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Social media, maps tops with travellers
Facebook and Google Maps are among the most popular apps used by Australians when travelling overseas, although a massive 92% a...
Passports could get voice recognition, eye scans
Passport checkpoints at Australian airports may eventually resemble something from a top-secret bunker – or at least the ...
Vodafone offers double data
Vodafone is offering up to two years of double data on its Red roaming plans, giving travellers as much as 10GB per month for u...
US flights: gadgets during takeoff, landing
"Please turn off all your personal electronic devices?" Not anymore! The Federal Aviation Administration has approved the use ...
Vodafone ramps up roaming
Vodafone plans to expand its $5/day global roaming deal to more countries next year as well as making data and voice roaming ea...
New Zealand roaming costs set to fall
Trans-Tasman travellers are set for a long-overdue win next year as the Australian and New Zealand governments move to slash th...
Telstra cuts data roaming costs
Telstra’s cut-price data roaming deals come into effect today as the nation’s leading carrier plays catch-up to rec...
Vodafone extends $5 global roaming to Europe
Vodafone Australia will extend its $5 per day international roaming plans to Europe this month. Travellers to 34 countrie...
Google offers Quickoffice for free
If you're often hit by the headache of working with Microsoft Office documents on your iPhone, iPad or Android-powered dev...
Vodafone, Optus get real on global roaming
Australia’s mobile phone companies are finally moving to make global roaming an affordable proposition, with both Optus a...
Optus global roaming flat-price travel packs
Optus is streamlining its global roaming plans and slashing the cost of overseas voice, text and data as Australia's mobile car...
Vodafone ready to roam
Vodafone Australia is expected to reveal its new global roaming plans for travellers visiting New Zealand, the United King...
Win a HP ElitePad 900 tablet
And we have a winner! Congratulations to Marcus Westbury, who will soon be packing a HP ElitePad 900 tablet into his travel bag...
Review: Westpac Concierge iPhone app
As part of Westpac's new Earth Black and Altitude Black frequent flyer credit cards the bank has also unveilled a com...
Travelling with your UItrabook
More than any other laptop PC, the Ultrabook™ was made for mobility. Its slim profile, light carrying weight, long batter...
Choosing the right Ultrabook
Tired of lugging around that large, heavy old laptop which can manage only a few hours of battery life between recharges? It&r...
Top 5 ways to watch live TV news online
Want to catch the latest TV news while you're on the road? As long as you've got a fast and stable internet connection, it's ea...
Telstra trials airport 'small cell networks'
Telstra is evaluating advanced 'small cell networks' to cope with the boom in smartphones, tablets and laptops at Australia's b...