HERE app shows the way to go at Melbourne’s Intelligent Transport Systems...
The 7,000 delegates to the Intelligent Transport Systems World Congress being staged in Melbourne this week will be using an indoor routing and venue mapping app from German company HERE on their...
View ArticleLogicalis appoints Chanter to COO role
Logicalis has appointed former Thomas Duryea senior manager, Michael Chanter, as its Chief Operating Officer for its Australia business. Chanter, previously National General Manager with Thomas Duryea...
View ArticleReplacement Samsung Note7 phones catching fire in the US
The Samsung Note7 Games: Catching Fire is not the name of the latest Hollywood blockbuster but an apparent case of actual reality for replacement Note7's from the crisis-hit Chaebol. It’s not Katniss...
View ArticleDubber secures Simetric agreement on mobile recording solution
ASX-listed cloud call recording platform Dubber has inked an agreement with Simetric Telecom to enable deployment of a mobile call recording solution to both Simetric customers and as part of its...
View ArticleMost phones lack protection: survey
We're attached to our phones, but we don't take the best care of the data they contain. A survey of 1000 Australians for Intel Security suggests many of us are behaving in ways inconsistent with the...
View ArticleFitbit Surge – fitness tracker with GPS (review)
People are embracing fitness trackers. They are good for tracking running, walking, exercise, sleep and more depending on the number of sensors and the supporting app. The Fitbit Surge was introduced...
View ArticleSamsung temporarily halts Note7 production : report
Samsung has temporarily halted production of the Galaxy Note7 smartphone after numerous reports of devices catching fire, the South Korean news agency Yonhap reported today. The agency said it had been...
View ArticleGeospatial use 'exploding' says Pitney Bowes executive
Geospatial technology is increasingly important to the public and private sectors, according to Pitney Bowes. Insurance companies, telcos, retailers and others are "embracing geospatial technology" to...
View ArticleBig Switch – like name, like nature
Big Switch leads the way in software-defined networking (SDN). Before we go too much further, SDN is a disruptor to traditional networking as it has “abstracted” software (it decouples what the...
View ArticleTop Windows blogger at odds with iTWire Windows watcher
One side says there will be no new Surface Pro mobile devices and no new Surface Phone, but the other side says there will be. Paul Thurrott, the well known Windows blogger with deep access inside...
View ArticleXbox One S in Australia: four new bundles, two new colours
Microsoft has announced four new Xbox One S bundles, with ‘Deep Blue’ and ‘Storm Grey’ the new Xbox One S colours to tempt you into upgrading. Proudly boasting of ‘the biggest games line-up in Xbox...
View ArticleVR gambling - ninefold growth by 2021 with wagers reaching almost $520 million
Virtual Reality isn’t just for games in another dimension, but for gambling, too, with growth from ‘just over $58.5 million this year, to just under $520 million by 2021, representing an increase of...
View ArticleUK and Australia Govt’s banning Apple Watch from Cabinet meetings: hacking fears
The Russians are being blamed for ‘hacking everything,’ which is why, in the UK at least, the Apple Watch is being banned from Gov’t cabinet meetings. The Verge is reporting that the Apple Watch is...
View ArticleEstablishing and supporting a digital culture
A lot of the talk around "digital" revolves around external relationships, for example easier or better interaction with customers, partners and suppliers. But what about the things that happen inside...
View ArticleJAMF simplifies Apple management
Mac and iOS device management is made easy by JAMF's Casper Suite. JAMF Software's goal is to provide IT administrators and end-users with an Apple-like experience when managing iPads, iPhones and...
View ArticleFlexera joins Eset Technology Alliance
Licensing, compliance, security and installation software provider Flexera has joined the Eset Technology Alliance. Formed in 2013, the Eset Technology Alliance was created — by security vendor Eset,...
View ArticleReview: Gears Of War 4 – unrelenting action escalation
The Gears are back, well, sort of. What do you do when you wrapped up the story at the end of the third game? Look towards the Son-of-a-Gear to start things afresh. If you play a lot of games, perhaps...
View ArticleMultiple banks attacked by Carbanak-linked group
Symantec has found a previously undocumented Trojan that has been used in a range of attacks in Australian and globally against banks and other financial targets. The attacks are extremely focused on...
View ArticleCustomer’s Note7 catches fire as Spark NZ stops replacements
New Zealand’s largest telco, Spark, has stopped replacements of the Samsung Galaxy Note7 on advice from Samsung and after one of its customers reported their Note7 had overheated and subsequently...
View ArticleSamsung ends production of Galaxy Note7
Samsung has announced it is ending production of the Galaxy Note7 worldwide, deciding to do so after numerous devices exploded. A report in The Verge quoted the company as saying: "Taking our...
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