Today on iTWire | This Morning Yahoo! loses first search engine partner after scandals Written by Sam Varghese The fallout from the recent scandals that hit Yahoo! has begun with StartPage.com cancelling its partnership and saying it will drop search results from the… Read more... Veredictum.io’s Big Hairy Audacious Goal: reduce film and video piracy by 80% Written by Alex Zaharov-Reutt Veredictum is using blockchain technology to allow creative individuals to protect their work against piracy Read more... In-flight Wi-Fi: latest attack vector for cyber theft requires VPN protection Written by Alex Zaharov-Reutt With Australia’s two major airlines, Qantas and Virgin Australia, soon set to offer in-flight Wi-Fi, this is a timely warning to protect yourself with a… Read more... Huawei hosts 2nd Asia Pacific Submarine Networks Forum in Singapore Written by Alex Zaharov-Reutt Huawei and Huawei Marine have successfully hosted the 2nd Asia Pacific Submarine Networks Forum in Singapore, discussing the challenges of mapping a better connected area… Read more... Huawei’s African ‘Safe City Summit’ to make cities safer Written by Alex Zaharov-Reutt Huawei’s African summit in Kenya over 14-15 October to "make cities safer" attracted "more than 200 global customers, partners, experts, and industry analysts in the… Read more... BlackBerry helps keep mobile data private Written by Stephen Withers BlackBerry's WatchDox software is being increasingly used to secure corporate content on BYODs. Read more... Atlassian's $250k grant to 40K Foundation for education work Written by Peter Dinham Australia’s 40K Foundation social enterprise specialising in education technology has received a $250,000 support grant from the Atlassian Foundation, the philanthropic arm of team collaboration… Read more... Avaya claims new platform release a glimpse of ‘future of UC’ Written by Peter Dinham Avaya has released a new platform for business communications that it claims fulfills the “long-sought promise” of unified communications (UC) by delivering streamlined, mobile-first communications… Read more... LG X Power eliminates battery anxiety (review) Written by Ray Shaw Smartphone battery life is usually a day at most if you don’t flog it too much. LG’s new X Power, Android smartphone delivers on its… Read more... Sky and Space Global, GomSpace partner on nano-satellite assembly Written by Peter Dinham Sky and Space Global is partnering with Denmark’s GomSpace to assemble its three initial nano-satellites and get them ready for launch in the first half… Read more... Evapolar – a cubicle worker’s micro-climate (review) Written by Ray Shaw Open plan offices can have their share of micro-climates – those under the air-conditioning ducts freeze, while those at the windows sweat. What if you… Read more... Navman MY660LMT – just keeps getting better (review) Written by Ray Shaw A portable in-car GPS (portable navigation device or PND) unit still has significant relevance, especially as map updates on some built-in-dash units can cost several… Read more... Monday Afternoon Up Periscope as Twitter introduces live video platform Written by Peter Dinham Twitter has unveiled Periscope Producer, touting the services as a new way for brands, media organisations and other live video creators to share high-quality, produced… Read more... Employment prospects for ICT execs look bleak in volatile market Written by Peter Dinham ICT executives continue to face an uncertain employment market as demand waxes and wanes in a generally volatile jobs market across all business and industry… Read more... Software AG launches IoT streaming analytics kit Written by Sam Varghese Germany-based Software AG has added to the feature set of its Apama Community Edition software, which is used for analysing streaming data, by adding an… Read more... NBN on board as report predicts global explosion in ultra-fast network technology Written by Peter Dinham NBN Co has flagged it could deploy ultra-fast G.Fast or XG.Fast technology to underpin the rollout of its fibre to the curb (FttC) network to… Read more... Samsung goes for Gold – TabPro S Gold Edition Written by Ray Shaw Samsung has released a special Gold edition of its Windows 10-based hybrid two-in-one TabPro S tablet. Read more... Govt to appeal Microsoft win in overseas data case Written by Sam Varghese The US Department of Justice has, as expected, challenged Microsoft's victory in a case where it successfully fought the notion that data held in an… Read more... Google may be stealing mobile traffic: claim Written by Sam Varghese Google appears to be hijacking mobile traffic to sites that use its Accelerated Mobile Pages, according to the findings of a software engineer in San… Read more... Sponsored Announcements BI vendor Yellowfin ramps momentum in Asia Pacific with seven additional channel partners Singapore and Australia, Friday 7th, October, 2016 – Yellowfin, a global Business Intelligence (BI) and analytics software vendor, today announced it has signed agreements with… Read more... MGTS appointed to distribute NX Witness in Australia Network Optix, America’s fastest growing software company, has appointed MGTS as a distributor for Nx Witness in the Australian market. Read more... Focused alliance pays customer loyalty dividends for ICT Networks and Juniper Networks A highly focused, long-term alliance between Sydney-based ICT Networks and Juniper Networks continues to yield dividends in terms of customer loyalty driving business expansion. Read more... Vodafone’s Iñaki Berroeta to look at the ‘future of mobile’ in TelSoc Charles Todd oration Vodafone Australia chief executive Iñaki Berroeta will be the latest of a long-list of high profile ICT industry and business leaders to give the Telecommunications… Read more... Yellowfin’s Business Analytics Workflow a “welcome development” for BI industry says Devlin Yellowfin’s introduction of a unique Business Analytics Workflow within its Business Intelligence (BI) and analytics software platform – to facilitate superior collaboration between data analysts… Read more... BI software vendor Yellowfin to host data driven marketing Webinar series Global Business Intelligence (BI) and analytics software vendor, Yellowfin, is set to host a series of educative Webinars on data-driven marketing best practices throughout Wednesday… Read more... |
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