As Google overtakes Apple as the world’s most valuable brand, in Australia Telstra has retained the mantle of the country’s most valuable brand for the second year running ahead of two of our biggest banks – the Commonwealth and the ANZ.

The Rural, Regional and Remote Communications Coalition has added its voice to those raising alarms over proposed changes to the telecommunications USO, expressing concern that reliable home phone services in the bush may be put at risk by replacing land lines with satellite connections.

Twitter is suffering from a phishing campaign that threatens to undermine the credibility of its verified accounts programme and steal credentials and money.

Businesses and their mobile workforces — including contractors, suppliers and freelancers — increasingly rely on cloud-based apps and services for productivity. But this rapidly increasing trend is creating massive security and identity issues.

Activist group SumOfUs.org has included tech companies such as IBM, SpaceX, Tesla, and Uber among 19 corporations “named and shamed” as supporters of US President Donald Trump’s anti-Muslim immigration policy.

Australian online consumers show little interest in their finances and don’t engage much with financial institutions, or seek out financial advice, despite the wider availability of digital money management tools, according to a newly published study from Forrester Research.

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