Tech News December 4, 2012
Chinese student fails job interview because of iPhone Fruity phone seen as symbol of pampered and decadent youth
An incensed university student in China’s Jilin province has taken to the web to vent his frustration at being rejected during a job interview after his interviewer spotted that he owned an iPhone.…
China Mobile squares up to Siri with voice portal How do you rate your chances in China now, Siri?
China Mobile, is set to launch its own Siri-like voice assistant service on Wednesday, a move which will provide more unwelcome local competition for Apple in the world’s biggest smartphone market.…
Internet shut-down easier, in more countries, than you think A look at Renesys’ ‘could it happen to you?’ analysis
Given Syria’s …
Tech News December 3, 2012
Speak2Tweet resurrected after Syria goes offline Google and Twitter dust down phone tweet platform
Google and Twitter have resurrected their Speak2Tweet service, in order to help Syrian web users have their voices heard despite the Assad regime’s decision to halt the country’s internet services.…
IETF bakes Google’s SPDY protocol into HTTP 2.0 Chocolate Factory’s web accelerator looks to be going mainstream
Google’s SPDY (speedy) protocol has been adopted by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) for use in the forthcoming HTTP 2.0 standard.…
Tech News December 1, 2012
No more fun and games for Zynga as Facebook cuts apron strings Mummy, you’re such a bitch … bitch
Zynga can no longer cream off users from Facebook, after Mark Zuckerberg‘s company revised a lucrative deal the games outfit once had with the network.…
Tech News November 30, 2012
Japanese ultrasonic speakers fire out digital info rays ‘SteganoSonic’ system can transmit sound or data
Japanese boffins at Tokyo’s Keio university have been showing off new transmission technology which uses ultrasonic waves to send digital information in highly directional bursts.…
Chinese buyers falling out of love with iPhones Shunning Samsung, too, in favour of local brands like Xioami
Google famously failed to make a big dent in China and now it looks like Apple may be about to hit the Great Wall too, after new analysis of local sentiment found the fruity company out of favour with local consumers.…
Voda fails again: network melts in Melbourne heatwave ‘Try turning it off and turning it back on again’
Vodafone is once again apologising to …
Tech News November 29, 2012
Half of us have old phones STUFFED in our drawers Other half are presumably just glad to see you
Fifty-five per cent of Brits have an old handset or two lying about the place, as despite the charities happy to recycle them we’re surprisingly reluctant to let them go.…
Microsoft claims Windows Phone sales up 300% App store bursting at the seams, too – or is it?
Speaking at the company’s annual shareholders meeting on Wednesday, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer waxed enthusiastic about Windows Phone 8, claiming sales were off to “a great start.”…
Inquiry ordered after phone exchange blaze Fire at Telstra’s Warnambool exchange disrupted telecoms, earns government ire
The Australian government has launched an inquiry into the communications collapse that ensued …