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Samsung Pay Adds Masterpass, In-App Payments And 3 New Countries

Fergus Halliday October 26, 2016 No Comments

If Apple’s most recent quarterly earnings report made anything clear, it’s that digital wallets have huge potential for growth. As if in response, Samsung’s have announced a bevy of new…

‘Lizards’ Blamed For DoS

Computer Daily News October 25, 2016 No Comments

Frustrated online gamers trying to slow their opponents as well as Wikileaks have now been blamed for the cyber attack that disrupted more than 1200 Web sites, including some in…

Push To Restructure Twitter

Computer Daily News October 25, 2016 No Comments

Twitter watchers say the apparent lack of interest from potential suitors for the social media company may force it to consider restructuring. That would almost certainly entail drastic job losses…

CBA First Oz Bank To Settle International Deal By Blockchain

Computer Daily News October 25, 2016 No Comments

Australia’s Commonwealth Bank has joined with Wells Fargo of the USA to process a payment using blockchain technology, believed to be a banking world-first. The CBA and Wells Fargo used…

EU Probes MS/LinkedIn Merger

Computer Daily News October 24, 2016 No Comments

EU competition regulators are probing a deal which will see Microsoft pay US$26 billion for professional network LinkedIn. The European Commission has sent feelers out to canvas views on the…

Cyberattacks Hit Oz Outfits As Wikileaks Fans Protest

Computer Daily News October 24, 2016 No Comments

Australian media banks airline and retail sites were heavily impacted at the weekend by cyberattacks apparently launched by WikiLeaks supporters. This appears to have followed the launch of three attacks…

NBN Co Moots New IoT Role

Computer Daily News October 24, 2016 No Comments

NBN Co is looking at the possibility of entering the Internet Of Things (IoT) market its principal technology officer for FTTx (fibre to the “x” or optical fibre delivery technologies)…

Mega Merger Ahead: AT&T Inks $85bn Deal For Time Warner

Computer Daily News October 24, 2016 No Comments

AT&T and Time Warner are on the verge of creating an entertainment media and telecommunications colossus. AT&T is brokering a US$85 billion deal to buy Time Warner giving it control…

Phone Division Continue To Slip In Microsoft’s Q1 Report

Fergus Halliday October 21, 2016 No Comments

Microsoft have released their first quarterly financial report of the 2017 fiscal year, reporting $22.3 billion in revenue. With analysts speculating the company would report only $21.7 billion in revenue, the report…

Hackett Pumps Funds Into Tesla Chauffeur-Driven Service

Computer Daily News October 21, 2016 No Comments

Technology investor – and keen Tesla electric car fan – Simon Hackett has purchased a 10 percent shareholding in Evoke, a company which operates a chauffeur service using Teslas. The…