Hi John, Online Australian retailer Kogan has had a big jump in revenue and profits for the full year to 30 June, on the back of a 45% boost in active customers to now claim 1.38 million total active customers.
As the war between iOS and Android rages on more fiercely than ever before, Samsung still reigns supreme as the most well known Android maker, with its new Note9 and Tab S4 ready to strike back against all comers - and the first looks are impressive. Symantec has released new research on mobile app privacy on iOS and Android that uncovers how much personal info your apps are gathering, along with a list of 68 fake Android apps featuring aggressively awful adware. Companies involved in 14 major recent data breaches in Australia and the rest of the world — including human resources outfit PageUp People — did not even achieve a passing grade for the way in which they handled post-breach communications, the authors of a new book on breaches say. The US Government is going after Facebook in a bid to get the social media giant to break the encryption on its Messenger client, in order that it can gain access to voice data reportedly needed for a crime investigation – something that Australian Government will have no difficulty doing once its new cyber law is passed. With electricity prices rising, and electric cars inevitable anyway, the Greens want the government to "accelerate electric vehicle uptake". Will high petrol prices simply be replaced by even higher power bills? A record 2000 schoolgirls from 73 Victorian schools have participated in a Melbourne tech event designed to encourage them to take up a career in the technology sector. And of course, there's plenty more so for all the news visit www.itwire.com. Have a great day! Stan Beer, Editor in Chief, iTWire ADVERTISE IN THIS NEWSLETTER & iTWire.com Contact: andrew.matler@itwire.com 0412 390 000
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