The Australian Stock Exchange has put off switching on its new blockchain by about six months, after a public consultation process showed that market participants had some apprehensions about moving to the new system in the final quarter of 2020.

The powers-that-be at Singtel Optus may think they are being mighty smart by sending unsolicited text messages to all and sundry to try and sell their mouldy mobile plans. In that they would be dead wrong, says Sam Varghese in a scathing critique.

US telco Sprint and global telco network equipment manufacturer Ericsson have announced "a global relationship to build a distributed and virtualised core network dedicated specifically to IoT, in addition to a world-class IoT operating system".

ASUS has unveiled impressive new 13, 14 and 15-inch "thin and light" laptops with its most compact designs ever, featuring enviable four-sided frameless NanoEdge displays for "near-borderless visuals" alongside its NumberPad innovation.

PayPal has launched a "digital solution to plastic gift cards", not only saving a stacks of plastic, but presumably creating a nice little earner for itself, too. Meanwhile, eBay Plus is doing a deal this month where new eBay Plus customers get a $20 PayPal gift card.

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