Android TV Remote App Comes to iOS and other top stories.

• Android TV Remote App Comes to iOS

  

  Android TV Remote App Comes to iOS Now family members with iPhones can control the TV, too. Owners of Android TV boxes like the Nvidia Shield or Google Nexus Player have a new option for playback control: the Android TV iOS app, released this week to the App Store and spotted by Android Police. The free app is compatible with iPhones and iPads, and its controls are very similar to the equivalent remote app for Android mobile devices. To search f..

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• Tinder Social: What the new group dating feature is really like

  

  A couple of weeks ago, I stumbled into an old friend and her buddies who looked utterly deflated at a burger restaurant in Sydney, Australia late on a Friday night.  They were at the end of a lacklustre group date with a band they had met on Tinder. The band had set up their own profile, and invited the girls to a pub they were playing at nearby that night. "It seemed like it would be fun," my friend said, half eating a burger. The date was actually a rather boring and awkward affair, a far cry..

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• PlayStation Plus May 2016 free games lineup, PlayStation Plus Specials and PS4 sold units and profits revealed

  

  Following the leaked titles via the German PlayStation Store, Sony has now confirmed the lineup for the PlayStation Plus May 2016 free games. Sadly for some players who had hoped that the official list will follow the leak, they’re bound for some disappointment. Some fans may actually enjoy the new lineup, if only because there are three PS4 titles this month. These are “Tropico 5,” Table Top Racing: World Tour” and “Switch Galaxy Ultra,” with the last one also available for the PS Vita. The PS..

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• NBN Sky Muster satellite service goes live

  

  Sky Muster before lift off. Photo: Fairfax The National Broadband Network launched its long-term satellite service for regional, rural and remote Australians on Friday, but some customers may still have to wait a few years get connected.The Sky Muster satellite launched 36,000km into space at the end of October 2015 and will now begin rolling out to some 400,000 eligible customers. Sky Muster launching in October. Photo: Arian..

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• Survey: Software concerns lead developers' worries when considering IoT security matters

  Janel Garvin, CEO ofEvans Data Corp SANTA CRUZ, CA  APRIL 28, 2016When working with Internet of Things (IoT) applications, security becomes of paramount importance, and 31 percent of developers active in the IoT space believe that the greatest trouble spot for IoT security lies within the software or firmware for connected devices, according to Evans Data’s recent Internet of Things Development survey. The survey of over 500 IoT developers also showed that over half (55 percent) thought tha..

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• Optus announces data-free music streaming for prepaid customers

  

  Optus prepaid customers will be able to use their mobile to stream music without worrying about consuming their data allowance. The second largest telco in Australia has announced that its prepaid mobile customers can use selected streaming apps data-free from May 2. The mobile music service is exclusive to new and existing customers on My Prepaid Ultimate, My Prepaid Daily Plus and other selected plans. From May 2, the customers can stream music without eating into their data by using some of ..

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• South Australia police crack down on motorists using phones while driving

  

  South Australian police are taking measures to make sure using a phone while driving becomes socially unacceptable.Launching twin safety operations today, called Distraction and Belt Up, police are hoping to nab 50 motorists per day who are using their mobile while driving.The operations have been launched after 1,413 drivers were caught using their phones while driving in the state during February. “We believe this is a significant road safety issue which impacts the entire community,” Detecti..

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• Telstra delivers 4G mobile speed boost to budget Aussie telcos

  

  COMMENT More Australians will have access to faster mobile broadband speeds after Telstra granted more wholesaler partners access to the 4G network. Photo: Glenn Hunt Customers of Woolworths Mobile, AldiMobile and several other budget Aussie telcos can now enjoy faster mobile broadband after Telstra fast-tracked their access to its 4G network.Rather than building their own phone towers, these minor telcos are Telstra wholesale customers, piggybacking on its m..

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• Gumtree shaken by hack attack

  

  Gumtree admitted its security had been compromised in April 2016, revealing users' personal details.Jennifer Dudley-NicholsonNews Corp Australia NetworkAUSTRALIAN users of the popular online sales site Gumtree may be targeted by online criminals after the site was hacked last weekend, exposing users’ personal details. The company, owned by online auction house eBay, contacted many of its customers to warn accounts had been “compromised in a security attack” which it had reported to the Austral..

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• Samsung Gear 360 VR camera goes on sale for Rs 23225

  

  Called the Gear 360, the little sphere is designed to sit on a table, tripod or even hung from a drone to capture 360 degrees of video. Samsung’s 360-degree virtual camera has been launched in South Korea at a price of 399,000 won (Rs 23,225). South Korean multinational conglomerate revealed the golf-ball-like camera at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2016 held in February. Called the Gear 360, the little sphere is designed to sit on a table, tripod or even hung from a drone to ca..

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