In a spectacularly successful online fund-raising exercise, token-based blockchain voting and decision-making platform, Horizon State, has raised more than $1.4 million in its crowdfunding campaign in just two weeks.

Global online CRM kingpin Salesforce will use the Google Cloud Platform, including G Suite, for international infrastructure expansion "to enable customers to be more productive and work smarter".

Not even your printer is safe these days. Security company Trustwave says it has found a flaw in the web server used by Brother printers which could lead to a denial of service attack.

Apparently the mainframe just refuses to die. A survey of mainframe use among 1069 business professionals by BMC claims to have busted five common myths about these machines, which are often said to have outlasted their usefulness.

With Amazon and Facebook said to be eyeing "key sporting rights" to "bolster content market share", a new report says digital content spend will reach US$202 billion next year, up from US$184 billion in 2017.

The Greg Norman Company and US telco Verizon have partnered on the release of disruptive new golf technology that they claim enhances the on-course experience for golfers.

Hosted voice and data communications provider MyNetFone has launched an international toll free service to business consumers.

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