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Veteran telecommunications consultant Paul Budde has summed up Tuesday's events in the stoush between the digital platforms and the Federal Government in a rather pithy way: "Facebook stays, everybody is happy. but nothing has changed."

It's claimed this is the 10th edition of MoodOff day. I've never heard of it before, but can you survive 5 hours with your phone turned off on February 28?

Debit card provider eftpos has launched a FinTech advisory committee in collaboration with FinTech Australia, designed to give fintechs a direct say in how they can access and leverage the eftpos payments network for the “betterment” of Australia’s digital economy.

Cloud specialist Nutanix has added more ransomware protections to its platform, including new threat monitoring and detection capabilities.

Trades and services job management software provider Fergus has appointed Chris Stevens to the role of chief technology and product officer.

Sales practices in digital platforms, energy and telecommunications and other business and industry sectors are among the 2021 priorities for the ACCC, Australia’s competition and consumer watchdog .

And of course, there's plenty more today, so for all the news, please visit www.itwire.com

Stephen Withers, Morning Newsletter Editor, iTWire


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