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Alibaba-Austrade deal to boost China exposure for Aussie products
Alibaba is collaborating with the Australian Trade and Investment Commission (Austrade) in a deal aimed at strengthening trade opportunities by expanding the variety of Australian products sold to some...
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Easton takes Accenture top job for Australia, NZ
Global professional services firm Accenture has appointed 18-year company veteran Robert (Bob) Easton as head of its Australia and New Zealand business. Easton most recently served as Accenture's sales...
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Bluetooth device for contextual push notifications
A team of five engineers from Berkeley, California, has founded a start-up called Iota Labs to manufacture a device called Dot that will use location tracking to make notifications from a smartphone...
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Force is with Foxtel: Star Wars ‘pop-up’ channel
Foxtel is forcefully making a point of popping up its Star Wars channel from 30 September to 3 October with all seven Star Wars movies thus far. Billed as an "Australian television first from a galaxy...
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CTIA Super Mobility 2016 starts today, same day as iPhone 7 launch
On the same day that Apple launches two new iPhones, the wireless industry is beginning a major US conference in Las Vegas which runs for the next three days. Billed as "everything wireless, all in one...
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Where’s the cheapest place to buy an iPhone or iPad?
To find out the answer, you need to take a look at CommSec’s newly released iPad and iPhone index, which shows Australia has slid down the list. Got a few mins to check out CommSec’s latest...
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LG positions new V20 as its flagship smartphone
LG’s new V20 flagship smartphone is unique — two cameras, two screens, the first with Android Nougat 7.0, audiophile sound, and a removable battery — yes, removable like its sibling the G5. Regarding...
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Apple launches iPhone 7, 7 Plus, Apple Watch 2, Nintendo’s Super Mario and...
The long awaited new iPhone has finally launched with some surprises: a new Mario Bros game, new wireless audio standard, with twin lenses on the 7 Plus and no headphone port as widely predicted, plus...
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Apple iPhone 7 & iPhone 7 Plus tout 10 non-telephony features
iPhone 7 and big brother iPhone 7 Plus, Apple’s new great white hope to reinvigorate its flagging smartphone sales, have arrived on stage, with the world’s richest technology company touting 10 new...
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Micro Focus to buy HPE arm for US$8.8b
British computer company Micro Focus has acquired the software arm of Hewlett Packard Enterprise in a deal estimated to be worth US$8.8 billion. This is the third acquisition by Micro Focus since late...
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Medical firm sues hackers, investors over stock short
Medical equipment maker St Jude Medical has filed a case against security research firm MedSec and investment firm Muddy Waters Capital after the pair combined to short St Jude stock by claiming that...
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Intel spins out security business - McAfee's back!
Intel is spinning out the security business it acquired from McAfee five years ago. The new company will be called McAfee. Intel completed its acquisition of security vendor McAfee in 2011 and then...
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Refugees sheltered Snowden in Hong Kong
Sri Lankan and Filipino refugees sheltered NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden from the time he left a hotel in Hong Kong until he was able to leave the territory, according to a German newspaper. Snowden...
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Linux scholarship winner aims to preserve ancient languages
One of the winners of a scholarship from the Linux Foundation is involved in a project to preserve endangered South American languages, according to the Foundation. Luis Camacho Caballero is aiming to...
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BMC Engage – 101
BMC is a name well known by large enterprises and governments that use “mainframes”, but in reality it is a company that is attempting to transform itself into a global leader in innovative software...
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BMC Engage – New Control-M automation to accelerate digital business
Control-M helps DevOps gain efficiency and agility as they support rapid digital transformation. BMC has announced automation innovations to help customers improve DevOps agility and fast-track digital...
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Microsoft bug bounties for .NET Core and ASP.NET
Microsoft has announced that it is extending its bug bounty programme to both the Windows and Linux versions of .NET Core and ASP.NET Core. The bounty payouts will range from US$500 to US$15,000,...
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BMC Engage - Wegmans 2016 BMC Engage Innovator of the Year Award for Digital...
BMC has announced that Wegmans Food Markets has been named as the 2016 BMC Engage Innovator of the Year Award recipient for its digital transformation execution. Wegmans, a privately-held regional...
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Google gets EU extension to respond to Android charges
Google has been granted a fortnight's extension to respond to charges by the European Union that its conduct relating to Android smartphones and tablets has breached anti-trust rules. The search...
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Census 2016: ABS denies report count is in 'crisis'
The Australian Bureau of Statistics has denied a report that there is a crisis in the rate of return of census forms, saying that ABS executives have not referred to the form return response rate as...
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