Fight! Or mate! 🕷️

#SpidersAtTheServo #spiders #spider

📷: Shell Reddy Express, Maryborough, Victoria, Australia.

Hey @wired.com. WIRED digital subscribers are supposed to get access to the Subscriber Exclusive newsletters (which I want to subscribe to) but whenever I click to go to subscribe to one it goes to my newsletters page upon which none of the Subscriber Exclusive newsletters are there.

After the March 2025 Google Pixel/Android security update it seems Wi-Fi calling & SMS are borked. Wi-Fi calling and texting used to work on my Pixel 9 Pro XL pre-update. Using Starlink Wi+Fi with no cellular reception. Don't know if the update, Starlink or Aussie Broadband Mobile. I'm in Australia.

Ah this is a little annoying @googlesearch.bsky.social Play Store.

I was correct. The Verge has migrated to @wordpress.com.

I love that @cnn.com can afford to turn away subscribers to their news subscription. I wasn't going to subscribe anyway. Just wanted to check pricing. I'm from Australia & subscribe to many International publications. CNN+ was also US only region locked. #CNN #fail #news 📰💵🇦🇺🇺🇸🔒. Tip @mediagazer.com.

Ironically a paywalled article.

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Who's lying here? The Herald Sun & The Age both claim to be the most read newspaper in Victoria. I swear this happens every time the circulation figures are released. The Age claims 4.8 million digital & print reach. The Herald Sun claims 4.002 million. The Age wins? #ausmedia 📰

Facebook has a spam/scam problem. I'll get a friend request from a fake account and report it and hours later get a Support Message back that Facebook didn't remove the profile. It's clear Facebook doesn't have human moderators at scale anymore and they're using AI. #scam #spam

Foxtel has just dropped new pricing.

-$70 for new Foxtel Plus package. It includes the 2019 era Favourites channels, HD & Multiscreen. $85 with Netflix.

-$30 for Sports & $25 for Movies now.

Foxtel offering base + Sports for $69/month to new subs.

Binge, Kayo & Flash look good.

#austv #ausmedia

The Australian needs to step up its game on iPadOS. Unlike The Age, The Herald Sun & The Australian Financial Review The Australian's website is mobile site enabled in Safari on iPadOS instead of tablet/iPadOS optimised. It makes me not want to use The Australian's website on my iPad. #ausmedia

My TV tracking 📺:

-Trakt - www.trakt.tv - movies too. iOS/iPadOS/Android apps.

-Followmytv! - www.followmy.tv - incomplete database.

-TV Time - www.tvtime.com - iOS/iPadOS/Android apps. Comments. Binge reports.

-Marathon - www.marathontv.app - Just updated to V3. Web app. Wishlist: iPadOS app.

Hypocritical Herald Sun & Daily Telegraph.

The ABC can't have TikTok but News Corp Australia can.

"in tailoring material for TikTok with an eye to maximising reach, the ABC is effectively handing editorial control to an arm of the Chinese government."

Pot. Kettle. Black!

Onya TikTok! Instagram could learn a thing or two from you. When will Instagram bring out an iPadOS native app? TikTok has had an iPadOS native app ever since I've been using it. And where in the world is a Threads iPadOS native app? I don't even use Instagram and Threads that much. But ugh! 📱🖼👎

There's a bug in the YouTube app for iPadOS that cuts off video titles, creator & view counts in the History section. Quite annoying. Like counts are the same for every video. Latest software versions. CC: @9to5google.com, @9to5mac.bsky.social, @macrumors.bsky.social & @markgurman.bsky.social. 📺🐛👎