Apple’s halcyon days over in China?
Apple’s market share is in the toilet as it barely scraped in as number five losing 31.7% YoY growth in the Chinese market in Q2, 2016. But almost every other major manufacturer had Apple for lunch and...
View ArticleSubmitters call for national leadership on Automated Vehicles
It has been observed that an average car spends only around 5% of its life actually being driven. For most of rest of the time it sits unused parked in a driveway, on the roadside or in a parking...
View ArticleSamsung says that “eyes are the window to” its devices
Samsung’s new Note7 is the company’s first public offering of iris scanning technology. It feels that security needs to progress past passwords, pins, and even fingerprints. Its president of mobile...
View Article5 million iOS apps by 2020
A new report says that Apple’s iOS app store could have over 5 million apps by 2020 – a 73% increase over today. Sensor Tower is not prone to exaggeration but even it says that will create monumental...
View ArticleMultiple fake apps found in Apple App Store
By the time you read this Apple will have removed at least ten fake bitcoin wallets from its App Store. But that is the tip of the iceberg as a tsunami of fake apps expose huge flaws in its review...
View ArticleNetflix scam alert – your account is not on hold
A fake email is being circulated with the common subject line of “Netflix Membership On Hold". The link in the email takes you to a fake sign-in page almost identical to the real Netflix page....
View ArticleOptus connects on $20 million WiFi shopping centre rollout
Optus has secured a multi-million dollar deal to rollout high speed WiFi services across 81 shopping centres run by the Vicinity property group across Australia. The 5-year deal also sees Optus...
View ArticleIntel will be able to deliver end-to-end 5G wireless technologies
Intel is “early” to 5G, but says it is much more than just smartphones. It is about bringing computer and communications together — autonomous cars, connected homes, drones, industrial automation, IoT...
View ArticleSAS Academy for Data Science now in Australia and New Zealand
Anaytics company SAS has expanded its industry-recognised certified training programme to address Australia and New Zealand’s critical dearth of skilled data scientists. The SAS Academy for Data...
View ArticleProfits, revenue down as Spark battles Vodafone in NZ mobile market
New Zealand telco Spark has suffered a slight drop in net profits and revenue as it looks to maintain its market dominance despite significant concerns about key rival Vodafone eating away at its...
View ArticleCunico to depart Dimension Data, Nola to return
Dimension Data’s Australian chief, Rodd Cunico, is leaving the company next month. Cunico, who has been Australian chief executive of the global ICT solutions company for the last five years, joined...
View ArticleWhy Google is building a new operating system
Google is building a new operating system because it wants to move away from Android, a system that, while enabling it to gain market leadership, has given it a fair share of legal and other headaches...
View ArticleAustralia’s Children’s Cancer Institute enhances delivery of research with...
MELBOURNE, Australia, 18 August, 2016 – Children’s Cancer Institute has deployed Yellowfin’s Business Intelligence (BI) and analytics software across its disparate data sources to enhance the delivery...
View ArticleLinksys AC5400, MU-MIMO router and friends (review)
When you have the fastest router on the planet, it nicely shows up the inadequacy of your internet connection. The kicker is that your internet speed can range from few to a few hundred Mbps depending...
View ArticleMoto G3 in Australia
Moto’s well priced, well specified, IPX7 water resistant, smartphone is now in Australia. With IPX7-rating the Moto G3 will withstand accidental drops into water, and the Corning Gorilla Glass 3 is...
View ArticleStrong winds buffeting the Government’s renewable energy policy
The Australian Government has been criticised and warned that cutting innovation funding for renewable energy is economic and environmental “madness”. The Australian Wind Alliance - a community-based...
View ArticleEmerging technologies will help in gaining 'competitive advantage’: Gartner
Organisations must keep a wary eye on emerging technologies and trends that will have the single greatest impact on strategic planning and potentially help those organisations gain a "high degree’ of...
View ArticleHP says gaming is a good omen
HP has aggressively re-entered the gaming segment, with its new OMEN range including an X desktop, a bare chassis for enthusiasts, 15 and 17” laptops, and a range of co-branded accessories made by...
View ArticleAtlassian adds group video calling to HipChat – no slackness here!
Australian software and collaborative tools company Atlassian has added group video conferencing to its HipChat collaborative software platform. It is much more than a shot over the bow of Slack,...
View ArticleOpen-source PowerShell released for Linux, OS X
Microsoft has announced that Windows PowerShell will be released as an open source program and has built an binary alpha version that will run on some Linux distributions and OS X. PowerShell is a...
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