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Snapchat Snaps Up 60m Users

Computer Daily News September 28, 2016 No Comments

Snapchat now has more than 60 million daily active users in North America – or about a third of what Facebook has – as it seeks to tap into the…

Calls For New Yahoo Probe

Computer Daily News September 28, 2016 No Comments

Yahoo is being questioned over the Internet media giant’s failure to disclose to investors and the public a massive data breach, which occurred in 2014 but was only confirmed last…

US Payments Business Square Picks Oz For Latest Venture

Computer Daily News September 28, 2016 No Comments

Square – the mobile payments business set up by Twitter founder Jack Dorsey – has chosen Australia as the first market outside the US in which to launch its new…

Apple Goes It Alone in Euro War

Computer Daily News September 27, 2016 No Comments

Apple is battling the European Commission’s call to fork over €13 billion (A$19 billion) in back taxes, but has so far not employed the usual army of lobbyists and public…

Japan’s Competition Watchdog Considers Action Against Apple

Computer Daily News September 27, 2016 No Comments

Japanese regulators are considering taking action against Apple over possible anti-trust violations that may have helped it dominate the nation’s smartphone sales, government sources say. In a recent report ,…

Facebook Bungles Video Metric

Computer Daily News September 27, 2016 No Comments

Big ad buyers and marketers are fuming after Facebook admitted it had vastly over-estimated average viewing time for video ads on its platform for the past two years. Ad buying…

Privacy Commissioner Slams Industry over IoT Device Secrecy

Computer Daily News September 27, 2016 No Comments

Some 71 percent of Internet of Things devices marketed in Australia do not provide a privacy policy that adequately explains how the personal information they gather is managed, according to…

Apple Plans Smart Home Device

Computer Daily News September 26, 2016 No Comments

Apple is forging a path in its development of smart-home device based on its Siri voice assistant – now present in Apple Mac desktops as well as mobile devices. One…

NBN CEO Rakes In $3.6M

Computer Daily News September 26, 2016 No Comments

A senior executive at the NBN Co took home $1.8 million for six months work after securing a seven-figure termination bonus from the job he began in 2013. NBN Co’s…

Yahoo Admits It Has Been The Subject Of World’s Biggest Hack

Computer Daily News September 26, 2016 No Comments

Just two days after Yahoo admitted hackers had raided its database of at least 500 million accounts, plaintiffs are lining up to file suits claiming negligence. Already two Californian Yahoo…