Competition watchdog the ACCC has cast aside industry opposition and concerns and made a draft decision not to declare wholesale mobile roaming services, saying there is insufficient evidence that declaration will improve competition amongst telcos.

Every time it looks like consumers will be able to get away from the handcuffs that Telstra has around telecommunications in the country, along comes the ACCC and gives the dominant telco breathing space.

Betting agencies often end up being much better at predicting the outcomes of national elections and Sportsbet has taken this to a different plane, offering odds that Netflix will be the next company Apple chooses to buy.

The Canberra bureau chief of news agency AAP, Richard Lawson, has been slapped down by his boss after he posted a tweet critical of the journalists at Fairfax Media who are on a seven-day strike to protest against job cuts.

Worldwide tablet (Android and iOS slates) sales contracted 8.5% in Q1, 2017 as the migration from traditional slates to hybrid formats continues to escalate.

Meanwhile, global shipments of traditional PCs (desktop, notebook, workstation) totalled 60.3 million units in Q1, 2017 – a 0.6% y-o-y growth - the first positive “green-shoot” indicator since Q1, 2012.

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