Category: Smartphones

Facebook incurs the users’ revenge

Facebook are incurring the wrath of upset customers after their forced Messenger migration

On the web, no-one likes being forced into downloading a new app. That could be the main lesson from Facebook’s splitting messenger into a new app.

Users aren’t happy and it shows in the product reviews as Mashable reports. Across the world the new Facebook Messenger app is getting the thumbs down in App Store reviews.

Which goes to show how the public now have the power to strike back when they believe a corporation isn’t behaving fairly.

The ball’s now in Facebook’s court to win back trust with an app that delights users. If they don’t, there’s always another disrupter on the horizon.

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Changing technology

The Nightlife technology spot shows how the focus of the computer market has changed.

Last night’s ABC Nightlife program showed how the tech industry has changed in the last five years.

In 2009 the bulk of the conversation would have been about personal computers, laptops and viruses.

Last night, malware is still an important topic but almost all of last night’s listener questions were around smartphones and Tony’s questions were on social media.

That social media and smartphones were the main topics and personal computers — and Windows — were barely mentioned show just how the computer industry has shifted.

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Smartphone safety and online trust – ABC Nightlife technology

The July ABC Nightlife radio segment looks at how elusive the truth can be online along with smartphones and sight impaired tech.

Smartphones for the vision impaired, malware on portable devices and online trust were the topics of the July technology spot on  Tony Delroy’s Nightlife along with why a restaurant claims Google sent it broke and how we can’t always trust what we hear online.

If you missed the show, you can download the program from the website.

For sight impaired smartphone users both Doug and Nick called in to suggest Vision Australia’s services. The organisation has a page dedicated to smartphone and tablet resources.

Nick and Peter asked about malware protection for Android smartphones. Both Intel’s McAfee Mobile Security and Sophos’ Mobile Security for Android are free for home users.

The next spot is scheduled for 4 September, if you have any topics you’d like to discuss contact me or the Nightlife producers.

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