Smart Home News

First NBN fibre extension comes in: $150,000

How much are you willing to pay fibre?

Silver Spring hits 1 million smart meter connections

Silver Spring Networks has connected 1 million homes and businesses with the rollout of smart meters.

Residents push for better broadband for the bush

Residents in South Australia are banding together to get a better deal out of the National Broadband Network.

Tablet & smartphone owners different use of devices


Two-thirds of tablet owners use their devices at home, but smartphone owners use their devices on the go.

DVDs, Blu-ray discs account for 62% of all movie rentals


Blu-ray discs and DVDs rented through physical channels represented more than 62% of movie rentals.

Optus grows cable broadband base

Seeking bigger piece of NBN pie?

Most small businesses lack social media plans


Most small companies lack a serious social media plan.

Gaming to gross $1.6 billion on connected TVs by 2016


Consumers will spend an estimated $1.6 billion playing video games via connected TV sets in 2016.

Children play more hand-held consoles than iPads


Children in the 4-to-14 age bracket are more likely to have a portable game device than a tablet computer.

Singapore scientists develop Social Cloud TV


Scientists in Singapore have come up with Social Cloud TV, a mobile television technology embracing multiple screens and social networks.

Consumers still love keyboards, Nokia survey finds


Almost half of consumers who participated in a Nokia poll said they prefer a QWERTY keyboard to a touch screen.

You have zero privacy. Get over it.

Is the concept of privacy dead in the digital age? It looks increasingly so.