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MNF buying conferencing company CCI for $18 million
VoIP and cloud telecommunications services provider, MNF Group, is acquiring independent conferencing and collaboration provider Conference Call International (CCI) for $18 million. MNF, which includes...
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MNF to acquire Conference Call International
Communications provider MNF Group is to acquire Conference Call International (CCI), Australia's largest independent conferencing and collaboration provider. MNF - the parent company of VoIP providers...
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Canon goes for endurance
Canon’s new Endurance range is its first refillable colour inkjet printers aimed at higher volume home and small business users (SOHO). The printer has four ink tanks – cyan, magenta, yellow and black...
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Twitter’s verify account scam steals credentials and credit cards
Twitter is suffering from a phishing campaign that threatens to undermine the credibility of its verified accounts program and steal credentials and money. Twitter’s blue verified badge lets users know...
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LinkedIn’s ten most overused profile buzzwords
Leonardo Da Vinci is an experienced, passionate, detail-oriented, focused, self-starter with excellent, specialist drawing skills. So begin many LinkedIn profiles – or variations thereof – using most...
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In the cloud, you can be anyone you want
Businesses and their mobile workforces — including contractors, suppliers and freelancers — increasingly rely on cloud-based apps and services for productivity. But this rapidly increasing trend is...
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Virtual “Realty” – all over, up, down, and around the house
Commercial uses of virtual reality (VR) are emerging daily as more smartphones become VR capable. But this is a case of Virtual “Realty” as Metricon adapts VR for its 90 different home designs. Leading...
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ANZ Bank appoints first chief data officer
Former Woolworths senior executive Emma Gray has been appointed as the ANZ Bank’s first chief data officer. Gray was previously chief loyalty and data officer at Woolworths and, prior to the...
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Millions of gamers' accounts hacked
The details of 2.5 million gamers, who had accounts on Xbox360ISO.com or PSPISO.com, have been exposed on the Internet, having been hacked in late 2015. Included are email addresses, IP addresses,...
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Audience Republic raises $525k to help fund growth
Audience Republic, an Australian-developed online platform that helps event organisers increase ticket sales, has closed a $525,000 seed investment round and will use the funds to accelerate customer...
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ZeniMax awarded US$500m in Oculus VR lawsuit
A US jury has found the original Oculus founders, Palmer Luckey and Brendan Iribe, used code and IP from ID Software (parent company ZeniMax), makers of Doom and Quake, to build the Rift VR headset and...
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Tizen adds .NET application framework
Tizen developers can now build applications using Microsoft’s .NET and Visual Studio - it should lead to rapid development of more Tizen apps but to ensure this it has also launced a generous incentive...
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Reid joins RIoT
IoT integration specialist RIoT Solutions has appointed Scott Reid as director of smart and connected networks. "Scott's extensive experience and leadership in IoT will bring a whole new dimension to...
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Mass Telstra disruption due to fire at exchange
If you are experiencing problems with your Telstra mobile or fixed services today, chances are it's due to the fire at the Chatswood exchange. Many Australians, including this writer, began noticing...
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Huawei’s Mate 9 – a whole lot of phone (first looks)
Huawei’s new A$999 Mate 9 will go on sale on 7 February – pre-orders are very strong, perhaps sweetened by the inclusion of a Plantronics BackBeat SENSE Bluetooth headphone at A$199. I attended a media...
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Are you often the victim?
Sophos has released an online Phish Threat Tester – security awareness testing and training for end users whose behaviour is responsible for over 90% of successful phishing attacks. There are people...
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Tell Microsoft what you think
Does something in a Microsoft product bother you? Here's how you can tell them, and how you can influence the roadmap. The way to give feedback to Microsoft is not a secret, though it is not well...
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ATO still suffering effects of December hardware crash
The Australian Taxation Office is yet to recover from the effects of a hardware crash in December, with the organisation continuing to face issues with system stability. The malfunctioning of hardware...
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Trump effect: Melbourne developer turns down US opportunity
Melbourne-based developer Russell Coker has turned down a chance to explore employment in New York City, following the events in the US since the inauguration of President Donald Trump. Russell told...
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Tablet (slate) market continues death spiral
Tablet sales continued a downward death spiral in 2016, losing a further 20.1% year over year, marking the second straight year of decline. Ryan Reith, program vice-president, IDC Worldwide Quarterly...
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