News, Reviews and more from Australia's Macintosh Authority
News, Reviews and more from Australia's Macintosh Authority
Apple has taken a step into the local systems integration and consulting market, announcing today that its Consultants Network certification program has been extended into Australia and New Zealand.
David Braue | Feb 9, 2010
Surprising absolutely nobody, Apple CEO Steve Jobs has unveiled the latest weapon in Apple’s masterplan: the iPad.
David Braue | Jan 28, 2010
IT products distributor Simms International, whose product portfolio includes a broad range of Apple products and AppleCare, is expanding into the New Zealand market with the appointment of local managing director Paul Johnston, who is building relationships with local retailers and integrators and plans to have the company distributing products in the country by mid-February.
David Braue | Jan 13, 2010
Mobile users on the Optus network now have access to a service that automatically converts voicemail messages to text and sends them to the user's phone as an SMS message.
David Braue | Dec 7, 2009
Technology journalists are used to giving out advice about which gadgets to buy, but a recent survey may provide all the answers many buyers need after revealing that Australia's technology journalists are nearly four times more likely to buy a Mac than the general public.
David Braue | Nov 16, 2009
Apple has confirmed its second Queensland Apple Store, and sixth Australian store overall, will open its doors this Saturday, 14 November at 9:00 a.m. local time.
David Braue | Nov 10, 2009
If you live in Victoria and haven't already seen them, make sure you're well acquainted with the changes to Victoria's road safety regulations, which went into effect on Monday and include explicit guidelines on the use of iPhones and other smartphones as GPS units.
David Braue | Nov 10, 2009
iPhone users with jailbroken phones may be vulnerable to a root-level hack after discovery of the first in-the-wild virus for Apple's iPhone, security vendor Sophos has warned.
David Braue | Nov 9, 2009
Got a craving for pizza? Australian customers don't even need to pick up the phone anymore after Domino's Pizza Enterprises launched a world-first pizza ordering iPhone app.
David Braue | Nov 9, 2009
Telstra may have been enthusiastic in its support of the iPhone to date, but the company has made a major commitment to the Apple icon by launching a service that lets Foxtel customers watch more than 30 Mobile Foxtel channels on their phones.
David Braue | Oct 14, 2009
Apple is expanding the reach of its iTunes U academic content program with the addition of four primary and secondary schools to its stable of Australian member universities.
David Braue | Oct 13, 2009
Australians can now get access to a broad range of BBC content after BBC Worldwide finalised arrangements to make shows such as Torchwood, Doctor Who, Little Britain, Spooks, Ashes To Ashes, and Robin Hood available through the Australian iTunes Store.
David Braue | Sep 24, 2009
As I type these words, I am waiting for Apple's Developer Connection web site to ease up sufficiently for me to download the long-awaited Software Developer Kit for the iPhone (and iPod touch, just by the by). In a way, I hate developer-oriented announcements — "here's a really cool thing we're working on, and it's available now, and hoi polloi can have it in about six months". Actually, it's the six months I hate.
