Veriluma, an emerging prescriptive analytics company, has commenced trading on the ASX after completing the reverse takeover of Parmelia Resources. [ + ]

Instagram is the most popular brand in Australia, according to the NetBase Top 50 Brand Love List, while Telstra is the first home-grown brand to make the list at only number 11. [ + ]

Check Point Software and Tenable Network Security have warned the public to exercise caution after USB devices containing malicious content were placed in letterboxes around Victoria. [ + ]

The ACCC will investigate the review policies of sharing economy platforms, following analysis by CHOICE that found 20 long form reviews can be purchased for just $31 and 5000 Instagram followers cost only $75. [ + ]

Global digital payment volumes are expected to exceed 10% growth for the first time, according to a report by Capgemini. [ + ]

Australian universities and other higher education institutions are lagging compared to their global peers in terms of their use of social media as a student engagement tool. [ + ]

Australia's National Pharmacies and New Zealand's Suitebox have both secured Oracle Cloud Platform Innovation Awards for their novel use of Oracle PaaS and IaaS offerings. [ + ]

Affordable and universal access to ICTs and broadband is necessary in order to reach sustainable development goals and achieve gender equality, according to the Broadband Commission. [ + ]

Nearly three in four warehouse operators in APAC markets including Australia plan to invest in new technologies to transform their operations over the next five years. [ + ]

Twitter has rolled out some key changes to simplify Tweets, enabling users to make the most of their 140-character limit. [ + ]

Schneider Electric has launched an Industrial Cybersecurity Practice in Australia which, it said, aims to improve protection for utility, resources and manufacturing industries from attack. [ + ]

The Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC) has published the Industrial Internet Security Framework (IISF), a common security framework that addresses security issues in Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) systems. [ + ]

Up to 75 students will benefit from a partnership between the Australian Technology Network of Universities (ATN) and Huawei Australia, with funding from the New Colombo Plan Mobility Programme. [ + ]

Commonwealth Bank research shows that the majority of Australian small businesses prefer to postpone the adoption of new technology into everyday operations because the benefits are not immediately visible. [ + ]

Enterprise mobility and unified communications specialist Wavelink has appointed Paul Craven to head a new Health Practice. [ + ]