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Thursday, 18 February 2021 23:35

Opensignal benchmarks the global 5G experience

Opensignal bills itself as "the independent global standard for understanding the true state of the world’s mobile networks based on measurements of real user experience", and it has released its benchmark of 5G globally as it currently stands in early 2021.

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Friday, 20 July 2018 16:48

ACCAN's ACCANect 2018 'Confidence in the Connected World' conference on 12 and 13 September

If you want to gauge Australians' confidence in connectedness, then ACCAN's confidence conference will explore the issues with lively debates, the latest research and more, so get yourself connected!

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Tuesday, 10 April 2018 12:23

Netflix says 59% of Aussies find pets to be the best TV binge watching partner

It's International Pet Day tomorrow (on 11 April) and with Aussies loving their pets more than ever, Netflix's new survey talks a walk on the wild side and shows pets and TV go together in weird and wonderful ways.

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Monday, 29 August 2016 02:13

OpenSignal releases first ’Global State of Mobile Networks’ report

Following on from OpenSignal’s Global State of LTE report comes its successor, looking at both 3G, 4G and Wi-Fi network coverage on a global basis.

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Tuesday, 02 April 2013 09:08

Apple says sorry to China

Apple CEO Tim Cook has apologised to the company’s Chinese customers after facing weeks of backlash centered around Apple’s warranty and repair policies.

Published in Mobility

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Wednesday, 14 October 2009 19:38

70,000 women die each year from unsafe abortions

According to a recently published report in October 2009 by the Guttmacher Institute, an estimated 70,000 women die from unsafe abortions each year around the world. And, another five million women are treated for complications from unsafe abortions.

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Monday, 12 October 2009 21:31

UN biodiversity goals a no-go for 2010

The members of the United Nations (UN) Convention on Biological Diversity agreed that the world will not meet its target to slow down biodiversity loss by 2010.

Published in Climate

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Friday, 23 January 2009 16:41

Internet breaks the billion barrier

Ever wondered just how many people use the Internet? The answer, according to the latest figures, would seem to be 1 billion. We breakdown that billion to find out where they are all coming from.

Published in Networking

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Thursday, 09 October 2008 08:43

Where in the world does your favorite college/university rank?

The prestigious top 200 colleges/universities in the world for 2008 was announced by the Times Higher Education magazine's "QS World University Rankings." Many more countries were found to be competing against the top two countries: the United States and the United Kingdom.

Published in Biology

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Thursday, 25 September 2008 16:13

61 percent of global population now using mobile phones

The International Telecommunication Union does not make predictions lightly, which is why you have to sit up and take notice when it announces there will be some 4 billion mobile phone subscribers globally before the year is out.

Published in Mobility

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Sunday, 31 August 2008 23:36

'œBe Happy' catching on around the world

A German-American study has found happiness is on the increase in countries that allow freedom of choice and social tolerance, along with economic development and prosperity, and democracy.

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Saturday, 02 August 2008 18:25

Brits from Birmingham rule the gaming world

The Olympics are about to start in Beijing and, to be fair, the British are not expecting to need too big a box to bring their gold medals home in. Shame, then, that computer gaming is not an Olympic event...

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