Teachers Mutual Bank deploys multiple Qlik solutions
Australian mutual bank, Teachers Mutual Bank, has deployed solutions from global analytics provider Qlik to analyse customer data from several disparate sources to improve its marketing campaigns and...
View ArticleBidEnergy snares first contract with NSW government procurement agency
Energy spend management company, Bid Energy, has signed its first government contract with NSW government organisation, NSW Procurement, to provide invoice review and reporting services for up to...
View ArticleJewish museum says Google making money off Holocaust denial
A Jewish museum in Atlanta, Georgia, which has been paying to have its site that tells the truth about the Holocaust appear at the top of a Google search for the phrase "did the Holocaust happen", has...
View ArticleUS begins asking visitors for social media details
The US government has started asking visitors from countries that have a visa waiver arrangement with it to provide details of their social media accounts when applying for the waiver. A report on the...
View ArticleRed Hat fails to meet 3Q expectations, shares fall
The open source company Red Hat has reported earnings of US$615 million for the third quarter of its fiscal year 2017, an increase of 18% year-on-year. However, given that analysts' expectations were...
View ArticleTPG entices with big discounts on latest mobile offers
Broadband provider TPG has introduced a new $1 pay as plan and an additional 100 international minutes to its unlimited AU Calls & SMS mobile plans in its latest market offerings. The ISP is also...
View ArticleNokia, Vodafone, Telit collaborate on Narrowband-IoT trial
Nokia, Vodafone and Telit, are collaborating to expand the Internet of Things ecosystem using Narrowband-IoT (NB-IoT) technology. The collaboration sees Nokia deploying a fully integrated NB-IoT system...
View ArticleTelstra: holiday social media flair ensures ‘here, there and every share’
Telstra has released research on social media sharing this holiday season, with "the relentless rise of FOMO" being "a major factor influencing Australians’ national holiday choices". Australia’s...
View ArticleTelstra: NYE 2016 data usage predicted to be 40% more than last year
Back during NYE 2015, Telstra made some massive predictions, but here on NYE 2016, such predictions are unsurprisingly being surpassed yet again - but not for text messages. If you want to check out...
View ArticleiTWire wishes you a Happy New Year!
With 2016 now well and truly behind us, here’s to a fantastic 2017 with plenty of awe-inspiring technology to come! It’s 2017 at long last. Donald Trump takes office on 20 January, but it’s also the...
View ArticleGalaxy Note7 probe result this month: report
Samsung Electronics will this month release the results of a probe into the Galaxy Note7 devices that spontaneously combusted after release last year, according to a report in the JoongAnd Ilbo...
View ArticleLinksys modular mesh home Wi-Fi router
Linksys has used the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) to launch its new Velop modular mesh enabled home Wi-Fi system that “chains” nodes together for maximum coverage and speed. The Linksys Velop System...
View ArticleSamsung’s Galaxy A, 2017 – premium phones at a mid-market price
Samsung has used the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas to release its new Galaxy A series of smartphones offering almost all the flagship GS7 features for a lower cost. It is well known that...
View ArticleEmerging tech for 2017 – 4K, drones, smart homes and wearables
The Consumer Technology Association (CTA) says increasing consumer enthusiasm for the Internet of Things (IoT) and adoption of emerging technology will drive the U.S. consumer technology industry to...
View ArticleCanon announces PowerShot G9 X Mark II pocket powerhouse camera
Canon today announced its new PowerShot G9 X Mark II super-slim and super-fast pocket camera, available in February. The Canon PowerShot G9 X Mark II is being labelled a pocket powerhouse, offering...
View ArticleAcer Predator 21 X Gaming Laptop - yes, a 21" laptop
Acer has announced its curved-screen Predator 21 X gaming laptop is available. Is this the most powerful laptop on the face of the planet? I once owned an ASUS G73 gaming laptop - this was a 17"...
View ArticleHP – thinner, lighter, faster, longer lasting, better – its vision of 2017...
HP used the 2017 Consumer Electronics Show to show off its new Elitebook x360 convertible with a 16.5-hour battery life, a 34” All-in-one Envy computer, a ground-up redesign of its Sprout 3D computer,...
View ArticleApple yanks New York Times apps from China store
Acting on orders from China, Apple has pulled the New York Times' new apps from its app store in the country. The New York Times reported that the apps had been removed on 23 December, soon after one...
View ArticleAcer – bigger, brasher, higher performance – its vision for 2017
Acer used the 2017 Consumer Electronics Show to release a 21” gaming notebook, a new 11” Chromebook, two performance notebooks, one expandable desktop, and three monitors including a very interesting...
View ArticleStupid elementary IT mistakes of 2016
If 2016 showed us one thing, it's that people can and will make stupid elementary IT mistakes. Here are just four, and how they could have been avoided. Blood Donor database leakAs a blood donor to...
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