Between 25 and 31 December, the busiest period for app downloads all year, over 1.2 billion applications were downloaded onto mobile devices. That’s thanks to over 20 million iOS and Android devices being activated in the same period. ‘appy New Year! (Sorry.) [Flurry via Pocket Lint]
When it comes to dealing with issues with your PC, apps that help you prevent problems before they occur are worth their file size in gold. More »
I was under the impression that product recalls were a rare thing. Turns out this isn’t the case — all you have to do is peruse the ACCC Recalls Australia iPhone app, launched recently by everyone’s favourite consumer watchdog, to see there’s quite a number of recalls in the wild. More »
As many of you know, it’s not uncommon for recent cinema releases to show up on torrent sites. What’s unusual here is that the watermark of the high-quality torrent Super 8 appears to point the finger at US satellite radio shock jock, Howard Stern. More »
We’re often tagged as a nation of content pirates, but for the music industry it seems that data shows Australia to be a ‘holy grail’ nation. Like almost nowhere in the world, in 2009 Australians spent enough money on digital music that it more than covered the drop in spending on physical copies. More »
At 9pm PST (3pm AEST), Internet Explorer 9 will officially launch as the latest and greatest browser from Microsoft, and like IE8 before it, it takes another big step closer to competing with other modern browsers. IE9 introduces a new streamlined interface, improved performance, Windows 7 integration, and more. More »
Free legal music downloads. It’s the holy grail for both pirates looking to go legit and misers. Finally it seems to have arrived in the form of QTrax, a silverlight-based free music download service that – perhaps most surprising of all – is available to Australians. There is a pretty big catch though… More »
If there’s one thing the NBN promises with ubiquitous high speed internet across the country, it’s the arrival of a whole new realm of companies offering services that take advantage of the speed bump. Reeltime.TV, the failed movie download service from the mid-noughties, is also hoping to rise from the ashes of administration to take advantage of the new broadband world order. More »
Epitonic was around in 1999, before the iPod even existed, serving up free MP3s. Then they had to close up shop in 2004. Now, after executing a successful Kickstarter campaign, they’re back, offering free playlists and downloads from established, indie-leaning labels and artists. Who doesn’t like free music? [Epitonic]
