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Shipping Cost Deter Oz Online Shopper

Elliot Nash October 4, 2019 No Comments

Australians are reportedly being turned away from online shopping when compared to other countries in the APAC region due to rising shipping costs according to a new report released on…

PayPal, Visa, Mastercard Wary Of Facebook Libra

Elliot Nash October 4, 2019 No Comments

PayPal, Visa and Mastercard are reportedly on the verge of quitting Facebook’s digital currency project called Libra, as the social media giant continues to stumble through regulatory and watchdog concerns.…

‘Social Shopping’ Costing Aussies $16bn A Year

Computer Daily News October 4, 2019 No Comments

A new era of “social shopping” is burning a hole in Aussie pockets, with the national bill totalling more than $16 billion a year. Research commissioned by ING reveals “swipe…

Facebook Hides ‘Likes’ In Oz Test

Computer Daily News September 30, 2019 No Comments

SYDNEY: Facebook is using Australia as the proving ground to test hiding “likes”, in a bid for the giant to curb negative effects from social media addiction. The test, only…

Facebook Suspends Tens Of Thousands Of Apps

Computer Daily News September 23, 2019 No Comments

Facebook has suspended tens of thousands of apps as part of the company’s ongoing app developer investigation that began in March 2018 in response to the Cambridge Analytica row. The…

Australia Post Digital iD Taps Into NFC On iPhones

Computer Daily News September 23, 2019 No Comments

Australia Post is finally supporting near-field communications (NFC) capabilities for iPhone users of its Digital iD app, following the launch of Apple’s new iOS 13 operating system. Similar capabilities have…

Labor Demands Facebook Probe Into Election Ads

Computer Daily News September 23, 2019 No Comments

Labor has urged Parliament’s joint standing committee on electoral matters to investigate social media giant Facebook for refusing to take down fake news about a death tax that circulated during…

Researchers Warn Smart Devices Send Personal Data To Netflix, Facebook

Elliot Nash September 20, 2019 No Comments

Sensitive information harvested from consumers from smart devices is being sent to big technology companies such as Facebook, Amazon and Netflix. Internet-connected devices like the Google Home and even smart…

New Facebook Portal TV Seen As A Security Risk

David Richards September 19, 2019 No Comments

Facebook who are already facing security questions and the use of user data has announced a new “smart video chat” device that connects to a user’s home TV. The big…

Big Tech Should Not Be Broken Up Says Gates

Jan Arreza September 18, 2019 No Comments

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates believes it is extremely misguided to break up Big Tech, telling Bloomberg that it would be much better to go the route of regulation with the…