The Verge launches radical redesign
One of the biggest publications in tech, The Verge, has launched a huge redesign. The new design replaces the iconic The Verge wordmark…
Apple moves away from Intel in event featuring new MacBook Air’s, Pro’s and mini’s
The Australian pricing remains pretty similar to previous models, although now ship with the new chip that promises higher performance…
Apple is seemingly killing the Beats 1 name
Is it a hint at a hardware name change too?
Google Hangouts doesn’t deserve to be called a ‘Classic’
Aka how to do absolutely nothing with your unfair advantage
Uber e-bikes coming to Australia “within weeks”
So far Brisbane and Melbourne are said to be part of a roll-out, with bikes currently being shipped to Australia.
Australian Animal Crossing: New Horizons pre-order bonus announced
You’ll get one of three keychains at random when you pre-order at EB Games Australia (story via Animal Crossing World).
Facebook solves election misinformation by spreading misinformation on Teen Vogue
This morning Teen Vogue published a glowing article on Facebook’s efforts to keep 2020 election coverage honest (pictured above).
Facebook Messenger for Mac is quietly available
Announced at F8 2019
This week in Australian tech — ‘Facebook News’, Aussie Nintendo Switch Kickstarter and Mackenzie…
It was a big week for the newly relaunched glossblog.com.au. Here are some of the bigger stories:
Microsoft travels to Australia to meet ‘Mac Book’
Mr Book
Xbox One S All-Digital Edition launches August 1 in Australia
No discs
New: Ultra-rare Leica CL “100 jahre bauhaus” Edition
Only 150 exist
US ban on Huawei hits Australia
Optus, Telstra and Microsoft sell out or halt sales of Huawei phones altogether
Apple Music finally works with Amazon Alexa in Australia
After a December rollout in the US
iTunes links now work with product-specific subdomains
ByeTunes When you share a song from Apple Music or any other iTunes-like Apple service, you’ll probably get a link that reads itunes.apple.com. But that might be about to change. I noticed a preview of this change a while back with links from Apple Music. If you
Miniature books and a phone-size Kindle
Things that have already been tried, and things that could be