Australia Writes Off Homeopathy As A ‘Useless’ Treatment
Homeopathy has long attracted criticism and ridicule from serious scientific and medical circles. Australia’s official medical group has now chimed in, stating that homeopathy is essentially ‘useless.’
Australian Scientists Plan To Put Sensors On Bees
Bees have undergone a radical decrease in their global population over the recent years. A group of Australian scientists have now decided to put sensors on bees to investigate the possible causes of the extinction of bee colonies.
iPad Air Explodes In An Australian Vodafone Store
Apple takes pride in the fact that it ships out top-quality smartphones and tablets. Nonetheless, even the top-of-the-range stuff may sometime run into trouble. According to reports, an iPad Air recently exploded due to overheating while being charged in an Australian phone store.
Julian Assange Plans To Run For Senate
For many long months, Julian Assange, the creator of WikiLeaks, has been confined to the Ecuadorian embassy in London. However, apparently that hasn’t dimmed his fervor as reports suggest that Assange is planning to run for Senate in the state of Victoria.
Apple Maps App Leads Motorists Astray, Australian Police Warns Against Using It
Apple’s Maps app has been lambasted enough in the past. The main problem with it is the incorrect positioning of different locations, rendering it nearly unusable. Australian police has now warned the users not to use the app since it can give them wrong directions.
Samsung Tab – The Tablet Apple Tried To Stop
This is what the new ad used by Samsung to sell it’s tablet, Galaxy Tab reads. Samsung is selling the devices in Australia after Apple having failed in a case against the tablet. And now, with a tinge of wit, Samsung is using the publicity it gathered through this case to sell its tablets in the market. So far, the strategy seems a big success!
Accidental Worldwide Launch Of iTunes Match By Apple, Charge Will Be Reimbursed
A number of reports floating on the internet are claiming that Apple had accidentally launched iTunes Match internationally. One particular report, citing a snapshot of response from Apple, states that the launch is not working for Apple users outsides of US and Brazil. And that customers in other parts of the world who have been charged for the service will be reimbursed.
Apple Finally Defeated By Samsung In Australia
Samsung has finally secured a win for it’s devices in Australia. Earlier a court had banned the devices and Samsung had appealed against it and won it. Apple vowed to file yet another appeal against this decision. But Apple has been denied an appeal and this means Samsung will be able to sell it’s devices […]
Telstra Opens First ‘Androidland’ Store In Melbourne
Australian Giant Mobile and Telephone Operator TELSTRA, has opened Australia’s First Android Store named ‘Androidland‘ in Telstra’s Bourke Street, Melbourne, on Dec 2. Actually this the World’s First Dedicated Android Store in the History of World.
Australian Ban On Samsung Galaxy Tab Continues
Ever since this April, Apple has been doggedly pursuing Samsung worldwide, accusing that the South Korean company copied the designs of iPad and iPhone. Samsung, of course, has resorted with counter-cases. We reported a while ago that an appeals court in Australia overturned the ban on Samsung’s Galaxy Tab. However, the court has allowed, on Apple’s request, to let the ban stay intact till Dec 9, when Apple will apply for an appeal against the ruling.
Australian Court Lifts Ban From Samsung Galaxy Tab
A day ago, we reported that there’s a high probability that an Australian appeals court may overturn a ban imposed on Samsung’s tablet in Australia. The ban was imposed in response to Apple’s objection. As it is, our apprehensions were quite true. The ban was overturned by an Australian court on Wednesday.
Samsung Again Counter-Attacking Apple
Samsung has renewed its attack on Apple, launching a legal bid to have the new iPhone 4S from store shelves in Japan and Australia and Samsung filed for preliminary injunctions in both countries claiming Apple had infringed several of its patents such as UI, wireless telecoms standards and other technologies. Japan was one of the first countries in the world to sell Apple’s iPhone 4S and in Japan, Samsung also requested that Apple’s iPhone 4 and iPad 2 be blocked from sale……………….
Apple Sues Samsung To Ban Sales In Japan
Apple has filed lawsuit against Samsung in Japan, accusing Samsung for violating patents relating to the iPhone and iPad and demanding 100m yen ($1.3m) in damages along with a ban on sales. The lawsuit has been filed in Tokyo District Court, Apple is asking court to ban the sales of Galaxy S and its sequel S II smartphones and the Galaxy Tab 7 in Japan………………..
Apple & Samsung Agreed Not To Sell US Version Galaxy Tab 10.1 In USA, Galaxy Tab 10.1 For Australian Market Coming
Samsung has pledged its Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet will see local release in the near future and following an injunction against the promotion and sale of the Galaxy Tab 10.1 in Australia. Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 infringes 10 Apple patents, including the look and feel and touchscreen technology of the iPad. The Australian injunction is necessary because Samsung has had announcements of an imminent launch of the Galaxy Tab 10.1 device ongoing since July 20 and Apple is basing claim on a U.S. version of the Galaxy tablet, which is different from the one that will be sold in Australia……………
BlackBerry PlayBook Rolling Out Internationally
Research in Motion (RIM) is now gearing up to make the BlackBerry PlayBook available outside North America and the plan being to introduce the tablet in 16 more countries over the next 30 days. The list of markets getting the BlackBerry PlayBook in the near future includes the UK, the Netherlands, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Hong Kong, Australia, Venezuela, Spain, Germany, UAE (United Arab Emirates ), Singapore, Mexico, France, Italy, India, Indonesia and Colombia and PlayBook is priced between $500 and $700, features a 7-inch (1024 x 600) capacitive touchscreen, a 1GHz Texas Instruments dual-core processor (with PowerVR SGX540 graphics), 1GB of RAM, a 5 megapixel rear-facing camera and a 3MP front camera, 802.11 a/b/g/n and Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR, stereo speakers, GPS, an accelerometer, a gyroscope, a digital compass, and micro USB and micro HDMI connectors………..
