Salesforce and Toyota will create “Toyota Friend”, a private social network for cars that will allow vehicles to communicate with its owners, and link together drivers, dealers and the manufacturer.
Often subjected to the inside of a plane, Gary Starr, managing director of Motorola Solutions Australia, shares his travel experiences with us.
Travel review hub TripAdvisor has said that part of its email database has been stolen by hackers.
New regulations will see mobile carriers providing precise location information to emergency services to help locate people who can’t identify where they are.
The number of people signing up to the Vodafone class action lawsuit lead by law firm Piper Alderman is still climbing and is slated to reach 20,000 in the next week.
Optus has introduced 24-month express repair warranties for all brands of mobile phones on 24-month contracts following an investigation by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission.
Sydney researchers are getting ready to conduct human trials next year of a smart chip, which, when implanted in the spinal cord, can measure and stop pain signals from travelling to the brain.
McDonald’s has become the latest chain of stores to jump on the contactless card fad, following the likes of Dymocks and Bunnings last month.
Telstra has rolled out two-year warranties for all mobile handsets on 24-month contracts except Apple’s iPhones following discussions with the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC).
The NSW Government has finished a $3 million upgrade of its Transport Management Centre, including the provision of a new website that allows road users to glean real-time information about NSW road conditions.
Over a thousand profiles on dating site RedHotPie (www.redhotpie.com.au) were created by website operator Jetplace, according to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC).
Telstra has signed on to offer free, faster access to Facebook on mobile phones using its new mobile site 0.facebook.com.
iPrimus has released pricing for its first National Broadband Network services, revealing an introductory offer covering broadband, calls and line rental for under $50.
Manly Fast Ferry will offer passengers free Wi-Fi to “bring the daily commute into the 21st century”.
Optus has finally put an end to speculation on whether it will follow Telstra’s upgrade of its hybrid fibre coaxial (HFC) network, announcing that it has already started work on its cable in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane.
Visa Australia said today it was moving to chip and PIN technology for all of its credit cards, with signature transactions to be banned by April 2013.
Amazon’s hyped e-reader Kindle is coming to Australia, with plans for the device to begin shipping on 19 October.
Australia and New Zealand Banking Group has begun to offer free Wi-Fi wireless internet access in over 100 locations across Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane, in an act of generosity to last the next few months.
Broadband provider Internode has cut the price of its 3G modem range by $50.
National Australia Bank has announced that it will roll out systems to over 500 Melbourne merchants this month, which will enable them to take customers’ payment when they hold their cards up to a reader, but has stopped developing technology for payments via mobile phone.
