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How to get the most out of your streaming subscriptions
Streaming media subscriptions abound, whether your passion is the footy, reality TV, classic British drama or cutting-edge science fiction. There’s quite literally more TV than...
How to make the most of your streaming subscriptions
There’s a lot of choice right now when it comes to streaming video services online. They’re all built on the same basic premise; you get...
Netflix is closing the “brother-in-law” loophole
By a wide margin, Netflix is the most popular of the subscription streaming services in Australia. It has an estimated 13.2 million viewers each month....
Amazon Fire TV Stick Lite vs Google Chromecast with Google TV: Making your smart TV smarter
Smart TVs – flat panels that include some level of integrated internet-based streaming functionality – have been a reality for years now, with a wide...
How many streaming services is too many?
With many of us choosing to remain indoors for the rather obvious health and safety reasons, there’s been an explosion of interest in streaming media...
Google’s killing Google Play Music (finally!)
Google is well known for its dominance of the online search engine space, and also for launching a lot of software products, or in some...
Nvidia Shield TV 2020 Review: A smarter smart TV box
Australians have fallen hopelessly in love with streaming TV services such as Netflix, Stan, Disney+ and many more over the past few years. If you’re...
Disney+ in Australia
This week we’ll see the local Australian launch of Disney+, the latest in a very long line of streaming subscription services. While there’s still clearly...
Apple’s sweetening its TV deal for hardware buyers
The launch of the Apple iPhone 11 was, not surprisingly, mostly about the iPhone 11. Well, to be strict, it was about the iPhone 11,...
Disney+ makes your streaming choices even more complicated
It doesn’t feel like all that long ago that my viewing choices for the evening comprised just two channels. I grew up in regional NSW,...
Netflix breaks its own iOS Airplay compatibility
In the world of media streaming services, Netflix is the king. Worldwide it has millions of subscribers, it’s established itself as a well-liked brand and...
Are you making the most of parental controls?
If you’ve got kids, you may well be concerned that they’re far more tech-savvy than you are. Having grown up with technology as an absolutely...
How much data is your streaming taking up?
The massive rise in popularity of streaming services, especially video streaming services such as Netflix, in recent years has had some astounding effects on the...
Is there room for a streaming media player in your office?
Streaming media players like the Apple TV and Google’s Chromecast might seem more at home in the lounge room than the boardroom, but these tiny...
Family app sharing saves you money, but check the fine print
Sharing apps with your loved ones makes sense in a busy household, but make sure you understand what you’re signing up for. Apple’s iPhone and...
Can an all-Aussie streaming service survive?
Streaming video as a category has seen explosive growth in Australia in the past couple of years. The ACMA estimated back in 2015 that around...
Netflix offline won’t solve your travel watching woes
Australians generally have taken to online streaming services with extreme gusto, despite the generally woeful state of our broadband services in world terms. The Australian...
Google’s Chromecast might outgun the streaming features on your Smart TV
While the latest Smart TVs come with all the streaming bells and whistles, sometimes you’ll get better results from Google’s budget streaming media player. Last...