Today on iTWire | This Afternoon Cyanogen Inc changes business model Written by Sam Varghese Cyanogen Inc, the company set up by CyanogenMod founder Steve Kondik, has announced plans for a new Cyanogen Modular OS programme. Read more... mPort fit for purpose with US expansion Written by Peter Dinham Australian tech start up mPort is expanding into the US market on the back of a deal with one of the world’s largest fitness chains,… Read more... Landline use fades as mobile, Internet become king Written by Peter Dinham Landlines are fading into history as the world goes mobile, with a newly released research report showing that just 16% of Australian households use their… Read more... Fusion Broadband speeds private WAN rollouts Written by Stephen Withers A new service from Fusion Broadband makes building private WANs quicker and cheaper. Read more... FreeBSD releases new stable version Written by Sam Varghese The FreeBSD project has announced the availability of version 11.0, the first release of the stable/11 branch. Read more... Samsung shuts down Note7 sales worldwide Written by Sam Varghese Samsung has announced that it is shutting down sales and exchanges of its Galaxy Note7 smartphone globally, until it has investigated and found out what… Read more... Berkeley team breaks barrier in transistor size Written by Sam Varghese A team of scientists at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in California has created a transistor with a working one-nanometre gate. Read more... Yahoo! making it tough for users to leave: report Written by Sam Varghese Yahoo! appears to have put an obstacle in the path of users who want to quit its services in the wake of news of a… Read more... This Morning Claim that battery may not be cause of Note7 woes Written by Sam Varghese Samsung's decision to temporarily halt production of the Galaxy Note7 has raised doubts as to what has actually caused the problems with the device, according… Read more... UK and Australia govts banning Apple Watch from cabinet meetings: hacking fears Written by Alex Zaharov-Reutt The Russians are being blamed for "hacking everything", which is why, in the UK at least, the Apple Watch is being banned from cabinet meetings. Read more... VR gambling – nine-fold growth by 2021 with wagers reaching almost $520m Written by Alex Zaharov-Reutt Virtual Reality isn’t just for games in another dimension, but for gambling, too, with growth from "just over US$58.5 million this year, to just under… Read more... Xbox One S in Australia: four new bundles, two new colours Written by Alex Zaharov-Reutt Microsoft has announced four new Xbox One S bundles, with "Deep Blue" and "Storm Grey" the new Xbox One S colours to tempt you into… Read more... Top Windows blogger at odds with iTWire Windows watcher Written by Alex Zaharov-Reutt One side says there will be no new Surface Pro mobile devices announced and no new Surface Phone on 26 October, but the other side… Read more... Big Switch – like name, like nature Written by Ray Shaw Big Switch leads the way in software-defined networking (SDN), a disruptor to traditional networking as it has “abstracted” software (it decouples what the hardware has… Read more... Geospatial use 'exploding', says Pitney Bowes executive Written by Stephen Withers Geospatial technology is increasingly important to the public and private sectors, according to Pitney Bowes. Read more... Samsung temporarily halts Note7 production : report Written by Sam Varghese Samsung has temporarily halted production of the Galaxy Note7 smartphone after numerous reports of devices catching fire, the South Korean news agency Yonhap reported today. Read more... Sponsored Announcements BI vendor Yellowfin ramps momentum in Asia Pacific with seven additional channel partners Singapore and Australia, Friday 7th, October, 2016 – Yellowfin, a global Business Intelligence (BI) and analytics software vendor, today announced it has signed agreements with… Read more... MGTS appointed to distribute NX Witness in Australia Network Optix, America’s fastest growing software company, has appointed MGTS as a distributor for Nx Witness in the Australian market. Read more... Focused alliance pays customer loyalty dividends for ICT Networks and Juniper Networks A highly focused, long-term alliance between Sydney-based ICT Networks and Juniper Networks continues to yield dividends in terms of customer loyalty driving business expansion. Read more... Vodafone’s Iñaki Berroeta to look at the ‘future of mobile’ in TelSoc Charles Todd oration Vodafone Australia chief executive Iñaki Berroeta will be the latest of a long-list of high profile ICT industry and business leaders to give the Telecommunications… Read more... Yellowfin’s Business Analytics Workflow a “welcome development” for BI industry says Devlin Yellowfin’s introduction of a unique Business Analytics Workflow within its Business Intelligence (BI) and analytics software platform – to facilitate superior collaboration between data analysts… Read more... BI software vendor Yellowfin to host data driven marketing Webinar series Global Business Intelligence (BI) and analytics software vendor, Yellowfin, is set to host a series of educative Webinars on data-driven marketing best practices throughout Wednesday… Read more... |
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