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ACCC Says Competition Between Telcos Improves Value For Customers

Athina Mallis March 21, 2018 No Comments

A new report released by the ACCC shows competition in the telecommunications market improves value for consumers. The consumer watchdog published its annual report on competition and prices changes in…

Facebook Hit With FTC Probe After Personal Data Breach

Athina Mallis March 21, 2018 No Comments

The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) will begin to investigate Facebook over the breach of personal data of up to 50 million users by political research company Cambridge Analytica. Cambridge…

Telstra Inks World-First Deal To Make Calls Inside Office 365

Roma Christian March 20, 2018 No Comments

As a demonstration of Australian innovation, Telstra has inked a world-first partnership with Microsoft, enabling consumers to make voice calls inside Office 365. The new ‘Telstra Calling for Office 365’ is set to…

iiNet To Refund Consumers For Misleading NBN Speeds

Athina Mallis March 20, 2018 No Comments

Internet providers iiNet and Internode will have to refund more than 11,000 of its customers after making misleading claims on its NBN speeds. The ACCC has found more than 8,000…

Apple Secretly Building MicroLED Display A Move That Could Hurt LG & Samsung

David Richards March 20, 2018 No Comments

In a move that could have a major impact on Samsung, LG and Sharp, Bloomberg has claimed that Apple is designing and producing its own MicroLED displays for use in…

Telstra Outage Causes Several Aussie Banks To Go Down

Athina Mallis March 19, 2018 No Comments

A number of Australian banks were hit by a Telstra outage over the weekend with suppliers trying to restore services. It News says the 27 banks hit with the outage…

Google Appeases Newspapers, Play Store To Sell Subscriptions

Roma Christian March 19, 2018 No Comments

In a bid to support publishers and spurn revenue from high-quality journalism, Google has revealed it will soon sell subscriptions of digital newspapers on its Play store. Under the plan, Google…

Facebook Embroiled In Data Privacy Firestorm

Roma Christian March 19, 2018 No Comments

Facebook has become embroiled in a data privacy firestorm, following revelations a third-party US analytics firm retained the information of fifty million of users, for several years without permission. Several…

Galaxy S9 Cuddles Up To Kids With New Disney AR Emojis

Roma Christian March 19, 2018 No Comments

Samsung has amped up the kid-friendly factor of its latest smartphones, the Galaxy S9/S9+, following a partnership with Disney, which has brought Mickey and Minnie Mouse “to life” as 3D emojis. Following its…

Encrypted Phones Seized As AFP Helps Break Up Encryption Racket

Computer Daily News March 19, 2018 No Comments

The Australian Federal Police have played a major role in ending the activities of an alleged criminal IT-based enterprise in Canada. The feds say their joint effort with Canadian, US…