Articles By Anula Wiwatowska
Anula Wiwatowska
Offsite Editorial Lead | Instagram
Anula is the Off-Site Editorial Lead for WhistleOut Australia, and an award winning tech journalist. She has been writing about the Australian telco industry, and consumer technology for over five years, and has been known to tell her Uber driver which phone they should upgrade to next.
After many years writing long form articles, Anula now heads up publication and distribution of WhistleOut’s editorial content on social platforms with a focus on video. She still pops up on site writing consumer tech reviews, gushing about robot vacuums, and penning opinion pieces that intersect the human experience with technology. Her work contributed to WhistleOut Australia winning the Best Consumer Technology Coverage award at the 2023 IT Journalism Awards, and she won the Consensus Award for Best Feature Writer in 2024.
She plans on taking out the Best Short Form Content award at the IT Journalism Awards in the future. It is on her vision board.
Away from the laptop you’ll find Anula hunched over a sewing machine instead, or out in the garden chasing butterflies away from her plants.
Expertise
- Mobile plans
- Internet plans
- Robot vacuum cleaners
- Portable air conditioners
- Beauty technology
- NBN
- Telco
Awards
- Best Feature Writer (2024 Consensus IT Writers Awards)
- Best Consumer Technology Coverage (2023 IT Journalism Awards)
- Finalist - Most Controversial Writer (2024 Consensus IT Writers Awards)
- Finalist - Best News Writer (2024 Consensus IT Writers Awards)
- Finalist - Best Feature Writer (2023 Consensus IT Writers Awards)
Education
- Bachelor of Communications - Western Sydney University (2010 - 2016)
Featured Publications
Huawei FreeBuds Lipstick are the latest gendered tech no one asked for
Huawei today announced the FreeBuds Lipstick, a set of red earbuds that come in a lipstick style case and are clearly angling for the female market.
How to stop your mum getting scammed online (or anyone else)
If you’re like me and you’ve taken on the role of technological caretaker for your parents, grandparents, or inept cousin, here are some simple ways to keep them safe.
Optus and Officeworks will put up to $500 towards your new phone (if you're willing to commit)
If you’re up for it, Officeworks will give you a hefty discount on a new handset if you commit to an Optus plan for a year or two.
TCL Tab 10s review: Not quite ready for its pen license
On paper, the TCL Tab 10s is great value, but the included stylus does nothing to improve the device. If anything, it highlights the pitfalls in TCL’s first tablet.
Our favourite Canadian-themed, Brisbane-based telco has new plans (and they’re pretty good eh)
Moose Mobile’s friendly, smiling moose mascot can’t help but remind you of the similarly friendly land of Canada, but this genial demeanor doesn’t stop with the mascot.
Belong Mobile Review: Telstra (very) lite
How do Belong mobile plans stack up?
Telstra has already discounted the Galaxy S21 FE (but only until midnight)
Samsung released the Galaxy S21 FE last week, and Telstra has already taken $100 off the price.
Why I use the Z Flip 3, even though I tell everyone else not to buy it
Right now I am using the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3 as my daily driver, and I am enormously enamoured with it. But when people ask me if they should buy it, I always find myself saying no.
Optus waives modem fees for customers switching to 5G home broadband, but there's a pricey catch
Optus internet customers can swap over to the provider’s 5G home broadband and get out of paying outstanding modem fees on the old plan, but there is no swap back guarantee if it doesn’t work out.
Telstra wants to shout you a year of Disney+ (unless you're already a customer)
Telstra will shout you a year's worth of Disney+ if you sign up to one of its eligible plans by March 28th.
