 Laptop – big, powerful, light and convertible
I often say choosing a laptop is a tough thing to do with so many on the market, and what LG has...
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Social Media Wars: Threads heating up but still has a long way to grow
Five years ago Facebook was at the heart of a social media backlash and a user walkout, today the...
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