this picture proves beyond a shadow of a doubt we are becoming overly distracted by beeping things with screens…

Jase and Mal debate everyone’s hopeless addiction to stupid little screens. Also: Malcolm tears an anonymous YouTube hater a new one. Plus: we’re both coming to the USA!!

AUSTRALIA’S competition watchdog is taking on the world’s biggest company -  Apple – for allegedly misleading  consumers over its  new iPad.

Apple’s latest tablet device went on sale in Australia on March 16 labelled  as ”iPad Wi-Fi + 4G”. But the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission  will today allege this product name misleads consumers because the iPad does not  work as a 4G device in Australia.

Wi-Fi is a wireless broadband signal sent from modems on a fixed network,  while 4G is the phrase used to describe the new generation of mobile broadband.   However, Apple only sells devices tuned to the 4G frequencies of US-based  networks owned by AT&T and Verizon, and three Canadian networks. The new  iPad does work on 3G networks in Australia.

Telstra launched Australia’s first 4G network in capital cities last year. An  Apple spokeswoman confirmed in March that the new iPad did ”not connect to  Telstra 4G”.

Currently it only works as a 4G device if coupled with a Telstra mobile Wi-Fi  device which costs $60 per month.

Apple is the world’s largest company with a market capitalisation of $US606  billion. Its cash reserves were nearly $US100 billion in late 2011, prompting it  to pay dividends for the first time.

Telstra launched Australia’s first 4G network late last year while Optus has  started deploying a network around Newcastle with plans for a national rollout.  Vodafone Hutchison Australia has been testing 4G capabilities but has not  launched a commercial service yet.

A Telstra spokeswoman said: ”At point of sale and in store, we make it very  clear [the iPad] is not compatible with Australia’s only 4G network.”

The ACCC warned before the iPad’s release that ”traders should be very  careful about promoting the benefits of a good or service without adequately  disclosing limitations”

Source: http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/business/apple-in-strife-for-ipad-4g-claim-20120327-1vwm4.html#ixzz1qLzvCI00

A Frenchman is suing Google for making him the laughing stock of his village  after the firm’s Street View service put on the internet a picture of him  urinating in his garden, his lawyer said.

“He discovered the existence of this photo after noticing that he had become  an object of ridicule in his village,” lawyer Jean-Noel Bouillaud said on  Thursday, asking for the name of the village not be published.

The slightly blurred photo, seen by AFP, shows an individual relieving  himself in a garden in the village in the west-central Maine-et-Loire  department.

His client is suing Google in a court in the city of Angers for infringement  of his privacy and of his right not to have his photo published without his  accord. He also wants the photo to be withdrawn from the site.

Google’s lawyer, Christophe Bigot, said the lawsuit against his company was  “implausible”.

Street View allows users to take a ground level panoramic view of some  locations on Google Maps, based on still photographs taken by specially equipped  vehicles.

France’s data privacy regulator imposed a record fine of 100,000 euros  ($123,301) on Google last March for collecting private information while  compiling photos for the service

Check out our discussion here: Heil Google!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-4KAYULTdM

Source: AFP

You probably thought life in the FNF Studios was all fluffers, press engagements, modelling bearwear, international interviews and coke. The sobering reality is we do multiple takes, have to whore ourselves naked for ratings (at least one of us does) and have only three menus to choose from in the craft van. Check out our irritating and indulgent ‘behind the scenes’ ep. (We’re aware it’s longer than the episode it came from)

So what do you think earned this rating?  Malcolm’s arse? Malcolm’s bottoming demonstration? Or was it using the word “Pesto”? Tell us!

(NSFW) Ever wanted to hear the kind of twaddle gay bears say to each other? Sure you do! (who says this meme is done to death? Certainly not us) Credits to the dude who originally did this and thanks to Bear Tshirts.com for our fancy gear!

What do you hard core apple freaks (yes you Malcolm) think of this? (oh, and please please please click on some ads! —>

http://mobilephoneblog.com.au/apple-founder-steve-wozniak-prefers-android/

1. Make sure your phone is on and your wallet is unlocked.

2. Hold your phone against the terminal with the screen on (Wallet does not need to be open, just unlocked).

3. When prompted for a PIN, just hit OK… and the payment is approved!

Now the challenge is how to top up the pre-paid card!  There are various ways around the net that suggest pre-paid gift cards, but until Google release official support for Wallet in Australia, this is your only option…

Still cool though!