Apple's maps: its worst software product yet?
Embarrassing, appalling, illogical, incomplete, erroneous - these words are rarely used to describe Apple's products but all and more have been applied to Apple Maps.
- by Asher Moses
Latest
PC sales plunge as consumers look to tablets, smartphones
PC sales have plummeted as consumers embrace portable devices such as smartphones and tablets and shift to web-based software.
- by Asher Moses
Building today's tech, tomorrow
Technology experts are sceptical of the Coalition's NBN plans.
- by Asher Moses
Turnbull's NBN plan inadequate: futurists
Just two decades ago a dial-up internet connection would have taken more than a lifetime to download a single movie, while today's broadband connections can pull down several HD movie streams simultaneously.
- by Asher Moses
The need for speed may be insatiable
Just two decades ago with a dial-up internet connection it would've taken more than a lifetime to download a single movie, while today's 24 megabits per second (Mbps) ADSL2+ broadband connections can pull down multiple HD movie streams simultaneously.
- by Asher Moses
NBN: how much speed do we really need?
The debate over the broadband plans of both Labor and the Coalition raises the question: how much speed do we actually need?
- by Asher Moses
Digital health coach with a human touch
Australians Nick Crocker and Ben Hartney say they've reinvented Weight Watchers for the digital age.
- by Asher Moses
Facebook 'erodes any idea of privacy'
Facebook Home for Android phones has been dubbed by technologists as the death of privacy and the start of a new wave of invasive tracking and advertising.
- by Asher Moses
40 years on, mobile phones still pushing consumers' buttons
Four decades ago this week in New York, the world's first mobile phone call was made on a Motorola DynaTAC that was about as tall as an iPad, took 10 hours to recharge and offered just 20 minutes of talking time.
- by Asher Moses
Bitcoin boom: 'breakthrough moment' or billion-dollar bubble?
As the financial system in parts of the world crumbles, the decentralised digital currency Bitcoin has rocketed to a market capitalisation of almost $1.2 billion in what some believe is a sign the boom will soon turn to bust.
- by Asher Moses
Apple's poker app may be illegal here
Apple Australia may be breaching federal online gambling laws by offering an app such as PokerStars, which allows Australians to bet on casino-style games with real money.
- by Asher Moses
Original URL: https://www.theage.com.au/by/asher-moses-hve6m