Many apps that have had access to Gmail data will find their access blocked soon as Google locks down API access, with the cut off date being 15 July. The new API policy was announced in October last year.

Telecommunications regulator The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA), says telco consumers will now be better protected under new consumer protection rules it has just introduced.

The NBN Co's decision to offer an increase in the CVC included with 100Mbps plans from 2.5Mbps to 3Mbps will not provide a speed boost to the extent that those reading certain media outlets would expect, the head of a small Tasmanian retail service provider says.

Victorian Government ICT shared services provider Cenitex has leveraged Microsoft Azure cloud services in the development of VicCloud Protect which is claimed as representing the highest security level a shared government service provider has been able to offer to date.

Crikey, the Ashes campaign kicks off tomorrow for Australia's Women's Cricket Team, and with a powerful activity monitoring Apple Watch app from The Australian Institute of Sport with every player, is wrist-worn hardware and software our performance-enhancing secret weapon?

Data management company Attunity has exposed a considerable amount of data in three publicly unsecured Amazon S3 buckets, including back-ups of employees' OneDrive accounts, email correspondence, system passwords, sales and marketing contact information and project specifications.

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