 | | |  | The sails of one of the Sydney Opera House were lit up with images shot by ordinary Australians for the glitzy "blue carpet" launch of Samsung's new smartphone, writes Ben Grubb. | | Top stories BEN GRUBB 12:22am | Google Now, the intelligent personal assistant on the latest Android phones and tablets, has arrived for Apple's iPhone and iPad. | Daily deals site says it has been hit by a cyber attack that may have affected more than 50 million customers. | Andrea Petrie | Vodafone is tightening its credit policy as it shifts away from servicing thousands of customers who live in regions with poor reception. | Farhad Manjoo | Is Apple's next big thing already out there? | BEN GRUBB 12:06pm | Developers accuse NSW government of creating "anti-competitive" environment among transport app creators. | Farhad Manjoo 1:35pm | Against all wisdom, I invested $1000 in bitcoin, the crazy cryptocurrency whose value had been skyrocketing since the start of the year. | BEN GRUBB | Could Google searches reveal 'early warning' signs of sharemarket moves? Some think so. | Claims that the iconic company has stopped innovating are bogus. | BEN GRUBB | NSW Police incurred a $1.8 million legal bill defending itself against a multinational software company that sued for wide-scale copyright piracy. | Adam Turner | Average speeds plunged 23 per cent last year, but can you trust Akamai's figures? | Peter Munro | Privacy is hard to hold on to in the digital age. | Calum Wilson Austin | Leaving a disappointing plot and location-weak scenario aside, this fighting game is good fun. | Matthew Jones | There's something leaky in Sydney's train tunnels - and it's the reason mobile phone coverage on the city's rail network is set to improve. | Adam Turner | A social media giant has reinvented the smartphone interface. | An explosion in the amount of personal data being collected online poses a growing threat to privacy, a marketing expert says. | A motion-sensor related video games are helping fight chronic pain. | Adam Turner | If you're underwhelmed by your TV's speakers, a soundbar can add punch to your loungeroom audio. | Jenneth Orantia reviews the best apps for managing your digital wallet. | 12:01am | New brain-reading technologies will revolutionise how we use smartphones and tablets. | Hey, Professor Touchscreen, keep your fingers off our Qwerty keyboards. | A coffee date with Apple CEO Tim Cook heats up as bidding tops $200,000. | All those gadgets thought to make life easy could really be causing us harm. | A range of solar technology companies are offering power on the go for mobile phone users. | Twitter is working on two-step verification that would make it more difficult to hack accounts, according to a report. | A single fake tweet from the AP Twitter account vividly reaffirmed the fearsome, near-instantaneous power of the 140-character message. | Using voice to send text messages while driving is just as dangerous as texting with fingers, a study shows. | BLEEDING EDGE | As with kiwi fruit and apples, New Zealand often gets the fine details right with mobile phone and data packages. | Terry Lane | This beautiful camera will gladden the heart of photographers who long for a classic design and feel. | Cynthia Karena | Cynthia Karena reviews In Dad's Care, On air and Bento apps. | IMAGING | The latest Retina MacBook Pro has minuses but plenty of ticks. | Adam Turner | More than a tablet but less than a PC, the Google Chromebook joins the growing line-up of post-PC devices. | SIGHT AND SOUND | Reviews for three portable DVD players to help keep children quiet on a long car journey. | Adam Turner | Exclusive content deals are Samsung's latest weapon in the gadget wars. | Adam Turner | Quickflix abandons disc-only plans as the streaming war hots up. | James Dominguez | Many of the most popular games played today depict white heroes killing hordes of dark-skinned enemies. Should we be worried? | Jason Hill | Injustice: Gods Among Us pits DC Comics superheroes like Batman, Superman and Green Lantern against each other in an alternate reality. | James Dominguez 9:22am | What do you get when you team up a web cartoonist famous for his nerdy humour, an indie game studio, and a former child actor? | James Dominguez | Among its many problems, Assassin's Creed III was hampered by being set in a well-researched historical period, but its sequel will have far more freedom. | James Dominguez | It's Friday again, and in lieu of a jigsaw we once again have a conversation starter. This week, which games have made you switch off your console in a rage? | | | Advertisement  Advertisement  Compare & Save | Find the best mobile phone plan | | |  | | | | | Security Reminder: Fairfax Media digital never requests personal or credit card information via email. Be wary of suspicious emails claiming to offer Fairfax Media digital services. 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