Hi John, Global broadband speeds have dropped significantly during COVID 19 lockdown periods, according to a new report which reveals that Australia bucked the global trend with a small rise in measured speed of +5.38% during its lockdown period.
Despite sales of its Pixel smartphone range that have been quite depressing, search behemoth Google is releasing another device in its Pixel range, with the Pixel 4a to be made available for purchase in the US this month at a recommended price starting at US$349 (A$489). Adobe and Google announced a collaboration making it easier to create PDFs through ‘.new’ shortcuts to Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Spark. Just type PDF.new into your browser and away you go they say. The security firm Emsisoft claims that cyber attackers earned more than £200 million in ransoms from British companies in 2019, with the criminals who demanded, and received the money, being in many cases from Russia and Eastern Europe. The ABC's Four Corners program on Monday night was titled The Truth about 5G. It would have been better if it had been titled FUD about Huawei. Former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull is wrong to claim that he was the first person to raise the subject of banning Chinese telecommunications equipment vendor Huawei technologies from bidding to be a supplier for Australia's 5G networks, the company's Australian arm claims. The Australian Government has called for applications under the Alternative Voice Services Trials program aimed at testing new ways of delivering voice services in rural and remote Australia. And of course, there's plenty more so for all the news visit www.itwire.com. Have a great day! Stan Beer, Editor, iTWire PROMOTE YOUR WEBINAR on iTWire.com Contact: andrew.matler@itwire.com 0412 390 000
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