| Hi John, Google's Android Pay mobile payments system has arrived in Australia with American Express and Visa cards first off the rank, with MasterCard to be added "in a few days." Like Apple Pay, Android Pay uses the combination of NFC and tokenisation to allow a mobile phone to be used in place of a contactless payment card.
Security vendor Eset has identified eight apps in Google Play that appear to trick users into revealing personal information and purchasing goods and services. The apps lured "users into paying perpetual subscriptions, sharing their personal information, and consenting to the receipt of marketing messages or watching ads.
The world’s major security software vendors have been hit by a collective decline in revenues and below-market growth, and, in a double whammy, have been steadily losing marketshare to smaller security vendors.
In what is claimed to be Australian’s first contact centre on demand, the Contact Centre Hotel has opened in Sydney. The Contact Centre Hotel is a fully-equipped facility offering seats on a per-month basis.
A quick search reveals over 32 million Pokémon Go articles have been added to the Web since early July. While they provide fertile ground for modern players of this old 90s video game; nefarious elements have rushed, not crept into the Pokémon Go world.
Emoji (the term is singular and plural) use has skyrocketed in popularity in recent years, propelled by the rise in smartphone usage and inclusion in most major messaging platforms. Sunday was World Emoji Day with the website giving tips and tricks.
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