ACS call on govt over push to make Australia an ‘innovation nation’
The Australian Computer Society has joined other industry bodies in welcoming the Australia 2030 report on innovation from Innovation and Science Australia and called on government and Industry to...
View ArticleBigCommerce partners with Akamai to deliver Image Manager to retailers
Ecommerce platform BigCommerce has selected cloud delivery provider Akamai to deliver its Image Manager solution to its 55,000-plus BigCommerce stores around the world. As part of the agreement,...
View ArticleSutter Hill takes $40m red pill and enters the MATRIXX
In the world of comprehensive telco digital commerce platforms, Matrixx Software is the one, transforming the nature of reality for telcos with a complete, cloud-based digital business support system,...
View ArticleVivaldi introduces vertical reading mode in new release
Norwegian browser company Vivaldi Technologies has released version 1.14 of its browser that is aimed at power users, and has introduced a vertical reading mode in this version. The new version also...
View ArticleLibreOffice offers encryption support in anniversary release
The open-source office suite LibreOffice has added experimental support for OpenPGP-based encryption in version 6.0, a release meant to mark the seventh anniversary of availability of the suite....
View ArticleNew beta of openSUSE Leap open to testers
Community Linux distribution openSUSE Leap has reached the beta phase for builds of its development version 15 and testers have been invited to try it out. Backed by the Germany-based SUSE Linux...
View ArticleAlexa vocally skills up in Australia: Skills Kit and Voice Service now available
With Alexa's Skills Kit and Voice Service now available in Australia, it should come as no surprise to see developers already using the Alexa Skills Kit (ASK) to build new skills and capabilities for...
View ArticleAmaysim adds wearables and more to its tech store
Following Amaysim's successful launch of its tech store last year, it is "now welcoming the latest wearables and accessories from the world's leading brands at highly competitive prices." From today,...
View ArticleMNF Group’s CCI wins NZ govt agencies conferencing services deal
Conference Call International (CCI), a subsidiary of VoIP and cloud telecommunications services provider, MNF Group, has been selected as a provider of audio, web and operator-assisted conferencing...
View ArticleLAUNCH VIDEOS: Oppo's R11s and R11s Plus, its best ever iPhone clones, are...
With an interface shamelessly "inspired" by iOS, Oppo's new smartphones give very familiar yet Android powered smartphone experiences, with mostly ultra-premium features but at much lower than other...
View ArticleOptus commits to early 2019 5G fixed wireless rollout
With 3GPP phase one 5G standardisation achieved, Optus has said it would "commence the roll out of 5G technology in Australia by early 2019 with a fixed wireless product in key metro areas". Optus said...
View ArticleAmazon Music Unlimited starts streaming in Australia and New Zealand
Available to stream on iOS, Android, Mac and PC via the Amazon Music app or on any Web browser, and shortly on the Echo, Echo Dot and Echo Plus, Amazon Music Unlimited has arrived with a new Australian...
View ArticleEricsson sees another quarter of losses as 10,000 staff cut
Swedish multinational telecommunications giant Ericsson has recorded losses for a fifth quarter running, with a decrease of 12% in sales for the fourth quarter of the last year. The company cut 10,000...
View ArticleURSYS to use Optus satellite by end of year
Optus Satellite and URSYS Services have agreed to migrate the URSYS iDirect VSAT Services to the D2 satellite owned by the former by the end of the year, in the wake of a market review. URSYS offers...
View ArticleLogitech skills up harmoniously with Alexa in A/NZ
Promising easy voice control of your home entertainment via Logitech Harmony and Amazon Alexa, the skill is now available to us in Australia and New Zealand. Logitech's popular Amazon Alexa Skill for...
View ArticleRouting, cloud businesses ensure mixed quarter for Jupiter
American multinational networking company Juniper Networks has announced a year-on-year 11% fall in its fourth quarter revenue, down to US$1.24 billion which was, however, about US$10 million above the...
View ArticleZoom makes room for accurate machine learning transcription and more
Modern enterprise video communications provider, Zoom, has announced a variety of new features and enhancements, from machine learning-based recording transcripts to allowing 49 video feeds your screen...
View ArticleNetflix dominates Australian streaming, while ABC and SBS score highly, too
With the "Streaming Wars" in full swing, the growth of streaming services in Australia keeps growing with some must-see streaming TV stats from Switch Media. According to new research into Australia's...
View ArticleiPhone sales down, but revenue up in latest quarter
Apple sold less iPhones in the latest quarter but earned a lot more than a year ago, given the price of its iPhone X began at US$1000, according to the company's results for the first fiscal quarter of...
View ArticleUS panel says DHS must tell all about Kaspersky ban
A US Congress committee has said it will issue a subpoena to the Department of Homeland Security if the latter does not provide its reasons for imposing a ban on software products from Kaspersky Lab....
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