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How your suburb’s mobile and internet connection compares to the rest of Sydney
For the first time, a NSW government index allows residents to gauge the best and worst suburbs for digital connectivity across the state.
- by Heath Gilmore and Nigel Gladstone
Perspective
Schools
I spend 49 days a year on my phone. It’s not just schoolkids who need a phone ban
It’s time adults had a good hard look at their own screen time and got back to enjoying life’s phone-free pleasures.
- by Felicity Caldwell
Do I need to worry about radiation from my smartphone?
If you’re constantly on your phone, how worried should you be about radiation exposure?
- by Caroline Hopkins
What students will and won’t be allowed to do with phones at school next year
The rules around Qld’s 2024 school phone ban are out, and they’ve already been slammed as “a disaster waiting to happen”.
- by Felicity Caldwell
Tony Wright’s Column
Network outage
Smart cards and smarter phones? Stuff and nonsense. Just ask my mother
Credit cards and smartphones are supposed to simplify and streamline our lives. Until the IT dam wall is washed away – and with it our information and cash.
- by Tony Wright
Gimmick or game-changer? How mobile phones are transforming filmmaking
While many traditionalists prefer professional cameras, a smartphone festival has attracted a record number of entries.
- by Garry Maddox
Analysis
Network outage
How to avoid virtual shutout and stay connected during a web outage
You can’t make the eftpos machine work at your local cafe, but you can keep yourself from being cut off during a major internet outage.
- by Tim Biggs
The vanishing of the small high-end smartphone
The ASUS Zenfone 10 claims to be a pint-sized flagship, but the truth is there have been no truly small and powerful phones in 2023.
- by Tim Biggs
This man gave up his smartphone for 30 days. Could you do the same?
It was social media envy that first drove Alex Lykos to quit his phone. But laying it down for a month raised much bigger issues for the filmmaker.
- by Karl Quinn
Review
Google’s latest smartphones put AI photo-editing in your hands
The Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro are great smartphones that go toe-to-toe with the iPhone, but they also pack a lot of experimental-feeling generative AI.
- by Tim Biggs