India has given WhatsApp, which is owned by social media giant Facebook, permission to start a payments service in the country, with the rollout initially limited to 20 million users.

Chinese smartphone maker realme has launched two low-budget smartphones in the Australian market, an indication that it believes that the 5G hype in Australia is just that – hype.

Australia’s competition watchdog, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, says it is keeping a close watch on global anti-trust efforts focusing on major digital platforms, including the US Department of Justice’s recent case against Google and proposed new competition laws in Europe.

Digital identity provider ForgeRock has launched tools to give banks and financial service providers an economical wat to build and test consumer data rights systems, and claims these utilities can reduce compliance costs by two-thirds.

More Australians are using the Internet to view and listen to content more than ever before, according to new research.

The social media site Twitter has once again shown it has somewhat twisted priorities by taking down the account of Swiss IT consultant and developer Tillie Kottmann who exposed consultancy firm Deloitte's lack of technical nous.