![Uber has rolled out panic button in South Africa after a string of incidents.](/web/20160930122756im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/r/g/l/g/z/image.related.wideLandscape.460x259.grrsix.png/1475144823523.jpg)
![Uber has rolled out panic button in South Africa after a string of incidents.](/web/20160930122756im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/r/g/l/g/z/image.related.wideLandscape.460x259.grrsix.png/1475144823523.jpg)
Google spends big on hype ahead of phone reveal
![Google is spending a lot of money to remind consumers that something big is coming.](/web/20160930122756im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/r/r/2/7/r/image.related.landscape.120x80.grqyaq.png/1475134490011.jpg)
Google has helped build intense speculation for its event where it's expected to reveal new phones.
BlackBerry to stop making phones
![The BlackBerry Classic smartphone, an updated version of the PDA-style phone that made the company so popular pre-iPhone.](/web/20160930122756im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/r/q/w/x/y/image.related.landscape.120x80.grqwov.png/1475108316885.jpg)
Sales of Blackberry smartphones - the product category that made the brand a household name - will stop in February 2017.
The brolly that knows more than you do
![French invention the Oombrella tells you when it's raining. So does getting wet.](/web/20160930122756im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/r/p/e/x/u/image.related.landscape.120x80.grpeyp.png/1475101938669.jpg)
How would you like an umbrella that lets you know if you leave it behind? The Oombrella will send an alert to your phone if you walk off without it.
Telstra 'error' opens travellers to roaming charges
![The L Plan was offered with new mobile contracts for the iPhone 7.](/web/20160930122756im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/r/l/n/z/l/image.related.landscape.120x80.grqdxf.png/1475041396870.jpg)
Telstra's "unlimited" international roaming advertisement mistake.
The keyboard that turns your iPad into a laptop
![Is it a tablet? Is it a laptop?](/web/20160930122756im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/r/9/n/3/1/image.related.landscape.120x80.gr9mzf.png/1475099173029.jpg)
The ClamCase range of iPad keyboards are a heap better than most, and pretty much turn your tablet into a lappy.
Apple's iPhone 7: impressions of an Android user
![The iPhone is beautiful, but its shape and design hasn't been cutting edge for years. Plus my inner tech geek can't ...](/web/20160930122756im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/r/l/n/z/v/image.related.landscape.120x80.grq47r.png/1475095590335.jpg)
As ever, it's a case of convenience and consistency versus freedom and flexibility.
Xiaomi's Mi 5s takes aim at iPhone 7
![Look familiar? Xiaomi's new Mi 5s.](/web/20160930122756im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/r/q/2/1/l/image.related.landscape.120x80.grq0yn.png/1475022717257.jpg)
The Mi 5s is aiming to out-innovate Apple with new tricks and features, while selling at less than half the price of an iPhone.
Hands on: iPhone 7 multimedia
![When lightsabers clash you can see and hear the iPhone 7's multimedia improvements.](/web/20160930122756im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/n/n/n/5/d/image.related.landscape.120x80.grptzm.png/1475053708361.jpg)
With an enhanced screen and new stereo speakers, Apple's latest iPhone improves its credentials as a pocket cinema.
Open roads, Aussie landmarks in Forza Horizon 3
![It doesn't get much more Australian than this.](/web/20160930122756im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/r/p/3/w/a/image.related.landscape.120x80.grpa3z.png/1474950201571.jpg)
From huge, recognisable set-pieces like Apostles beach to small touches like the red and yellow lid bins out the front of stilted houses, Forza Horizon 3 nails its Australian setting.
Like Star Wars: Australian scientists just froze light
![A cloud of atoms used to make the stationary light.](/web/20160930122756im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/r/p/b/2/s/image.related.landscape.120x80.grp97f.png/1474941842626.jpg)
Physicists at The Australian National University have brought quantum computing a step closer to reality by stopping light in a new experiment.
Square launches Apple Pay reader in Australia
![Square's new reader takes contactless payments in the front, chip in the back, but no magswipe. It communicates with POS ...](/web/20160930122756im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/r/p/7/u/e/image.related.landscape.120x80.grp7kk.png/1474937770812.jpg)
As Australia's big banks hold out against Apple Pay, Square is helping more small businesses accept your money with a wave of your phone or credit card – sometimes before you even reach the counter.
Google doodle: web giant celebrates 18th birthday
![The Google Doodle for Tuesday, September 27 2016.](/web/20160930122756im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/r/p/5/7/6/image.related.landscape.120x80.grp4vy.png/1474932800949.jpg)
Google is celebrating 18 years as a company, and is marking the occasion in the only way the web giant knows how: with a Google Doodle.
Snapchat unveils video-recording Spectacles
![Snap's Spectacles have a camera mounted on one hinge and a large circular light mounted on the other, so people know ...](/web/20160930122756im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/r/o/h/g/w/image.related.landscape.120x80.groe9b.png/1474858271068.jpg)
Snapchat, now re-named Snap, will release a pair of $170 sunglasses with a built-in camera. Video will be recorded in a new circular format that can be viewed full-screen in either landscape or portrait.
Bringing your app ideas to life
![Hipster Whale's popular <i>Crossy Road</i> blends several classic gaming concepts to come up with a fresh idea.](/web/20160930122756im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/1/2/e/z/n/n/image.related.landscape.120x80.groeqx.png/1474859969173.jpg)
I've got an idea for a great game, just like a million other people, so what do I do next?
Oculus founder funded pro-Trump meme organisation
![Palmer Luckey demonstrates the Oculus VR headset.](/web/20160930122756im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/k/m/j/g/7/image.related.landscape.120x80.gro9eu.png/1474896905364.jpg)
Oculus founder Palmer Luckey has acknowledged giving $13,000 to pro-Donald Trump group which created anti-Hillary Clinton memes.
Could you pass a test on your mobile phone contract?
![mobile phone](/web/20160930122756im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/1/1/m/d/s/o/image.related.landscape.120x80.grlsjx.png/1474804966009.jpg)
Why do we "agree" to telco contracts that we don't actually understand, even if it causes problems down the track?
Facebook says it gave advertisers inflated video metrics
![Facebook has admitted it gave advertsiers an inflated number for the average time being spent viewing online clips.](/web/20160930122756im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/1/0/e/8/2/k/image.related.landscape.120x80.grnic8.png/1474655632906.jpg)
The Wall Street Journal reported that Facebook told advertising buying agency Publicis Media that the video metric had been overstated by between 60 per cent and 80 per cent.
Have a Yahoo account? Here's what you need to know
![Yahoo will be left with its stakes in Alibaba Group Holding and Yahoo Japan, with a combined market value of about $US40 ...](/web/20160930122756im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/q/d/l/a/0/image.related.landscape.120x80.grmw9w.png/1474604355601.jpg)
Yahoo has confirmed that at least 500 million user accounts had been affected by a massive breach. Here are some answers to basic questions that you may have about the breach.
Hands on: iPhone 7 Lightning headphone adapter
![Apple's tiny Lightning to 3.5mm audio adaptor bundled with the iPhone 7.](/web/20160930122756im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/r/m/w/a/w/image.related.landscape.120x80.grmvgq.png/1474599706768.jpg)
Never has one little dongle caused so much angst for so many music fans, but Apple's Lightning to 3.5mm audio adapter is about to become a necessary evil for many iGadget lovers.