| Today on iTWire | This Morning NBN reaches a third of Australian homes Written by Sam Varghese Australia's National Broadband Network is now available in four million homes, a third of the total to be reached, NBN Co, the company building the… Read more... iSelect launches top level domain name Written by Peter Dinham Online comparison website iSelect has launched its Top-Level Domain (TLD) - .iselect – as it moves to claim a market position as Australia’s “first and… Read more... More to be done to rid regions of mobile blackspots, says ACCAN Written by Peter Dinham The Australian Communications Consumer Action Network (ACCAN) says not enough has been done to get rid of mobile phone blackspots in rural and regional areas… Read more... MOTO gets sticky and sweet with nutty nougat Written by Ray Shaw Moto (A Lenovo company) has announced that Australian roll-out of Android Nougat 7.0 is happening. Read more... IPSTAR, Reachnet partner on NZ satellite broadband launch Written by Peter Dinham New Zealand satellite broadband provider, IPSTAR, has partnered with Australian reseller, Reachnet, to deliver IPSTAR retail satellite broadband to over 35,000 regional and rural homes… Read more... Apple starts 2017 hoping things will change Written by Ray Shaw ANALYSIS: Apple hit some major home runs in 2016 and depending on your viewpoint had a great and/or disastrous end to 2016 and/or start to… Read more... Linius extends US patents coverage of IP, core invention Written by Peter Dinham Melbourne-based ASX listed video technology developer Linius Technologies has secured additional US patents to further protect its intellectual property and reinforce its already existing core… Read more... SproutX bolsters agtech industry with start-ups work space, board expansion Written by Peter Dinham National agtech innovation hub SproutX, a joint initiative between financial services group Findex and the National Farmers’ Federation, has opened what it says is Australia’s… Read more... Monash University wins A$18m for US spy research Written by Doron Beer Monash University has won an A$18 million research contract to enhance the performance of the US intelligence community. Read more... Tuesday Afternoon Deluge of robot housekeepers on the way Written by Doron Beer Having your floors swept and washing sorted by robots may no longer be the product of science fiction, as new research reveals that more than… Read more... Hudson, SEEK join Slingshot’s ‘human capital’ accelerator programme Written by Peter Dinham Global recruitment and talent solutions company Hudson and Australian global online jobs and employment group SEEK are joining corporate start-up accelerator Slingshot to lead Australia’s… Read more... Nvidia rounds out Quadro Pascal range with six new GPUs Written by Stephen Withers Nvidia's latest Quadro GPU cards speed up a variety of tasks, according to the company. Read more... Microsoft bugs showed rise in 2016: report Written by Sam Varghese Despite its recent claims to be focusing on security, the number of vulnerabilities in Microsoft products grew from 703 in 2015 to 729 in 2016,… Read more... Accenture assists Defence Department with new codification system Written by Peter Dinham US-based, global professionals firm Accenture has worked with the Australian Department of Defence to develop and deploy a new cloud-based NATO supply codification system to… Read more... Start-up Mainframe Cloud secures ATO contract Written by Peter Dinham Fintech start-up Mainframe Cloud (MfC) has inked a contract with the Australian Taxation Office to deliver a suite of mainframe modernisation solutions. Read more... Netflix users still watch some commercial TV: data Written by Sam Varghese A quarter of Australian homes now have a Netflix subscription, Roy Morgan Research reports, citing figures up to the end of 2016. Read more... Mobile changes the paradigm Written by Ray Shaw Deloitte has produced an infographic that shows had smartphones have evolved from communications devices to the hub of everything. Read more... Panasonic Toughpad FZ-N1 designed for Australia Written by Ray Shaw Panasonic's new Toughpad FZ-N1 is a rugged 4.7” Android phablet, a device designed for the Australian outdoors. Read more... In a smartphone, battery life is all Written by Ray Shaw Battery life has become a key feature in buying a smartphone as the average Aussie spends the equivalent of 38 days each year on their… Read more... Unisys adds DevOps features to AB Suite Written by Stephen Withers Release 6.1 of Unisys' model-driven application generator AB Suite adds DevOps features. Read more... Note7 fallout: S. Korea to tighten battery safety rules Written by Sam Varghese South Korea has announced that it will increase the safety requirements for lithium-ion batteries in the wake of the Samsung Galaxy Note7 incidents. Read more... MYOB Advanced People brings payroll to midmarket ERP Written by Stephen Withers MYOB's new MYOB Advanced People is a cloud payroll product that can be used standalone or in conjunction with MYOB Advanced Business. Read more... Sponsored Announcements Next Telecom wins Australian Gold Customer Service Award again Sydney Monday 6th February 2017: Next Telecom Pty Ltd, one of Australia’s premier (IP) Voice and Data service providers for businesses, today announced it has… Read more... BizData announces natural language collaboration with Narrative Science At BizData, we pride ourselves in selecting only the most innovative technology vendors that will help our customers unlock the total value of Power BI.… Read more... Border security, key IT industry issues under the microscope at the 7th annual CIO Leaders Australian Summit 2017 The international perspective, and the issue of border security for countries like Australia, will be front and centre at this year’s 7th annual CIO Leaders… Read more... Cyber security takes centre stage at the CISO Leaders Summit 2017 in Melbourne Australia’s private and government sectors, like their counterparts around the world, are under constant threat from cyber security attacks. Read more... Yellowfin Connectors enable businesses to view and share data from third-party applications to make better data-driven decisions Easy plug-In connectors end data silos and eliminate the need to log-in and query multiple applications Global Business Intelligence (BI) and analytics software vendor Yellowfin,… Read more... Sri Lanka to Introduce Coding Curriculum into Schools in 2017 Education initiative a key component of Sri Lanka’s acceleration as a knowledge-based economySydney, Australia, 20 December 2016: The Information and Communication Technology Agency of Sri… Read more... |
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