| Today on iTWire | This Morning Inabox acquires Hostworks for $7 million Written by Sam Varghese Wholesale ICT provider Inabox has acquired cloud hosting company Hostworks for $7 million, with a $5 million upfront payment and $2 million deferred to the… Read more... Foxtel to target live-streamers of boxing bout Written by Sam Varghese A number of people who live-streamed the Foxtel telecast of the boxing bout between Anthony Mundine and Danny Green on Friday may face legal action… Read more... Precedent ignored: Google asked to hand over foreign emails Written by Sam Varghese Google has been ordered by a US judge to comply with search warrants asking for customer emails stored outside the US, according to a report… Read more... Game on for mobile games market with US$40 billion in revenues Written by Peter Dinham The worldwide mobile games market is exploding, generating US$40.6 billion in worldwide revenue in 2016 to now account for half of the entire global digital… Read more... Vodafone tackles blackspots, ramps up investment in regional mobile network Written by Peter Dinham Vodafone continues to invest heavily in its mobile network in regional Australia, particularly in blackspot areas with limited or no network coverage, in response to… Read more... ACCC keeps clamp on Telstra with continued ADSL regulation Written by Peter Dinham The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has moved to ensure all telecommunications service providers can continue to compete on a level playing field with Telstra… Read more... Win a Huawei Mate 9 in Sydney on 9 February Written by Ray Shaw To celebrate the launch of the new Mate 9, Huawei is challenging nine contestants to take nine challenges in nine hours to win a cash… Read more... Friday Afternoon Tech giants react to ban after profits come into picture Written by Sam Varghese US technology giants Apple, Google, Facebook and Microsoft have decided to draft a letter to US President Donald Trump, putting it oh-so-mildly that his stance… Read more... Vodafone, NBN deal sets up mobile coverage in NSW blackspot Written by Peter Dinham Vodafone is set to switch on services in the regional NSW area of Molong — a region identified as a major blackspot impeding mobile coverage… Read more... OutSystems reports record growth in 2016 Written by Sam Varghese Low-code platform provider OutSystems has achieved a record US$100 million in sales and 50% year-on-year growth for 2016, the company said today. Read more... Smartphone sales up 2.3% year-on-year Written by Ray Shaw Despite concerns that the smartphone market was saturated and slowing, 1.47 billion handsets were shipped in 2016, up 2.3% year-on-year. Read more... Ransomware hits local government offices in Ohio Written by Sam Varghese Ransomware has hit several local government offices in the US state of Ohio and the authorities are still uncertain when things will get back to… Read more... New zero-day exploit affects current Windows versions Written by Sam Varghese A new zero-day exploit that affects current versions of Windows has been released on Github, according to an announcement from the Internet Storm Centre. Read more... Tablet (slate) market continues death spiral Written by Ray Shaw Tablet sales continued a downward death spiral in 2016, losing a further 20.1% year over year, marking the second straight year of decline. Read more... Trump effect: Melbourne developer turns down US opportunity Written by Sam Varghese Melbourne-based developer Russell Coker has turned down a chance to explore employment in New York City, following the events in the US since the inauguration… Read more... ATO still suffering effects of December hardware crash Written by Sam Varghese The Australian Taxation Office is yet to recover from the effects of a hardware crash in December, with the organisation continuing to face issues with… Read more... Outlook for iOS gets major upgrades Written by Ray Shaw Microsoft has incorporated its own and third-party “add-ins” into Outlook for iOS, including Evernote, GIPHY, Nimble, Trello Smartsheet, Dynamics 365 and Microsoft Translator, with others… Read more... Sponsored Announcements BizData announces natural language collaboration with Narrative Science At BizData, we pride ourselves in selecting only the most innovative technology vendors that will help our customers unlock the total value of Power BI.… Read more... Border security, key IT industry issues under the microscope at the 7th annual CIO Leaders Australian Summit 2017 The international perspective, and the issue of border security for countries like Australia, will be front and centre at this year’s 7th annual CIO Leaders… Read more... Cyber security takes centre stage at the CISO Leaders Summit 2017 in Melbourne Australia’s private and government sectors, like their counterparts around the world, are under constant threat from cyber security attacks. Read more... Yellowfin Connectors enable businesses to view and share data from third-party applications to make better data-driven decisions Easy plug-In connectors end data silos and eliminate the need to log-in and query multiple applications Global Business Intelligence (BI) and analytics software vendor Yellowfin,… Read more... Sri Lanka to Introduce Coding Curriculum into Schools in 2017 Education initiative a key component of Sri Lanka’s acceleration as a knowledge-based economySydney, Australia, 20 December 2016: The Information and Communication Technology Agency of Sri… Read more... 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... |
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