Optus to buy Eatability for $6 million
Optus will pay $6 million to acquire Australian restaurant directory Eatability.
Stories by Adam Bender
Android use up among enterprises but Apple still dominant: Report
Good Technology has reported a growing number of Android activations among its enterprise customers in the second quarter this year.
Vodafone upgrades Sydney CityRail coverage
Vodafone customers can expect better coverage on Sydney CityRail’s North Shore line after the telco switched on new network equipment in tunnels from Central to Town Hall, Town Hall to Wynyard and Wynyard to the Harbour Bridge.
NeCTAR awards $0.6 million to Australian Synchrotron
The Australian Synchrotron aims to speed data analysis through a project funded with $641,387 from the federal government’s National eResearch Collaboration Tools and Resources (NeCTAR) project.
Mobile operators look to Wi-Fi to offload surging traffic: Ovum
Carriers should take a more serious look at Wi-Fi offloading to handle surging mobile broadband traffic, said Ovum, citing results from its global survey. However, the situation may not be as dire in Australia as other countries.
Google Maps adds NSW public transportation directions
New South Wales residents can now get public transportation directions straight from Google Maps.
200Gbps upgrade for iiNet international capacity
Southern Cross Cables will upgrade iiNet’s international bandwidth to 200Gbps, 10 times the current 20Gbps capacity, iiNet said.
Australia cuts down on spam: Report
Australia has reduced its spam, according to the quarterly international spam rankings Sophos Q2 2012 spam report released by Sophos.
Router issue takes out Optus 3G
Optus suffered a 3G data outage across Australia last night, mostly affecting New South Wales and Queensland. Mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs) Amaysim, Virgin Mobile and Boost Mobile all run on the Optus network.
CitiPower, Powercor expand use of HP Quality Centre
Australian electricity distributors CitiPower and Powercor Australia have rapidly expanded use of HP Quality Centre for testing business applications used to deliver energy supplies to customers across Victoria, according to the companies’ CSA assurance team leader, Fiona Hocking.
Hutchison says sorry to customers amid losses
Hutchison has apologised to customers for problems on the Vodafone Hutchison Australia (VHA) mobile network as VHA reported a customer loss of 178,000 in the first half of this year.
Analysts predict slow enterprise adoption of touch, Windows 8
Enterprises may see little need to buy a touchscreen enhanced OS like Windows 8 just yet, analysts told Computerworld Australia.
Coles taps Office 365 for staff portal on the Cloud
Coles will roll out Microsoft Office 365 to its 100,000 employees throughout Australia, the grocery store said.
ACMA unaware of Jelly Bean issue raised by Vodafone
The Australian Communications and Media Authority said it didn't know about any regulatory issue keeping Vodafone from updating the Samsung Nexus S to the latest version of Android.
Queensland, Victoria seen lacking privacy leadership
Queensland and Victoria must immediately appoint new privacy commissioners, urged the Australian Privacy Foundation. Each state has an acting commissioner, but the privacy group said that’s unacceptable in letters to each state's attorney general.