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1:15PM Nick Broughall | At the end of each month, do you know what happens to all those unused minutes of talk and text in your phone contract. They DIE! Dead! Gone forever into the ether, with nothing to remember them by. Unless you’re on one of Virgin’s new rollover plans, which rolls over any unused talk and text to the following month. Then you get an extra 30 days to say a proper goodbye… More »
Virgin Mobile Launches Rollover Post-Paid Phone Plans
1:15PM Nick Broughall | At the end of each month, do you know what happens to all those unused minutes of talk and text in your phone contract. They DIE! Dead! Gone forever into the ether, with nothing to remember them by. Unless you’re on one of Virgin’s new rollover plans, which rolls over any unused talk and text to the following month. Then you get an extra 30 days to say a proper goodbye… More » 
Random Stuff
10:20AM Nick Broughall | Last Friday, I was minding my own business when an email from Virgin’s frequent flyer program, Velocity, landed in my inbox. I’d been upgraded to Gold status because I was so close to making the grade. “Kinda weird” I thought to myself, considering I haven’t flown Virgin for over 12 months, “but a free upgrade is a free upgrade”. Except it wasn’t, as the follow up email I got four hours later was so quick to point out. More »
Virgin’s Velocity Frequent Flyer Program Is All Class
10:20AM Nick Broughall | Last Friday, I was minding my own business when an email from Virgin’s frequent flyer program, Velocity, landed in my inbox. I’d been upgraded to Gold status because I was so close to making the grade. “Kinda weird” I thought to myself, considering I haven’t flown Virgin for over 12 months, “but a free upgrade is a free upgrade”. Except it wasn’t, as the follow up email I got four hours later was so quick to point out. More »
Networks
Google Footing The Bill For Virgin America Wi-Fi During The Holidays
2:45AM Adam Frucci | How’s this for a nice gift from Google? They’re paying for Virgin America to make the Wi-Fi on all its flights free from November 10th to January 15th. More »
Networks
12:30PM Nick Broughall | Imagine this: you’re part of a highly trained squad of three former SAS soldiers on a mission critical to the survival of this country. We’re talking top secret. Classified. You get to the rendezvous point in a regional centre of NSW, pull out your military-grade laptop to connect to the Internet to perform your mission. Your two soldier buddies do the same thing. You reach into your bag to pull out your wireless internet key, but there’s nothing there. You look to your squad members and realise that due to budget cuts, only mobile broadband solution was issued. Which means your mission fails and the terrorists win. If only you had a Virgin Mobile Wi-Fi modem… More »
Virgin Launches Mobile Wi-Fi Modem
12:30PM Nick Broughall | Imagine this: you’re part of a highly trained squad of three former SAS soldiers on a mission critical to the survival of this country. We’re talking top secret. Classified. You get to the rendezvous point in a regional centre of NSW, pull out your military-grade laptop to connect to the Internet to perform your mission. Your two soldier buddies do the same thing. You reach into your bag to pull out your wireless internet key, but there’s nothing there. You look to your squad members and realise that due to budget cuts, only mobile broadband solution was issued. Which means your mission fails and the terrorists win. If only you had a Virgin Mobile Wi-Fi modem… More »
Phones
3:24PM Nick Broughall | One of the most talked about features of the new iPhone 3.0 software update is internet tethering, or being able to use your iPhone as a mobile modem for your laptop. Both Optus and Vodafone have announced they’ll support the service, although Optus has stated that they’ll be charging you for the privilege. Telstra, Three and Virgin are all yet to publicly announce support for the feature, but thanks to some enterprising people, you can get your iPhone tethered to your laptop for free, today, regardless of carrier. Here’s how. More »
Aussie iPhone Tethering Guide – All Carriers
3:24PM Nick Broughall | One of the most talked about features of the new iPhone 3.0 software update is internet tethering, or being able to use your iPhone as a mobile modem for your laptop. Both Optus and Vodafone have announced they’ll support the service, although Optus has stated that they’ll be charging you for the privilege. Telstra, Three and Virgin are all yet to publicly announce support for the feature, but thanks to some enterprising people, you can get your iPhone tethered to your laptop for free, today, regardless of carrier. Here’s how. More »
Science
First Spaceport Ever Begins Construction This Friday
7:30AM Jesus Diaz | This newly-released image shows the sun rising over Spaceport America. It’s not build yet, but you are looking at the future. The beginning of the real future, the stuff dreams are made of. More »
Science
Virgin Galactic Rocket Blasts Off for the First Time
9:00AM Jesus Diaz | The hybrid Nitrous Oxide rocket that will take SpaceShipTwo to 105km above the Earth at 4000kph (YES!) has fired off for the first time in the southern California desert. Founder, adventurer and cool-guy-at-large Sir Richard Branson is happy: More »
Online
Virgin Gets Wi-Fi On All Flights
3:20AM Jason Chen | AirTran said they were going to be the first to get Wi-Fi on every flight, but Virgin just ninja’ed in and beat them to it. More »
Networks
Virgin Mobile Offering Pink Slip Protection
1:20AM Mark Wilson | A slew of car manufacturers are offering delayed/cancelled payments for those who lose their jobs. Now Virgin Mobile will be the first mobile phone service provider to follow suit. UPDATE More »
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