Non-profit BOS Australia will next month launch a mobile app to allow smartphone users to donate to and learn more about their cause of rescuing and rehabilitating endangered baby orangutans. [ + ]

Six of the NBN Co's seven board members have offered their resignations, at the request of newly crowned Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull. [ + ]

BlackBerry announced it will cut 4500 jobs in an attempt to reduce operating expenditure, while also disclosing an expected almost $1 billion net operating loss this quarter. [ + ]

Telecom NZ has used a submission to a government review of wholesale copper access pricing to argue for a regulated price at the bottom of the proposed NZ$37.50-NZ$42.50 range. [ + ]

Research firm Gartner expects mobile app store downloads to climb from 64bn in 2012 to 102bn this year, but this blistering growth rate won't continue forever. [ + ]

Under a state government program, Victorian companies can apply for vouchers worth up to $250K to support projects aimed at implementing cutting-edge technologies. [ + ]

Kylie Minogue has supplanted her sister Dannii as the most dangerous Australian celebrity to search for information about online, a McAfee study shows. [ + ]

Telstra's fixed-line rivals want the ACCC to directly regulate access to Telstra's facilities, but Telstra has dismissed the calls as "unwarranted" and "unnecessary". [ + ]

Incoming Prime Minister Tony Abbott has revealed his new ministry, confirming who will oversee the ICT-related portfolios in the new Coalition government. [ + ]

The Australian retail sector is expected to spend just shy of $2 billion on ICT products and services this year, according to IDC Australia. [ + ]

The widespread use of smartphones, tablets, ultrabooks and various other electronic devices means flash storage has become part of everyday life for many people, but it is also playing an important role in the data centre. [ + ]

Call recording is gaining momentum around the globe. Given the existence of regulation, it's important CIOs understand the complexity and nuances of call recording and customer security. [ + ]

Traditional bitter rivals in the IT vendor space appear to be putting their differences aside and forming partnerships with one another in a bid to expand their cloud footprints. [ + ]

Voice biometrics contact centre technology provides a way for banks and financial institutions to improve security and customer engagement. [ + ]

Michael Dell has succeeded in buying back the company he founded in 1984, with Dell shareholders approving his joint bid with private equity firm Silver Lake to buy out the company and take it private, in a US$24.9 billion (approx AU$27 billion) transaction. [ + ]