Telstra, Optus and VHA please take note of how other national carriers value their customers. Samsung Note7 customers of New Zealand telco Spark are receiving $100 gift cards when they return their Note7 phones to a Spark store.

There are about 10 million Australian households and nearly a quarter of them will have VR capability via mobile headsets, gaming consoles, or PCs by 2020. VR will be the must buy Christmas present this year, and next, according to a new report.

Want to help your business by learning website creation, online marketing, social media, e-commerce and more? Then Google Australia wants you to stop by its Digital Garage.

With initial reports saying Verizon in the US would delay Google Android OS updates, now refuted by Verizon, what will Telstra, which has an exclusive arrangement with Google, do?

Sony has started accepting pre-orders for its new Xperia XZ which will be available from 20 October - we take a first look.

Microsoft has combined its CRM and ERP capabilities into a single Software as a Service (SaaS) offering called Microsoft Dynamics 365.

Giant French data centre operator OVH, which claims to be number 3 in the world, has set up in Asia Pacific, with a data centre in Sydney and a regional office in Melbourne.

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