| Today on iTWire | This Morning Tuned Global in tune with Japan’s music streaming service Line Music Written by Peter Dinham Australian mobile engagement company Tuned Global, which uses music as key content, has inked an agreement with Japan’s leading music streaming service Line Music, to… Read more... LexisNexis, Human Rights Commission launch RightsApp Written by Peter Dinham Global technology solutions for legal professionals vendor LexisNexis is collaborating with the Australian Human Rights Commission to develop RightsApp, a mobile application that allows users… Read more... Newtec appoints new lead for APAC sales team Written by Peter Dinham European-based specialist satellite technologies provider Newtec has boosted its Asia-Pacific region management team with the appointment of Sjoerd De Clerck as regional sales vice-president. Read more... Managed services requires ‘shift’ in industry sales approach, says CompTIA Written by Peter Dinham Managed services represents a “monumental shift” in the IT service industry, which affords companies providing managed services with an opportunity for higher margins and stable… Read more... Windows 10 on a pocket computer is already here on Intel Written by Alex Zaharov-Reutt Windows 10 will run on Qualcomm’s ARM processors, but if so, Apple’s ARM notebooks are presumably coming, too, while Pocket Windows 10 computers are already… Read more... Report: Samsung to remove 3.5mm headphone socket from Galaxy S8 Written by Alex Zaharov-Reutt Apple was "courageous" to remove the headphone socket from the iPhone 7, even though it wasn’t the first phone company to do so. Now Samsung… Read more... Oventus opens 3D printing unit at CSIRO premises Written by Sam Varghese Oventus Medical, a medical device company based in Brisbane, launched its new Victorian 3D printing facility at the CSIRO's Clayton offices. Read more... Aussie sheep flock for online fleecing Written by Ray Shaw Despite known dangers in online shopping, especially to snag a bargain that is “too good to be true”, Australians are still behaving badly online. Read more... Windows 10 'computer in your pocket' soon Written by Ray Shaw Microsoft and Qualcomm have announced that the next generation Qualcomm Snapdragon ARM processors will support full compatibility with the Windows 10 ecosystem. Read more... EHang drones now in Australia Written by Ray Shaw Drones have become one of the hottest Xmas gifts for budding aviators and big kids this season and EHang’s Ghostdrone 2.0 is now in Australia.… Read more... Sony and Vodafone bundle PS4 and Xperia X Written by Ray Shaw Sony Mobile and Vodafone have bundled its Xperia X and PlayStation 4 (PS4), and its Xperia XA becomes available on pre-paid in time for Christmas. Read more... Spotify takes control of Sonos Written by Stephen Withers The latest software update for Sonos wireless speakers includes Spotify Connect integration so the Spotify app has full control over the speakers. Read more... Base2services expanding into US market in 2017 Written by Peter Dinham Australian IT and cloud services company base2Services is opening a new office in the US which it says will help capitalise on the growing number… Read more... Thursday Afternoon PADLOKT gets fans locked in with their favourite celebrities Written by Mike Bantick Celebrity life has never been more open than it is today. With online services such as social media giants like Twitter, Facebook, Instagram as well… Read more... Netflix devotees now ‘binge watching’ Written by Peter Dinham Binge-watching of television has now pervaded the worldwide community of Netflix viewers who the video-on-demand service says are weaving film into their television binge routines. Read more... Wearables' growing commercial and health use Written by Ray Shaw ANALYSIS Do smartwatches and fitness bands have a commercial, health or other use? The short answer is not so much at present, but it is… Read more... Spirit Telecom acquires Phone Names Marketing Written by Sam Varghese Telecommunications provider Spirit Telecom has acquired Phone Names Marketing and an associated entity (Phone Names) for $4.2 million. Read more... Qld Brain Institute speeding up research with Brocade deployment Written by Peter Dinham The Queensland Brain Institute has migrated its systems to Brocade’s Gen 6 fibre channel storage network in a move designed to accelerate its work on… Read more... Kogan lures Xmas shoppers with on-the-hour, every hour discount deals Written by Peter Dinham Online discount retailer Kogan has hit the pre-Christmas buying spree with an offer to shoppers of new discount deals every hour at any time of… Read more... Dubber completes $6.3m capital raising Written by Sam Varghese Call recording service Dubber has completed a $6.345 million capital raising to support its expansion in North America. Read more... Regional coalition supportive of push for better data, voice services in USO review Written by Peter Dinham The newly-formed coalition fighting to improve communications services in regional Australia is hopeful voice and broadband access for Australians living and working in rural and… Read more... MyRepublic to offer VoIP services through Symbio Written by Sam Varghese Symbio Networks will provide Singapore's MyRepublic the ability to deliver VoIP services as the latter embarks upon its bid to challenge existing ISPs in the… Read more... Facial recognition – there is an app for that Written by Ray Shaw BlippAR’s augmented reality app that recognises and identifies objects now has facial recognition. “Do I know you?” will be a thing of the past. Read more... How an Australian got emails for Kenyan's Uber rides Written by Sam Varghese An Australian woman has been getting a flood of messages from Uber meant for a user in Kenya. Both Uber and Google are to blame. Read more... Pebble is crushed – no more smartwatches Written by Ray Shaw Pebble, one of the first and perhaps best known “smartwatch” brands, is dead. The potential Fitbit acquisition turns out to be “key Pebble assets –… Read more... Slack, Google team up to integrate services Written by Sam Varghese Team collaboration platform Slack has formed an alliance with Google Cloud to add a number of features, including more intergration with Google services. Read more... Android sales up, but iPhone 7 performs strongly Written by Ray Shaw Android remains the dominant ecosystem across the world, but Apple’s iPhone remains the most desirable smartphone in the world. Read more... Sponsored Announcements Ballistix improves CPU and GPU performance with top gaming memory Proves fast, easy, and affordable way to up your game SYDNEY, 24 November 2016 – For more than a decade, Ballistix has injected speed and… Read more... If storage were invented today, here’s what it would look like Let us picture the ideal storage platform if the technology were invented today, without limitations, pre-conceived ideas or restrictions. Read more... 2017: SD-WAN advances towards mainstream David Hughes, Founder and CEO of Silver Peak, takes a look at what next year holds for networking technology. Hughes has been awarded more than… Read more... A Bumper Christmas eClub Event Celebrates 20 Years of Offis Multi-Cloud Services Sydney cloud services company Offis is celebrating its twentieth birthday in the only way it knows how: filling a room with some of the smartest… Read more... Yellowfin, La Trobe University launch partnership with analytics challenge award Australian-based global business intelligence (BI) and analytics software vendor, Yellowfin, has officially launched its industry partnership with La Trobe University with the presentation of the… Read more... The Secrets to True Innovation - Amazon Futurist HB Siegel to Visit Australia Amazon may once have been ‘just’ an online bookseller, but how should anyone describe the company today? Its ever-growing retail operation aside, Amazon has also… Read more... |
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