Vodafone offers extra 2GB data to customers after #Vodafail network outage and other top stories.

• Vodafone offers extra 2GB data to customers after #Vodafail network outage

  Vodafone is pulling a Telstra by offering bonus data. As its way of saying sorry to customers affected by the recent network outage, the Australian telco is handing out 2GB bonus data to postpaid and prepaid customers. Customers experienced service disruption on Sunday after the Vodafone network went down around 6:30 p.m. AEST. The outage lasted for hours, with some users only experiencing fully restored service the next morning. Incensed customers took to social media with the hashtag #Vodafai..

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• Australian scientists just froze light like Kylo Ren from Star Wars

  

  A cloud of atoms used to make the stationary light. Photo: Supplied Physicists at The Australian National University (ANU) have brought quantum computing a step closer to reality by stopping light in a new experiment.Lead researcher Jesse Everett said controlling the movement of light was critical to developing future quantum computers, which could solve problems too complex for today's most advanced computers. Kylo Ren uses the force to stop a blaster beam before it can hit him in..

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• NBN write-down needed to avoid internet price surge, telcos 'going broke'

  

  NBN write-down needed to avoid internet price surge, telcos 'going broke' Posted September 27, 2016 17:25:01 The telcos who buy space on the National Broadband Network say the most pressing issue for them is the wholesale pricing of access to the Federal Government-owned broadband provider.Most internet service providers charge their customers a fixed price, while the National Broadband Network's prices are variable, creating a profit-destroying mismatch.The problem i..

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• fitbit charge 2 review

  

  Fitbit trackers are famous for the gamification of step data to help motivate users to exercise more, but the company's latest model, the Charge 2 wristband, actually does a whole lot more than just track steps. What you also get is a device that can measure your heat rate (resting and active), tell you how many flights of stairs you've climbed, how far you've travelled (based on your height and step count), and even train you to breathe deeply through a built-in relaxation mode.  Additionally..

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• Apple's big plan for HealthKit would put all your medical data in one spot

  

  If you live in America and you’ve seen more than one doctor in your lifetime, you know there’s no central database where all of your medical data lives. Instead, each health care provider has a separate record, and rarely are they ever merged. Apple is reportedly working on electronic health record software that will take advantage of all the data collected from HealthKit apps and use it in more meaningful ways—like to diagose medical conditions—and create a centralized place for all that in..

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• Insecure IoT devices allow hackers into your home: Warn experts

  

  A new study reveals how IoT devices at home and office can be manipulated and its vulnerability can open a backdoor to hackers into your system. Symantec Corp. a known expert in cyber security, revealed new research demonstrating how cybercriminal networks are taking advantage of lax Internet of Things (IoT) device security to spread malware and create zombie networks, or botnets, unbeknownst to their device owners. Symantec’s Security Response team has discovered that cybercriminals are hijack..

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• LG V20 review: Inconsistent greatness

  

  Rose BeharSeptember 26, 2016 2:05pmThis is it. LG’s big opportunity.With the iPhone 7 deemed unimaginative by many and Samsung’s popular Note 7 recalled for battery explosion issues, this could be the perfect moment for LG to take to the mobile world by storm with a capable, well-designed premium device.Thankfully for the company, the timing is right and it has the perfect handset to offer — at least on paper.The LG V20, the company’s latest smartphone release, demands attention by claimin..

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• Twitter sale: Disney and Microsoft join Google in list of potential bidders

  

  Disney and Microsoft have reportedly joined the list of potential buyers for Twitter as the bidding war for the social media platform is heating up. Rumours of a potential sale came on Friday as the company grapples with its slowest revenue growth since going public in 2013. Bloomberg first reported on Monday that Disney is considering bidding on Twitter, joining a growing list of potential suitors said to include Salesforce, a US cloud computing company and Alphabet’s Google, among other tech ..

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• Apple iPhone 7 Sales Hide A Serious Problem

  

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• iPad Mini 4 Successor: iPad Mini 5 Price, Release Date Rumors And More

  

  The long awaited successor to Apple’s iPad Mini 4 could be released in early 2017. The iPad Mini has consistently been a key performer for Apple in their tablet range, largely helped by its portable form factor and cheap price point. But will the iPad Mini 5 provide a significant improvement over its predecessor? In this article, we’ll take a look at everything we know so far about the iPad Mini 5 ahead of the new tablet release in 2017. Apple’s previous iPad Mini was released in September 2015..

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