We Still Watch 100 Hours Of TV A Month 
Spotify And Its Rivals: Subscription Music Services In Australia Compared 
The Stupid Things You Do On Facebook (And How To Fix Them) 
Planhacker: Complete NBN Plan Guide May 2012 
From Saucy Pics To Passwords: How To Share Sensitive Information 
How Apple Will Make A Fortune From The Voice One of the more annoying features of Optus’ prepaid offering for mobile broadband is that it counts data in 10MB chunks, which means your usage can ratchet up fairly speedily. That will change from late April, with Optus switching to a slightly more reasonable per MB charging model.
As part of its announcement of its three-year rollout plan for the National Broadband Network, NBN Co has updated its service showing when NBN construction will commence. Type your address or city into the map and you’ll get a rough indicator of when work will commence.
We’ve often suspected people spend more money than they should on mobile services, and now there’s some solid proof. New research suggests that 68 per cent of Australians don’t believe they get full value from their contract plans. Despite that, 45 per cent have experienced ‘bill shock’, where their monthly bill is much higher than expected.
Apple’s day in court with the ACCC ended with Apple agreeing to an undertaking that requires it to modify the way it promotes the latest iPad and offering refunds to any consumers who purchased the 4G-labelled model and who aren’t happy it can’t access 4G. Put rather more simply: the ACCC won.
In a move signalling that it will be targeted Telstra customers more directly, Internode has said it will be able to shift existing customers of Telstra’s BigPond consumer services onto rival broadband plans much more speedily than in the past.
Last June, we picked TweetDeck as the best Twitter client for Windows, but the newly-updated version of MetroTwit has taken the crown. Its excellent interface and range of features make it a great choice for Twitter users.
Dear Lifehacker, I went for a job interview, and everything went well, but when I got home the hiring manager had sent me a friend request on Facebook and LinkedIn. What should I do? I know some people have got their jobs through Twitter, and he seems like a nice guy, but I feel a little creeped out. Should I accept his friend request? What if I get hired and this is normal for everyone who works there? What should I do? Sincerely, Slightly Antisocial
Author Peter Bregman recently found himself awkwardly standing in the corner at a party where he knew no one. We’ve all been there, right? But rather than leaning on his normal roles — writer, consultant, speaker — he took a shot at talking to people without instantly drawing on those familiar crutches. As it turned out, the experiment went quite well.
