Vodafone Australia is set to commence the next stage of deployment of its commercial narrowband Internet of Things network in the Melbourne CBD, making it the first Australian telco to launch such a service.

Road trauma in Australia and New Zealand could be significantly reduced by the adoption of rapidly developing technologies that change the way drivers use vehicles, according to new research from Austroads.

Attacks against third party outsourcers that provide services to a company or an agency have increased in Australia over the 2016-17 period covered by the Australian Cyber Security Centre's annual threat report.

Australian-listed school communications systems provider MGM Wireless has raised over a quarter of a million dollars from an issue of new shares to existing shareholders, with the funds to be used to launch Spacetalk, its first hardware device.

Facebook, Netflix and Instagram achieved the highest positive Word of Mouth Scores in Australia in the latest YouGov brand index.

Remember Amazon's store in the US where you grab your stuff, walk out and the Amazon app automatically charges you? Invisible payments and other connected tech is coming and will grow big.

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