Australia's fourth largest telecommunications company, the Vocus Group, has announced that it will be simplifying its business into three independent business units.

Australian national broadband network builder NBN Co has denied that it has any plans to introduce a "Netflix tax" and charge increased rates for customers who stream videos.

New Zealand Justice Minister Andrew Little has accused search behemoth Google of "flipping the bird" at his country after it said it would not change its policies following the breach of a suppression order, and publishing the name of a 27-year-old Auckland man whose name has been suppressed in a prominent murder case.

Technology devotees, data hackers and eco-engineers are taking part in a weekend long hackathon at Tech Fe(a)st in Brisbane when they will try to hack the problem of food waste by designing a prototype community composting system.

Linius Technologies has entered into a Master Services Agreement with SportsHero Limited via their respective wholly-owned subsidiaries.

With Apple the most profitable smartphone, tablet, computing and technology company around, lame claims that Apple is in trouble because it won't have a 5G phone this year should be hung up on says resident Apple watcher Alex Zaharov-Reutt.

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