Telstra achieved a 0.8% increase in profit and 9.1% growth in revenue for the first half of FY2016, despite stricter competition in the fixed and mobile markets. [ + ]

The AIIA is inviting nominations from across all sectors of Australian innovation for the 2016 iAwards. [ + ]

There have been nearly 9000 .sydney domain names registered since its launch one year ago, and registrar Neustar is processing around 900,000 DNS queries for .sydney domains per day. [ + ]

Adelaide Festival Centre has engaged Optus Business to migrate its existing IT infrastructure to a hybrid cloud platform based on Microsoft Azure. [ + ]

Cybersecurity experts have gathered at the ANU for a conference aimed at exploring the future of the internet and the threats nation state policies pose to its fundamental freedom and openness. [ + ]

Wollongong's Nan Tien Temple needed an IT upgrade to help establish its tertiary education facility and stay connected with the Buddhist order's worldwide network. [ + ]

While ANZ business leaders overwhelmingly believe that technology-enabled collaboration is key to competitiveness and can transform their workplace, only one in five believe their current tools are optimal. [ + ]

ACMA and New Zealand's NZDIA have expanded their collaboration to tackle spam, malware and phishing scams to cover wider sharing of information and tools. [ + ]

AGL and the government have separately invested in Sunverge Energy's battery energy storage technology, while Australia's Redflow is preparing to launch its own battery storage product. [ + ]

The conference program is now available for one of the biggest business technology events of the year, returning once again to Sydney from 2–4 May. [ + ]

Shares in Twitter briefly fell 13% after the company published its latest results showing that its monthly active userbase actually declined during the fourth calendar quarter. [ + ]

Cisco plans to acquire Jasper Technologies for about $1.98 billion, almost 1000 jobs to go in Autodesk restructure, and Palo Alto reveals a Trojan that can spy on Skype users. [ + ]

As mobility and the cloud continue to steadily influence progress in communication and collaboration, businesses need to ask themselves some crucial questions about their adoption. [ + ]

New research has shown many Australians are hoarding old electronic devices because they lack the knowledge to recycle and are concerned about their data security. [ + ]

A study of 25 of the most popular dating apps on iOS found that many could violate companies' BYOD, privacy and confidentiality or risk profile policies. [ + ]