Google has announced it is launching Fiber Phone, a home phone service which is basically a landline service for its customers. The new service is in addition to Google’s existing Fiber high-speed internet and cable TV offerings in the US market.

Samsung milked it for all that it was worth but the Korean giant’s Australian online music streaming service Milk will close on 28 April. Users will be offered a free three-month subscription to Google Play.

First we have new research that Australians want their customer service enquiries to be delivered by 'humans' and not automated digital channels. Now another study - just released by ICT services company Unisys - reveals that 65% of ‘older Australians prefer to deal with government agencies by phone or in person rather than online.

Dual listed Australian and New Zealand heathcare solutions provider, Orion Health (NZX/ASX:OHE) has signed an agreement with a major US healthcare insurer to deliver its Amadeus precision medicine platform for the insurer’s membership base.

A new survey shows Australians value data more than their hardware, something that’s no surprise given our digital lives and a growing number of PCs and mobile devices per household.

Once maps were like ink to printers – now even Tom Tom’s entry level GO series has free world maps.

On-line retailer Kogan.com has added another Android smartphone to the range with the Agora 6 – a 5”, Dual SIM, at A$179 plus delivery.

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