Telstra boosts mobile capacity for Melbourne CBD
Telstra has moved to boost mobile capacity in the Melbourne CBD with the installation of more than 50 new 4G cells at the city’s busiest locations. The Melbourne small cell deployments are the first...
View ArticleEmail fraud continues to be Achilles' heel for business
A survey of 2250 businesses in five countries, including Australia, claims to have found pervasive evidence of email fraud — defined as business email compromise — that is disruptive and catching...
View ArticleSeagate unveils 14TB helium-based Exos X14 enterprise 3.5-inch HDD
Demonstrating its advanced technologies at the OCP Summit 2018 to support "accelerated hyperscale demand and data growth", Seagate's 14TB drive is its biggest yet. Unveiling its 14TB helium-based Exos...
View ArticleCompetition drives greater value, price drops for mobile users: ACCC
Mobile is king and fixed line is fading fast, with consumers relying more and more on their mobile devices for voice calling, as mobile voice minutes rose by 7 billion in the 12 months to the end of...
View ArticleAudible availability on Sonos rightfully returns
Audiobook service Audible has returned on Sonos, either from the Sonos App or via the Audible App, as the Sonos agnostic approach to bring all audio to listeners advances. Back in late November 2015,...
View ArticleOnline lotto wagers to more than double, reaching $76 billion by 2022
With mobile driving demand for online lotteries, and with new markets and innovation to deliver growth of one can only hope there are a few lotto winners in amongst in all. The latest study from the...
View ArticleCan Facebook face up to its question of trust?
COMMENT: With some beseeching the world to dump their Facebook accounts and stop supporting the company that treats its users like cattle, global analyst firm GlobalData says Facebook is "facing a...
View ArticleAtlanta firm selling device to unlock latest iPhones
A company known as Grayshift based in Atlanta, Georgia, is selling a device called GrayKey which can be used to unlock iPhones — even the latest 8 series and the X model — a security company claims....
View ArticleGame on for young job seekers with Vic Govt initiative
The Victorian Government has launched Tomorrow Me – a new digital game experience designed to help young people transition from education to full time or secure employment. The game, to be used on...
View ArticleIoT security spending heading to US$1.5 billion this year
Worldwide spending on Internet of Things (IOT) security is growing, with forecasts of reaching US$1.5 billion by the end of 2018, a 28% increase from spending of US$1.2 billion in 2017. But despite the...
View ArticleBest Buy to stop selling Huawei phones: report
Chinese telecommunications provider Huawei is facing another setback in the US, with the multinational electronics corporation Best Buy deciding to take its phones off their shelves in the next few...
View ArticleJob ads up as ICT industry gets February boost
The Information & Communication Technology sector has been one of Australia’s strongest performing industry sectors for year on year jobs growth, according to a new report which showed an increase...
View ArticleBoost Mobile signs new five-year deal with Telstra
A renewed retail agreement between Boost Mobile and Telstra "highlights the important role for Boost Mobile in Telstra’s multi-brand strategy" and sees Boost continue using Telstra's superior network....
View ArticleAlcatel gets into the zone by pre-loading Aussie family safety app on its...
All Australian Alcatel smartphones moving forward will be pre-loaded with the Australian made, cloud-based family, Internet and device-access protection software Family Zone. Worried your kids are...
View ArticleBlackBerry to collaborate and develop tech for Jaguar Land Rover's next-gen...
BlackBerry might be remembered for its smartphones, but it owns the QNX car entertainment operating system, and it is now collaborating with Jaguar Land Rover to bring next-gen infotainment to its...
View ArticleITPA has reservations about approach to attracting global talent
The Information Technology Professionals Association (ITPA) has raised strong concerns that current practices to overcome skills shortages in Australia are seemingly facilitating recruitment to lower...
View ArticleJanssen join Genesys to lead Asia Pacific, Japan expansion
Contact centre solutions company Genesys has appointed former Oracle senior executive David Janssen as vice president of professional services for Asia Pacific and Japan. Genesys says Janssen will be...
View ArticleFacebook and Google are drunk on data. They won't give it up
Neither Facebook nor Google will ever stop their trade in personal data. If they did, they would go out of business – this is a home truth that people refuse to accept. This week, Facebook has been...
View ArticleHealthcare industry faces increased email threats: Mimecast
Global email and data security company Mimecast has drawn attention, through a survey, to the extent to which the health and human services industry is being attacked through email threats. The...
View ArticleNBN Co opens lab to train workers for network field tasks
NBN Co, the company rolling out Australia's national broadband network, will provide training and assessments for more than 2000 in-field workers on how to deploy, activate and maintain the network,...
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