Thursday, October 27, 2016

iPhone fatigue and fading Samsung. This planet is bored with big brand phones and other top stories.

  • iPhone fatigue and fading Samsung. This planet is bored with big brand phones

    Samsung already had plenty to worry about before its flagship phone started exploding. Strategy Analytics reckons the Korean giant’s phone sales have fallen 10 per cent. And it’s not alone. Apple is experiencing “iPhone” fatigue after years of merely incremental upgrades, down 5 per cent globally over the year. Overall global smartphone shipments in Q3 grew, bucking the flatline phone sales have been in for a while. Q3 saw shipments of 375 million, up 6 per cent on Q3 2015, and the strongest gr..
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  • Apple launch event: new MacBook Pro and more, live

    Apple launch event: new MacBook Pro and more, live
    Apple’s event begins at 6pm UK time (10am Pacific/1pm Eastern/4am AEDT), and thanks to some fairly wide-ranging leaks, we have a good idea of what to expect. Leading the event is expected to be an update to its MacBook Pro range of laptops, which has not seen any changes for more than 500 days. After Apple included a few tell-tale images in the latest version of macOS, we know the new computers are almost certainly going to feature a slender touchscreen replacing the function keys, as well as a..
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  • PlayStation Network news: PSN goes down following routine maintenance

    PlayStation Network news: PSN goes down following routine maintenance
    PlayStation Network (PSN) is the online gaming service for Sony’s gaming devices. It is available for PlayStation 4 (PS4), PlayStation 3 (PS3) and PlayStation Vita (PS Vita), as well as selected mobiles and smart TVs. The service allows users to play games online, maintain a universal profile for their PlayStation games, along with a Trophy collection detailing their in-game accomplishments, send text and video messages to friends, and form parties to play online together. PSN also has its own..
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  • Nike+ Run Club updated with Apple Music integration, GPS support for Apple Watch Series 2, more

    Nike+ Run Club updated with Apple Music integration, GPS support for Apple Watch Series 2, more
    Nike+ Run Club for iPhone and Apple Watch has a notable update out today just one day before the Apple Watch Nike+ starts hits stores. Version 5.1 includes a ton of improvements and fixes plus some new features like Apple Music integration and GPS support on the Apple Watch Series 2. For Apple Music subscribers, Nike+ Run Club now fully supports streaming playlists from the Nike app on iPhone: – newly designed run summary screen makes viewing your map and run metrics easier – revised post-ru..
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  • Recipe: Sweet Rolls from the Elder Scrolls by Bourke Street Bakery

    Recipe: Sweet Rolls from the Elder Scrolls by Bourke Street Bakery
    Video game juggernaut Bethesda are doing something a bit different to promote the release of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition, an augmented version of their 2011 cultural phenomenon of an action RPG, which to this day remains one of the biggest games of the decade – nay century. For Sydney, Australia the publishers have tapped the almighty Bourke Street Bakery to bring one of the best known, and edible, Elder Scrolls items to life: the humble Sweet Rolls. The pastry of milk, flour, b..
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  • Microsoft's $300 Windows VR headsets: 6 things we know (and 1 big question)

    Microsoft's $300 Windows VR headsets: 6 things we know (and 1 big question)
    Everybody expected mixed-reality technology to play a part in Microsoft’s big Windows 10 event on Wednesday—but nobody expected what we got. Rather than showing yet another HoloLens demonstration, Microsoft instead announced a small army of virtual reality headsets unlike anything available today, and they’re all powered by the forthcoming Windows 10 Creators Update. The demo raised more questions than it supplied answers, but there was still plenty of info to glean if you were paying attent..
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  • Sony Xperia X Compact review:

    Sony Xperia X Compact review:
    For some people, the Sony Xperia X Compact will fit like a glove. Josh Miller/CNET The Sony Xperia X Compact is a rarity -- a small phone with a big, terrific camera. That's 23 megapixels' worth of snapping power in a body small enough to fit into almost any pocket. And to me, the pint-size X Compact seems a pretty good fit.Coming in at $449 and £379, the X Compact is large on charm. (No mention has been made of ..
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  • Nuclear power plants are still using pagers to communicate, and that's a big problem

    Nuclear power plants are still using pagers to communicate, and that's a big problem
    Nuclear power plants and other critical infrastructure could be vulnerable to hacking or attacks due to their continued reliance on a technology most young people today wouldn't even recognise: pagers. According to a new report, these archaic precursors to mobile phones are still in regular use by workers at nuclear plants, who use them to send messages and alerts about plant operations.  But the danger is that most of these communications have zero security, meaning they can easily be intercep..
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  • Opinion: Damn right Dreamworld should not be reopening tomorrow

    Opinion: Damn right Dreamworld should not be reopening tomorrow
    Dreamworld to host Memorial Day3:34Dreamword will re-open to host a Memorial Day for the families of those killed in Tuesday's fatal accident Ardent Leisure CEO Deborah Thomas arriving for the company's annual general meeting today, where she faced tough questions from the media. Picture: Dean Lewins/AAPWHY on earth did Dreamworld ever think of reopening tomorrow?It’s a Friday — the end of a week that’s been the most harrowing in its 35-year history. A week in which children have lost their mum..
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  • Men 'are turning to Siri for sex'

    Men 'are turning to Siri for sex'
    Men without a partners are using Siri and Cortana for sexual conversations. Picture: SuppliedStaff writersNews Corp Australia NetworkLONELY men are increasingly turning to virtual assistants like Siri to fulful their sexual desires, new research has found.Ilya Eckstein, the chief executive of Robin Labs, which developed a virtual assistant to compete with the likes of Siri, says his company’s service, called Robin, is being used for up to 300 conversations a day by some men, “mostly teenagers an..
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