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Nintendo Doubles Switch Build

Computer Daily News March 20, 2017 No Comments

Nintendo plans to double production of its Switch games console due to unexpected strong demand. The popularity of Switch, which went on sale globally on March 3, is similar to…

Small IT Is Beautiful, Cities Minister Taylor Tells Oz Reptiles

Computer Daily News March 20, 2017 No Comments

Angus Taylor, Australia’s assistant minister for cities and digital transformation, says the Turnbull Government is determined to use the much criticised Digital Transformation Agency to drive an “agile approach” to…

Rent.com.au Lets You Search For Rental Properties With NBN

Computer Daily News March 17, 2017 No Comments

ASX-listed rental property Web site Rent (rent.com.au) has added information on NBN availability to all its property listings. When a renter searches for property in their chosen suburb they can…

Australia’s Atlassian Gets A New Yankee Competitor – Microsoft

Computer Daily News March 17, 2017 No Comments

You know you’re succeeding big-time in the American business software market when industry giant Microsoft decides to change direction and take you on directly. That’s just happened to the Australian…

US Digital Ad Market Up 16pc

Computer Daily News March 16, 2017 No Comments

Total digital ad spending in the US will increase 16 percent this year to US$83 billion (A$110 billion), led by Google’s continued dominance of the search ad market and Facebook…

Choice Slams Amazon Contracts

Computer Daily News March 16, 2017 No Comments

Consumer rights outfit Choice has called for a ban on online contracts for IT goods that are too long or are written in legal bizspeak. It has instanced a 73,198-word…

ACCC Highlights Digi-Challenges

Computer Daily News March 16, 2017 No Comments

Cutting-edge technology poses significant challenges to regulatory bodies and incumbent companies who find difficulty in keeping in step, says ACCC chairman Rod Sims. Addressing the National Consumer Congress in Melbourne,…

Myer Inks Online Pay-Later System

Computer Daily News March 16, 2017 No Comments

Myer is set to allow online shoppers to buy now and pay later after it signed a two-year deal with listed payments facilitator Afterpay. The two-year partnership with Afterpay will…

Lee Could Run Samsung From Cell

Computer Daily News March 15, 2017 No Comments

While the head of South Korea’s Samsung Group, Jay Y. Lee, may be in jail, reports say he is allowed plenty of visitors, which may allow him to still play…

St George Goes Down – Again

Computer Daily News March 15, 2017 No Comments

St George bank – these days part of the Westpac empire – had its second outage in a week yesterday. Attempts to log on to Internet banking were greeted with…