Jetstar Airways, which yesterday announced its first direct flights between Australia and the New Zealand resort town of Queenstown, has called for an end to requiring passports for travels between the two countries.
HTC, the mobile phone maker, announces that its new Wildfire handset will be launched exclusively on Telstra's Next G network.
By Tim Conneally, BetanewsToday, a select group of PlayStation Plus subscribers got access to the first preview version of Hulu Plus on the PlayStation 3. Hulu Plus is the new subscription tier for the popular streaming TV website which lets U.S. subscribers watch their favorite programs on connecte...
Experts say consumers are likely to keep buying the iPhone 4 due to the fact that they have been experiencing bad reception for years
Jetstar, the budget airline, has announced its expansion of the airline’s services in Queenstown by more than 50 per cent, with twice a week services from Melbourne to the Gold Coast by the middle of December.
Microsoft, the technology company, will be releasing the full-featured Bing search client for the Android platform.
SONY updates its Terms of Service for the PlayStation 3; providing some warnings for those who want to take advantage of the console's 3D "experience".
XPRT Ventures, a company that has filed for US patents on an e-commerce technology platform, has filed a $3.8 billion suit against eBay, the online auction Web site.
Qantas has advanced the delivery date of the first set of the state-of-the-art Boeing 787 Dreamliners by a couple of years, indicating the company’s confidence in the recovery of air travel demand.
By Ed Oswald, BetanewsFrench canadian online news site Cyberpresse said Wednesday that Apple had purchased 3D map making company Poly9, possibly indicating the company has plans to enter the competitive online mapping sector with an entry of its own.The acquisition is the second mapping-related acqu...
By Joe Wilcox, BetanewsUS consumers and small businesses aren't rushing out to buy Office 2010, which doesn't surprise me. "Units and dollars are down from Office 2007's initial two weeks of sales but are in line, and in fact slightly ahead of, sales trends of Office 2007 so far this year," Stephen ...
By Tim Conneally, BetanewsAccording to tax documents submitted for the years 2006 through 2008, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has recovered only a tiny fraction of its total legal expenses through "Anti-Piracy Restitution."The documents, hosted here, here and here by p2pnet an...
By Ed Oswald, BetanewsConnecticut-based XPRT Ventures said Wednesday that it had sued eBay and its subsidiaries for infringing on six patents related to e-commerce. The company said it shared the technologies "in confidence" with the auction site, but eBay apparently used those technologies for fina...
By Tim Conneally, BetanewsMarket research firm comScore released its U.S. search rankings for June 2010, and though the search business is still soundly dominated by Google, both Microsoft and Yahoo increased their market share where Google actually lost some ground.According to comScore, Google's m...
By Tim Conneally, BetanewsIn March, First Lady Michelle Obama's "Lets Move" initiative for childhood health and fitness launched a contest called "Apps for Healthy Kids," offering $60,000 in prizes for software that encourages children to choose healthier foods and more active lifestyles. Today, the...
Microsoft, the technology company, introduces Milo, a "virtual human" that is designed to react to a user's body movements, emotions, and voice.
Consumer Reports, the influential product ratings magazine, gave a negative review of Apple's new iPhone.
By Tim Conneally, BetanewsChipmaker Intel Corp. has posted its earnings for the second quarter of 2010, and with revenue of $10.8 billion and a net income of $2.9 billion, declared it to have been the company's best quarter ever.Strong demand from corporate customers for our most advanced microproce...
By Joe Wilcox, BetanewsToday's Business Insider headline "Suddenly, Everyone Is Talking About An iPhone 4 Recall!" is tabloid journalism gone too far. Dan Frommer aggregates quotes from blogs or news sites demanding an iPhone 4 recall. There's no counterpoint. I'll give one: I'm not asking for a re...
AVG (AU/NZ) offers some quick online security tips for business and leisure travellers
Arrow Energy Ltd. said it has not formally received an approved offer from China's state-owned PetroChina of its bid to acquire the A$3.5 billion ($3.1 billion) Australian coal-seam gas producer.
Fruit Ninja, the fruit slicing sim created by Brisbane-based company Halfbrick, has now sold over a million copies on iPhone and iPod Touch. In celebration of the feat, which the company achieved 74 days after the app's April 21 release date, Halfbrick announces that it will release the Fruit Ninja HD for iPad.
Internode, the Australian Internet service provider, says it will not join the Australian government's efforts to install a child pornography filter.
By Tim Conneally, BetanewsThe move to form a joint venture between cable company Comcast and content network NBC Universal has been extended by 135 days. Today, William T. Lake, of the FCC Media Bureau announced that the application process, which was originally slated to take no more than 180 days,...
A sluggish morning trading affected Australia's stock market S&P/ASX 200 Index as it declined 0.3 percent to 4,397.50 as of 12:48 p.m. in Sydney. New Zealand's NZX 50 Index shed off 0.3 percent to 3,004.56 in Wellington.
By Ed Oswald, BetanewsApple continued to be on the losing end of a public relations battle Tuesday over a "Not Recommended" rating from Consumer Reports for its iPhone 4. Some industry watchers have gone as far as to suggest a recall is something the company may need to consider.The latest round of ...
By Ed Oswald, BetanewsText of a speech made by a government official in China back in April indicates the country plans to require Internet surfers in the country to use their real names. The transcript of the comments by the State Council Information Office's Wang Chen had been removed from the leg...
By Tim Conneally, BetanewsThere is more Windows Phone news coming from Microsoft's Worldwide Partner Conference today, and this time, instead of focusing on developers, it is focused on the consumer experience. Microsoft's Senior Vice President of Mobile Communications Andy Lees introduced a couple ...
Paul Ceglia, a man from Wellsville, a small town in New York, has filed a civil case against the Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of social networking Web site Facebook.
Australian scientists have made a mobile phone that can be used even in locations that would normally have no reception.
