Is your broadband up to speed? Perhaps the question should be is Australia’s broadband up to speed? In last year’s Akamai State of the Internet report, Australia’s average connection speed was just 4.8megabits per second which puts us in 45th position when it comes to average internet speeds. Meanwhile in the UK the latest tests with fibre optic technology have[Read More…]
Been robbed? Chances are you didn’t lose your money in an old fashioned bank heist. Cybercriminals using sophisticated techniques to get hold of credit card numbers, bank accounts and other information have taken the place of traditional thieves. It’s a trend on the increase according to the 2013 annual security roundup from Trend Micro. Last week I spoke to Tim Falinski[Read More…]
Getting good technical support quickly isn’t always possible and lets face it some technical issues are tricky to solve over the phone. Well the future of technical support is changing. A product called GoToAssist which has traditionally been used to solve computer issues remotely will soon help experts solve customers with almost any gadget. The new SeeIt video streaming feature[Read More…]
Low cost mobile service provider Amaysim has been awarded the top top in the mobile service provider category in the Roy Morgan Customer satisfaction awards for 2013. Amaysim entered the Australian market just 3 years ago and CEO Rolf Hansen says “people are catching on to the fact that there’s finally a better mobile deal in town”. Some of the features[Read More…]
As cloud storage is becoming increasingly popular the companies that offer these data storage products all want to become the one solution everyone uses. This includes Microsoft with its Skydrive cloud storage service about to get a new name – One Drive. So why the name change? Well Microsoft wants to make it clear that while you may use many different[Read More…]
