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Apple Founding Papers Are Up For Sale

6:40AM December 2, 2011 | Jesus Diaz

“Stephen G. Wozniak”, “Steven P. jobs” and “Ronald Wayne”. The latter had the best signature on Apple Computer’s founding contract, signed on April 1, 1976. Too bad he used it again to sell his 10 per cent share for $US800. More »


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French Mobile Phone Contracts Will Be The Death Of You

5:20AM December 21, 2010 | Leonora Epstein

Thought getting out of mobile phone contracts in the US was bad? Sorry. It’s got nothing on what American-in-Paris Leonora Epstein went through trying to break up with Orange. This is her story. Quelle horreur!> More »


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AT&T Mum On Soldier’s $US16,000 Mobile Phone Bill

8:00AM December 20, 2010 | Jack Loftus

The details are still being brought to light on this, so don’t go taking up torch and pitchfork just yet, but apparently there’s some poor soldier in Afghanistan with a $US16,000 bill that AT&T will not budge on whatsoever. More »


What Do You Think Should Happen When Your Mobile Networks Breaks?

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2:30PM December 13, 2010 | Nick Broughall

Over the weekend, West Australian Vodafone customers were left stranded without mobile coverage for 11 hours thanks to a network outage. Vodafone updated their website to inform customers of the issue – well those who had internet access anyway – but it raises the question: What should happen when a telco doesn’t deliver their service sufficiently? More »


Those Rumoured Telstra Data Upgrades Are Looking Rather Solid

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3:30PM November 19, 2010 | Nick Broughall

Remember those rumours that Telstra was planning on boosting the data on its $49 cap plan to 1GB? It’s looking more and more promising if this screengrab from Telstra’s retail.live website are anything to go by. More »


Why Is AT&T Suddenly So Generous?

6:50AM June 8, 2010 | Matt Buchanan

AT&T’s upgrade offer for iPhone 4 is “generous”, as Steve Jobs put it. Any iPhone owner eligible for an upgrade any time this year can upgrade immediately – up to six months early. But maybe you shouldn’t. More »


Hey AT&T And Apple, You Are Doing It Wrong

2:20AM May 12, 2010 | Jesus Diaz

Apple and AT&T, you are doing it wrong. That $US30 iPad data plan is kind of OK. However, if you’ve got a smartphone in Spain, you get a microSIM duplicate to share your existing internet data plan. All for free. More »


UK iPad Data Tariffs Announced For Orange, O2, Vodafone

8:00PM May 10, 2010 | Kat Hannaford

Apple has sneakily put the UK iPad data plans up on its website before networks Orange, O2 and Vodafone have had a chance to issue news themselves – and what’s obvious so far is that it pays to shop around. More »


Vodafone And 3 Rejigging Postpaid Cap Plans

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9:55AM March 10, 2010 | Nick Broughall

Ever since Vodafone and Three started sharing a bed and calling themselves VHA, we’ve been waiting for them to share the love with their customers. Well, they’ve started the process this month by rejigging their post-paid cap plans, but they’ve still got a long way to go. More »


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Verizon: Don’t Worry, That ETF Only Applies To Phones You Like

2:19PM January 20, 2010 | Dan Nosowitz

After making lame excuses to the FCC for their suddenly doubled ETF, Verizon has now partially backtracked: The ETF is only doubled for phones people actually like! Cancel those dumb featurephones whenever you want! You’re welcome, America. More »