Foxtel is buying out Seven West Media’s interests in Presto TV, with Presto to be integrated into Foxtel Play streaming service.

Melbourne tabloid The Age has laid the blame on technology for the paper having published an advertisement on Monday, from a sponsor of the Western Bulldogs, commiserating with the club on its "grand final loss", despite the fact that the Dogs had won.

Microsoft has apparently pulled out of the fitness business, having decided to drop its fitness-band line, according to a report by long-time Microsoft watcher Mary Jo Foley.

A new independent data governance industry association – Data Governance Australia (DGA) - has been launched with the aim of establishing “best practice” industry standards for data management in Australia.

Virgin Mobile has launched ‘eMEji’s with Dave Hughes. No, it has nothing to do with Domino’s CEO Don Meij, but instead a stack of Australian-inspired emojis with the hope they will be added to the next official emoji keyboard update due in 2017.

A 5.5” screen, front, 16MP selfie camera, fingerprint reader, huge 3075mAh battery, solid metal construction and more than a hint of “Applesque” design cues make the OPPO F1s a good mass market phone, according to resident reviewer Ray Shaw.

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