Samsung broke engineering rules with Note7: report
Engineers from the manufacturing technology company Instrumental have reported that the Samsung Galaxy Note7 exploded because the battery was packed too tightly inside the body of the device. In a post...
View ArticleCHOICE files super complaint with ACCC against airlines
Consumer advocacy group CHOICE wants the way airlines deal with passengers to be overhauled after a six-month investigation revealed what it says are systemic breaches of Australian Consumer Law. These...
View Article2017: SD-WAN advances towards mainstream
David Hughes, Founder and CEO of Silver Peak, takes a look at what next year holds for networking technology. Hughes has been awarded more than 40 patents in areas including data acceleration, packet...
View ArticleIf storage were invented today, here’s what it would look like
Let us picture the ideal storage platform if the technology were invented today, without limitations, pre-conceived ideas or restrictions. Absolute reliability: Data represents every company’s crown...
View ArticleBallistix improves CPU and GPU performance with top gaming memory
Proves fast, easy, and affordable way to up your game SYDNEY, 24 November 2016 – For more than a decade, Ballistix has injected speed and style into PC gaming in a way that can't be imitated. As the...
View ArticleBankwest introduces Android Pay
Bankwest has introduced Android Pay for its customers, the bank announced on Tuesday. Products and Marketing executive general manager Jason Chan said the launch was an important step on Bankwest’s...
View ArticleNSW transport authority seeks on-demand services
The state transport authority in New South Wales is accepting expressions of interest for developing pilots to test public transport services that operate in response to public demand. An announcement...
View ArticleICM and Vedaleon merge to strengthen aviation services business
Australian-based self-service bag drop solutions vendor ICM Airport Technics has merged with Vedaleon Technologies, an aviation software solutions provider. The merger will see both companies retain...
View ArticleCorporate VC funding growing, says Telstra report
Investment by the venture capital arms of big corporations is growing and should reach a little more than a third of all total global venture capital by 2025, a report disseminated by Telstra Ventures...
View ArticleVerizon selected for Government’s inaugural telecoms services panel
US telco and global communications giant Verizon has been included on a new federal government telecommunications services panel with six other services providers. Verizon Enterprise Solutions...
View ArticlePearcey Awards recognise Australian Innovation
The Peacey National Awards recognise outstanding achievement in Australian ICT. The Pearcey Medal was awarded to Stephen Baxter, the Pearcey Hall of Fame inducted Stephen Baxter, Jim Ellis OAM, and...
View ArticleNicolas Aidoud – a very French CEO for a very French company
While most of us would like a “month en Provence”, Nicolas Aidoud has packed up his wife and two boys to spend a life in “Shidonni” (Sydney) as the relatively new CEO of Capgemini Australia and New...
View ArticleFinite contributes to indigenous professional development programme
The Finite Group of companies has completed its participation in a new indigenous training initiative which delivered a one week professional development program in project management for indigenous...
View ArticleGovernment to trial new tool to speed up Netflix content classification
The Federal Government is piloting a new classification tool designed to streamline the process of classifying Netflix content and to make it easier for programmes to become available to Australian...
View ArticleBroadspectrum to build radio network systems for New Zealand utility Powerco
Infrastructure development services company Broadspectrum New Zealand, formerly Transfield, has been selected by electricity utility and gas distribution company Powerco to design and build a private,...
View ArticleUSO Customer Service Guarantees ‘outdated’ says ACCAN
The peak industry body looking after the interests of telecoms consumers, the Australian Communications Consumer Action Network (ACCAN), has welcomed the Productivity Commission’s report on the...
View ArticleNokia, Vodafone on track for Melbourne train system telecommunications upgrade
The Victorian Government is considering a market-led proposal to upgrade telecommunications on Melbourne’s train system to improve services and provide better information for passengers. The proposal...
View ArticleNetflix devotees now ‘binge watching’
Binge-watching of television has now pervaded the worldwide community of Netflix viewers who the video-on-demand service says are weaving film into their television binge routines. According to...
View ArticleBase2services expanding into US market in 2017
Australian IT and cloud services company base2Services is opening a new office in the US which it says will help capitalise on the growing number of clients it is attracting from North America. The...
View ArticleSpotify takes control of Sonos
The latest software update for Sonos wireless speakers includes Spotify Connect integration so the Spotify app has full control over the speakers. Sonos products include the Play:1, Play:3 and Play:5,...
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