Microsoft beefs up OneDrive security
Microsoft has announced changes to its OneDrive storage service that will let consumers protect some or even all of their cloud-stored documents.
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Smart home for people with intellectual disabilities to open next month
A purpose-built smart home for people with intellectual disabilities is due to open in Melbourne next month, featuring a suite of technologies aimed at improving the residents’ care.
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Attackers place crypto-jacking apps in Microsoft App Store
Microsoft has removed eight applications from its app store for Windows that were mining Monero crypto-currency without users' knowledge.
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Why Microsoft and Google love progressive web apps
Microsoft wants everything to run on Windows. Google wants everything to run on the web. (And what does Apple want?)
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NAB and Westpac back smart receipt start-up Slyp
The corporate venture capital arms of National Australia Bank and Westpac have led a $2 million seed funding round into Sydney ‘smart receipt’ start-up Slyp.
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Apple, Salesforce team up to bring Siri to more business apps
Apple will help Salesforce build the iPhone maker's features such as its Siri voice assistant deeper into Salesforce's own mobile apps.
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Court mulls Apple's App Store commissions in antitrust case
The US Supreme Court has agreed to take up Apple’s bid to escape a lawsuit accusing it of breaking federal antitrust laws by monopolising the market for iPhone software applications.
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Unlockd enters administration, blames Google’s ‘anti-competitive conduct’
Melbourne start-up Unlockd – which at the start of this year had been gearing up for an Australian Securities Exchange IPO – has gone into voluntary administration.
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How one Sydney start-up is connecting smart cities to citizens
As the concept of smart cities gathers pace across Australia, OpenCity is taking a step back to focus on the human element of change.
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G Suite isn’t killing Microsoft, but Google’s still winning converts
Alphabet Inc's Google has struggled for years to get big businesses to embrace G Suite, its hip alternative to Microsoft Office.
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Court ruling lands Uber with taxi service status
Uber Technologies should be classified as a transport service and regulated like other taxi operators, the European Union's top court has said.
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Privacy experts spooked by iPhone X app developer access
Apple's privacy promises about the iPhone X's Face ID tech don't extend to the app developers who will be able to access facial data.
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Microsoft signs up Symantec in the cloud
Microsoft has sealed a major customer win in the cloud, with Symantec using the Azure platform to deliver Norton consumer products worldwide.
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Enterprises to get locked-down Windows 10 in six months
‘Windows 10 Enterprise in S Mode,’ a locked-down version of Windows 10 S, will be available from Microsoft in April or May 2018.
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Apple brings in App Store changes for developer appeal
Apple’s newest OS for iPhones and iPads introduces changes to its marketplace for third-party software to satisfy app developers.
