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17/03/2020
A Guide to Working From Home
More people are doing the right thing and self-isolating after medical experts recently highlighted the dire importance of social distancing in order to curb the spread of the Coronavirus. Scientists are asking that everyone - including healthy people - stay at home to limit the spread of the pandemic. While working from home in Australia is not an
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21/05/2019
What's the best web browser in 2019?
If you're anything like me, then your brand of internet browser is whatever the default option was, and the thought of changing it has never even crossed your mind. I'm not sure I even had the cognition to recognise that there were different brands of web browsers - it was simply the internet button! I would press the internet button, and then the
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23/04/2019
Best internet plans for those who work from home
Whether it’s putting in extra hours to catch up at the office, or working entirely from a laptop on the couch, studies show that more and more Australians are working regularly from home than ever before. MORE AUSSIES ARE WORKING FROM HOME Going off an analysis ran by the Australian Bureau of Statistics, the Sydney Morning Herald reported that the
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23/04/2019
Top plans for one person households
There are many advantages to living alone: peace, autonomy, little-to-no accountability (well, to a certain degree), and most of all, you don’t have to worry about your housemates slowing down your internet. But the flipside of the coin there is that when you live alone, you generally don’t get to split your bills - and when it comes to broadband,
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13/02/2019
Can you get by with a tablet instead of a laptop?
Not too many moons ago, my trusty laptop succumbed to a deadly virus; one that was entirely, absolutely unavoidable (I spillled a drink on it). I had upcoming work commitments that I needed that computer for, but regrettably, I lacked the funds for an immediate replacement. Thankfully, my computer's soul was backed up in the Cloud, and I had very
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15/01/2019
How do I unsubscribe from iTunes subscriptions?
Many paid subscription apps offer you a free trial before taking your money, and whether you decide to stick with it or not, it will keep taking your money unless you take the right steps to cancel it. Perhaps you forked out for an online news subscription, perhaps you gave one of Apple's streaming services a whirl, or perhaps you downloaded a fun
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19/12/2018
Why is my internet slow?
Are you fuming as you wait while your internet slowly and painstakingly takes forever to perform the most basic of functions? Well, before you Hulk-out, you should remember that the speed of your data traveling between your internet and your devices can vary depending on a number of different things. Thankfully, most of those variables can be quite
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12/12/2018
What is the most streamed song of the 20th century?
The evidence is in! Of all the songs written between the year 1901 and the year 2000, one song has been officially declared the most popular, the most persistent, the most streamed out of ALL OTHER SONGS, spanning a century of certifiable bangers!But first, the runners up! Lovers of classic rock, rejoice! Lovers of OutKast's "Ms. Jackson",
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12/12/2018
Is my phone spying on me?
When you live in a time of amazing technological advances, it can sometimes be easy to forget that we walk around with little supercomputers in our pockets. And while many people use those supercomputers for innocent activities (like social media, or simply finding the best broadband and home phone bundle plans) there are concerns that some less
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21/11/2018
What is Mbps?
Technology lingo can sometimes be a bit confusing to the average punter, even when some of that jargon becomes commonplace. One word that definitely fits into that category for many is “Mbps”. So what does it mean? Mbps Mbps stands for "megabits per second", and it's how we measure download/upload speed. A megabit is equal to one million bits.
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21/11/2018
Who is the largest internet provider in Australia?
With an increasing number of options, finding the right internet service provider for your home can be a bit daunting. When it comes to businesses, you can almost always equate popularity with customer satisfaction, so it can often pay to see which brand everyone else is choosing. In the case of Australian internet service providers, that brand
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13/11/2018
Is it safe to use free Wi-Fi?
It's very common for people to want to save phone data by connecting to a cheeky bit of free public Wi-Fi. But is it safe to do so? Well, in a word: no. The Australian Government stresses there is always a strong danger of getting hacked when using public Wi-Fi, and they strongly recommend you avoid doing it, at least when you are partaking in
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