About half the world will be online by the end of this year, according to a report from the UN agency, the International Telecommunications Union.

Facebook has developed software that would allow censorship of posts on the network in specific geographical regions, in order to help it break into the Chinese market, according to reports.

Despite ADUPS publicly announcing that its data snooping on 700 million Android smartphones was a “technical mistake”, informed opinion is that the Chinese government was involved in the collection of this personal data, since it is known to use a variety of methods to filter and track Internet usage and monitor online conversations.

You’ve heard of pay by phone? Well now it’s pay by watch. Go to the shops, use your Samsung Gear S2 or new Gear S3 to pay and go – transaction completed.

Australians who claim that their country stands alone as one that is providing slower broadband to the people are off the mark if one judges by the arguments being mounted in the UK against the provision of fibre to the premises (FttP).

Missouri-based technology firm MJ Technology has begun a crowd-funding campaign on Indiegogo to raise US$100,000 to build the first tablets that run GNU/Linux.

Small business is the most optimistic business segment in Australia, despite most small operators forecasting challenging conditions in the next six months.

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