As has become commonplace in Australian federal politics of late, the fate of the NBN, superannuation changes, company tax cuts, the fate of the coalition Government and even that of the Prime Minster Malcolm Turnbull is still unknown after the latest federal election.

China is taking the mobile world by storm. Huawei, OPPO, VIVO, Lenovo, and Xiaomi are the top five Chinese smartphone brands by volume of units – some are growing at unprecedented rates at the expense of traditional brands like Apple and Samsung.

According to recruitment site Monster at least 30% of people significantly lie on their CV creating a nightmare for recruiters to verify details. A new Internet based reference checking system can find the little white lies to absolute porkies on a candidate’s resume.

A new Australian survey shows that corporate users are avoiding VPNs despite being requested to use them for secure access to corporate networks and data.

A top Russian Q&A and social networking site has been compromised and is redirecting visitors to an exploit kit which then drops malware onto Windows machines that can be infected.

The extent to which Australian mobile users are being shortchanged becomes apparent when you look at what’s on offer abroad. For AUD$17.69, UK pre-paid telco FreedomPop is offering an amazing plan that includes unlimited talk and 10GB of data.

There are plenty more fresh stories below, and we also have all the important breaking news for the past 24 hours.

So for all the news please visit www.itwire.com

Have a great day!

Stan Beer, Editor in Chief, iTWire


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