While a largely discredited mainstream media scratches its collective head in confusion as it wonders how it got the US public mood so horribly wrong, a few are starting to turn their attention to what the election of Donald J Trump as the 45th US President will mean for US tech corporations. Many are nervous that new boss actually intends to deliver on his promise to bring jobs back home.

Smartphone enabled tap and go usage for transactions will take off in Australia over time, according to a senior partner from professional services firm Deloitte which has just released its study on the latest trends in the Australian mobile consumer market, including the growing shift to biometric smartphone security.

The Australian Taxation Office has issued Singtel, the owner of Optus, a demand to pay back taxes of $326 million which the telco indicates it will fight.

A solid 5.2% US market share increase for iOS during Q3 2016 to 34.2% as Android US share falls, but both iOS and Android made gains in Europe, according to the latest figures from Kantar.

Prime Television has breached the privacy provisions of the Commercial TV Industry Code of Practice by using material relating to a child’s personal or private affairs in a news broadcast in March.

Software-defined networking has come into vogue because of the growth of the cloud and is one of the waves of the future, according to Olaf Kirch, vice-president of R&D at SUSE Linux, who spoke to Sam Varghese at SUSECon in the US.

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