It is up, up and and away but no longer disconnected to the world as Virgin Australia's international inflight Wi-Fi service is out of testing and is now officially live.

A new feature in iOS 11.4.1 beta will disable the Lightning port after an hour of the device in question being unlocked, as claimed by a researcher last month, with the only difference being how long it would take for this to happen. Version 11.4 was announced at Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference in California on Monday.

The chief of NBN Co, the company rolling out Australia's national broadband network, has blamed gamers for congestion at peak times on the fixed wireless network and hinted that they may be subject to slower speeds to fix the problem.

Australian mobile rewards platform Unlockd has obtained an interim injunction from the Federal Court of Australia to prevent Google from carrying out its threat to withdraw access to the Google Play Store and stop the flow of Google AdMob-generated ad content in Australia.

Optus has launched its latest prepaid offerings, marketing them under the so-called “Epic” banner and with one plan tempting customers with 5GB plus entertainment inclusions on every $30 recharge.

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