| Today on iTWire | This Afternoon Samsung heir awaits fate in khaki jumpsuit Written by Sam Varghese The heir of South Korea's largest business group, Samsung's Lee Jae-yong, now wears a khaki jumpsuit and uses a communal shower in a Seoul detention… Read more... New rules aim to stop unwelcome calls to helplines Written by Peter Dinham New rules have been introduced to allow telcos to suspend services to people who repeatedly make unwelcome calls — whether they are offensive, harassing or… Read more... ICT architects in high demand, attract biggest salaries Written by Peter Dinham ICT architects in Australia have attracted the highest overall salaries advertised on a national employment website in line with a high demand for architects nationally. Read more... Domino's announces voice-activated assistant Written by Sam Varghese Pizza vendor Domino's has launched a virtual, voice-activated assistant which it claims is a first for the Australian retail industry. Read more... Delusions of bandwidth: Morrow strikes again Written by Sam Varghese If any more confirmation was needed that Australia is proceeding down the path of the US Republican Party, it came from NBN chief executive Bill… Read more... Telstra offers native Wi-Fi calling on some Samsung models Written by Sam Varghese Telstra has launched native Wi-Fi calling on the Samsung Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge and S6 and S6 Edge smartphones. Read more... Where is IoT going? Written by Stephen Withers "Successful IoT projects... become essentially invisible," according to IDC associate vice-president for IoT Asia Pacific, Hugh Ujhazy. "If they're really working well, you never really… Read more... Singapore defence ministry hacked, personal data stolen Written by Sam Varghese The Singapore Ministry of Defence was hacked in February and the personal information of about 850 servicemen and employees stolen. Read more... Amazon Web Services back after major outage Written by Sam Varghese Amazon Web Services were hit by a system failure on Tuesday (US time) that affected many websites in the US, mostly those of companies across… Read more... Smart meter provider among first on Telstra's IoT network Written by Sam Varghese Smart meter and smart grid solutions provider Landis+Gyr says its applications will be among the first to connect to Telstra's Internet-of-Things network in Australia. Read more... This Morning NBN Co chief hints that public must pay for future FttN upgrades Written by Sam Varghese NBN Co chief executive Bill Morrow has effectively told a Senates Estimates committee that the four million Australians who receive a fibre to the node… Read more... Aussie video, computer games sales hit $2.9b mark Written by Peter Dinham The Australian video and computer games industry generated a whopping $2.958 billion in revenue in 2016, a 4% increase on 2015 sales, according to newly… Read more... MyBudget goes offshore for new CTO Written by Peter Dinham Australian personal budgeting provider MyBudget has appointed experienced US fintech executive Jason Dell to the position of chief technology officer. Read more... Enterprise mobile market grinds to virtual halt in 2016 Written by Peter Dinham The enterprise mobility market in Australia grew by a paltry 0.63% in 2016, but a newly published report suggests that the future looks brighter for… Read more... Smartphone usage soars, but sales hit a flat spot Written by Peter Dinham Australian smartphone sales remained flat in the second half of last year despite soaring usage rates, according to a newly released market study. Read more... Motorola, Telstra, Ericsson, Qualcomm partner on PTT call success Written by Peter Dinham Motorola Solutions, Ericsson, Telstra and Qualcomm Technologies have joined to achieve success with the first LTE broadcast-enabled push-to-talk (PTT) call on Telstra’s LTE network. Read more... Singapore aiming for autonomous vehicle leadership Written by Stephen Withers Singapore could be first with autonomous vehicles, according to a senior researcher. Read more... Samsung heir to be indicted on bribery charges Written by Sam Varghese The de facto leader of the Samsung Group, Lee Jae-yong, is to be indicted on charges of bribery, as investigators concluded their probe into an… Read more... GoDaddy goes for small business with new website builder Written by Ray Shaw GoDaddy has launched a new website builder for the 97% of Australian small business that employ less than five people – 71% of which don’t… Read more... Moto G5 and G5 Plus – quality smartphones at affordable prices Written by Ray Shaw The Moto G “heritage” is one of premium features without a premium price tag. The all-new Moto G5 and Moto G5 Plus remain true to… Read more... Sponsored Announcements Women & Diversity in Data The lack of diversity in data and analytics roles is still a major challenge for most organisations, with a recent study on women in technology… Read more... Gartner again positions Yellowfin in Magic Quadrant for Business Intelligence and Analytics Platforms For the fourth consecutive year, Business Intelligence vendor Yellowfin places in Gartner Magic Quadrant for Business Intelligence and Analytics Platforms. (*1) report. Read more... Carbon Black only vendor to secure perfect prevention score in NSS Labs’ advanced endpoint protection - test stopped all attacks Carbon Black, a leader in next-generation endpoint security, has announced it achieved 100% block rate and 100% total coverage score in NSS Labs’ Advanced Endpoint… Read more... Want to Develop a Cross-platform App? Read This First! Developing a cross-platform application is now one of the preferred options when creating a mobile application. The convenience that it provides – one source code… Read more... Data storage lifespans: how long will media really last? By Marina Brook, Managing Director APAC, StorageCraft The sad truth about data storage is that no medium for data storage will last forever. Most of… Read more... ‘Realising business value’ from IT a key for leading IT executive Sean Elwick, St Vincent's Health group IT Director of Transformation, is a man who, by his own admission, is passionate about realising business value from… Read more... |
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