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Vodafone Streamlines Postpaid Plans As Telstra Stumbles

Fergus Halliday August 16, 2017 No Comments

Vodafone has moved to simplify its mobile offering by doing away with two-year lock in consumer contracts for plans that combine voice, text and data. “Not only have we made…

Microsoft Invests in Cloud Via Start-Up Buy

Roma Christian August 16, 2017 No Comments

Microsoft has purchased cloud computing start-up, Cycle Computing, for an undisclosed sum. The company states the acquisition will enable customers to “use High-Performance Computing (HPC) and other Big Computing capabilities”…

Global Notebook Sales Rise, Says Trendforce

Fergus Halliday August 16, 2017 No Comments

Market research firm Trendforce has claimed that global notebook shipments for this second quarter of 2017 amounted to a sequential quarterly increase of 5.7% and a year-on-year increase of 3.6%. “HP consecutively…

Yamaha Cuts Deezer Deal

Fergus Halliday August 16, 2017 No Comments

Music streaming brand Deezer has announced a new retail partnership with Yamaha Australia, encompassing musical instruments, professional audio equipment and home audio. Deezer’s CEO of Asia Pacific, Henrik Karlberg, says “we…

USYD Develops Re-Chargeable Zinc-Air Batteries

Roma Christian August 16, 2017 No Comments

In partnership with Singapore-based Nanyang Technological University, chemical engineers at the University of Sydney (USYD) have developed re-chargeable zinc-air batteries. The innovative development could replace popular lithium ion batteries, commonly…

Pandora Names New CEO

Fergus Halliday August 15, 2017 No Comments

Struggling streaming player Pandora has named its next CEO, Roger Lynch. “I cannot imagine a more important and exciting time to join Pandora,” said Lynch. “With a massive, diverse and…

Breville Acquires Water & Air Purification Brand

Roma Christian August 15, 2017 No Comments

Breville has announced the acquisition of South Australian-based water and air purification distributor, Aquaport. Purchased from Aquaport Corporation, Breville states the acquisition will provide it a new product segment across both Australian and New Zealand markets. Aquaport Corporation specialises in this…

Southern Cross Plans Faster Cable Link To US, Pacific Islands

Computer Daily News August 15, 2017 No Comments

A survey of around 15,000km of Pacific Ocean seabed has reportedly found a faster route for the Southern Cross “Next” cable project, which is planned to connect Sydney, Auckland, and…

Telstra’s muru-D Program To Accelerate Four Start-Ups

Computer Daily News August 15, 2017 No Comments

Telstra has recruited the first cohort of IoT-focused start-ups into the Melbourne branch of its muru-D start-up accelerator program. The four successful start-ups have been offered $75,000 upfront in seed…

Intel & Microsoft To Bring Bitcoin Tech To Businesses

Roma Christian August 15, 2017 No Comments

Intel and Microsoft are partnering together to bring blockchain – the technology behind bitcoin cryptocurrency – to businesses. Claimed to be a first-of-its-kind innovation, the technology is all conditional on…