Hi John, Australian banks are expected to have a new system which will deliver instant money transfers to come into effect from Australia Day next year.
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull is set to push the premiers of the country's states and territories to agree to set up a national facial recognition database. New figures show that iPad totally dominates the Australian tablet market share at 49%, smashing Android at 29% and Windows at 22%, with Windows 2-in-1s, AR and SIM card slots the great Windows sales hope. Google's newest smartphones, with squeezable sides, a faster Qualcomm processor, IP67, no headphone jack, supposed e-SIM and plenty more as specs have leaked, so let's hope there are still surprises when it launches tomorrow. A new report says Apple's iPhone 7 "outsold all other smartphone models globally during the first six months of 2017", followed by the iPhone 7 Plus – history will surely repeat in 2018? Telstra-owned value-player Belong has thrown a telco cat amongst the MVNO carrier pigeons by launching two very simple and good month-to-month plans with generous data and unlimited data rollover "banking". Video solutions company Linius Technology is to provide Roadshow Films, a division of Village Roadshow, with an anti-piracy solution for its patented video virtualisation engine. And of course, there's plenty more so for all the news visit www.itwire.com. Have a great day! Stan Beer, Editor in Chief, iTWire ADVERTISE IN THIS NEWSLETTER & iTWire.com Contact: andrew.matler@itwire.com 0412 390 000
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