An upgrade at Melbourne Airport's Terminal 4 means no more removing laptops and a much speedier transit through this much-hated aspect of flying.

The trans-Pacific Southern Cross NEXT Cable has now entered the construction phase with the project achieving CIF (Contract in Force).

Microsoft Australia is extending its traineeship program to Victoria in partnership with the Victorian Government and the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT).

Online retailer Kogan has launched a credit card and loyalty program in partnership with credit card provider Citi.

Sydney-based payments company Monoova has partnered with payment services provider for banks and payment platforms Cuscal to rollout NPP payment capabilities to Monoova’s automated payment service.

Security vendor BlackBerry is making some of its products available though the Azure Marketplace and the AWS Marketplace.

Yubico's Yubikey, a hardware authentication key that has become very popular as an excellent second factor of authentication that's compatible with a wide range of online services and hardware devices, and now it comes in a tiny dongle with both Lightning and USB-C ports.

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