Maestrano ramps up cloud integration
Cloud integration company Maestrano is on the verge of doubling the range of applications it can connect. As previously reported, Maestrano's business is focussed on integrating cloud-based business...
View ArticleFinXL’s innovation catches eye of Australian Business Award judges
Sydney-based national ICT and professional services company, FinXL, has been recognised for its business innovation in this year’s Australian Business Awards. The award recognises the Finite...
View ArticleAussies buy fewer smartphones – 18% decline on a year ago
International Data Corporation (IDC) says only 1.8 million smartphones were shipped in Australia in Q2, 2016 down from 2.2 million units a year ago. The 18% YoY (year-on-year) decline for the overall...
View ArticleTelstra deal to help NBL boosts digital offerings for basketball fans
Telstra and the National Basketball League have expanded their current partnership to allow basketball fans to watch live NBL through Telstra’s TV streaming device and for the telco’s mobile customers...
View ArticleFiremonkeys' move gives Melbourne lift as digital games leader
Melbourne’s credentials as Australia’s digital games “heartland” has been boosted with the launch of Australia’s largest games development headquarters, Electronic Arts’ Firemonkeys studio in...
View ArticleSpirit Telecom boosts executive team
Telecommunications and Internet provider Spirit Telecom has beefed up its executive management team with the appointment of a new chief operating officer and a new chief marketing officer. Matthew...
View ArticleReview: No Man’s Sky – is there a point to this?
What are we playing here? It’s a massive multiplayer online game where you most likely will never chance across another human, is there any reason to soar into No Man’s Sky? Burdened by a huge amount...
View ArticleTop 5 Android smartphone maker's support policies revealed
Which Android smartphone manufacturer pushes out updates fastest? Which has the fastest response times and least app crashes? Which countries have the highest Android fragmentation rates? Apteligent, a...
View ArticleEarly 2017 end for Skype on Windows Phone
Microsoft will end support for its Skype client for Windows Phone in October, with the app itself to be interred early next year. This follows the company's decision to base its mobile devices on...
View ArticleAlcatel’s smartphones hold number three spot in Australia
A relatively unknown brand Alcatel — except to Rabbitohs fans — has maintained its number three position by volume of handsets shipped, according to IDC’s quarterly mobile phone tracker. Alcatel was...
View ArticleAMD gives Lenovo’s Y27f curved monitor gaming FreeSync freedom
If you’ve ever played PC games and have suffered non-smooth, stuttering graphics, you need a monitor with AMD FreeSync technology, with Lenovo now in the game. AMD FreeSync technology has been around...
View ArticleQld police silent on claims of hacking US child porn ring members
The Queensland Police Service's Taskforce Argos has refused to comment on allegations made by an American technology news website that its members hacked into computers of Americans who were part of a...
View ArticleNBN ‘on track' and buoyed by exceeding network rollout targets
Controversy and questions about broadband speed and performance aside, NBN Co, the company building the National Broadband Network, has today released its 2016 financial results and says it has...
View ArticleFULL VIDEO: NBN Co full year results 2016 presentation
iTWire was at NBN Co’s full year results 2016 presentation, and as per usual, we captured the presentation in full for you on video – it's embedded below. As reported by iTWire colleague Peter Dinham...
View ArticleNvidia extends GTX 10-Series to notebooks
Nvidia's Pascal-powered GPUs are now available in notebooks from vendors including Acer, Asus, HP and Lenovo. Following the release of Nvidia's GTX 1080, 1070 and 1060 earlier this year, the company...
View ArticleMNF Group: ‘record full year result,’ exceeds forecast
‘Global voice specialist’ MNF Group says profit is up for the full year ending 30 June 2016, with EDITDA up 46% to $17.8 million. With MNF Group’s EBITA up 46% to $17.8 million on total revenue of...
View ArticleSpark Ventures has the Hyde to announce a new CEO, due 1 October 2016
Spark New Zealand has announced a new CEO for Spark Ventures, Ed Hyde, who originally joined Spark back in 2006. Hyde will be replacing Rod Snodgrass, who is ‘leaving Spark later in the year to...
View ArticleSamsung Gear S3 launch 31 August
It seems that the market is polarised between smart watches and fitness trackers – it is heavily skewed towards the latter. But the smartwatch category is in steep decline as more of these “useless...
View ArticleBhagat crosses from EMC to Verizon
Verizon Enterprise Solutions, a division of US communications giant Verizon, has appointed 30-year ICT industry veteran Vic Bhagat as chief information officer for its global business. Bhagat joins...
View ArticleAustralia lags on Netflix speeds – and everything else
Netflix has updated its Australian prime-time use ISP ratings, and it is a little bit of a shock. Market behemoth Telstra (BigPond) was little more than a trickle at an average of 2.32Mbps, well behind...
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