Wireless + mobility

Google revamping Android with L update

03 July, 2014 by Dylan Bushell-Embling

Google's Android L update will introduce more than 5000 new APIs, support for 64-bit processing, a redesigned UI and other significant changes.


Salesforce's push to get wearables into the enterprise

18 June, 2014 by Andrew Collins

With cloud-based CRM provider Salesforce.com launching its dev kit for wearable technologies, promises that wearable tech will reach enterprise level may soon be realised.


Intel president talks up company's mobile focus

06 June, 2014 by Dylan Bushell-Embling

During a speech this week, Intel president Renée James said more than 130 tablet models using an Intel chipset have been launched or announced, and the company is on track to launch an SoC for low-cost smartphones in Q4.


iiNet to roll out free Wi-Fi network in Canberra

29 May, 2014 | Supplied by: iiNet Limited

iiNet has been selected to build what it is calling Australia's largest free Wi-Fi network, covering 12 business districts across Canberra.


BYOD: the case for and against

28 May, 2014 by Andrew Collins

Australian organisations are approaching bring your own device (BYOD) in a variety of ways. Some are adopting BYOD and report benefits from doing so; some reject it outright, feeling it's not appropriate for their organisation; and many more have not addressed the issue at all.


Telstra plans $100m user-driven Wi-Fi network

21 May, 2014 by Dylan Bushell-Embling

Telstra has unveiled a $100m plan to build one of the world's largest Wi-Fi networks, primarily using participating customers' own connections.


Mobile first and the future of the workplace

21 May, 2014 by Richard Absalom*

Enterprise IT must embrace the mobile-first workplace or risk sliding into obsolescence, writes Ovum's Richard Absalom.


Connected living market could be worth $791bn by 2020

21 May, 2014 by Dylan Bushell-Embling

The ongoing Internet of Everything trend will create a future with trillions of connected devices, generating a total market opportunity of over $791bn by 2020, Frost & Sullivan predicts.


Oracle wins appeal in Google Java copyright case

13 May, 2014 by Jonathan Nally

Oracle has had a legal victory in its copyright infringement case against heavyweight Google, with a US appeals court deciding Oracle can copyright parts of Java.


Three billion on the internet by year's end

08 May, 2014 by Jonathan Nally

By the end of 2014, there are forecast to be almost 3 billion internet users globally, with two-thirds of them from the developing world.


Monash project could lead to phones printed on shirts

30 April, 2014 by Dylan Bushell-Embling

Monash University researchers have designed a 'spaser' made of carbon, and the technology could eventually replace transistors in devices such as memory and displays.


Cohda to supply wireless gear for NSW road safety trial

23 April, 2014 by Dylan Bushell-Embling

Cohda Wireless has been selected to supply equipment for a long-term trial aimed at reducing crashes involving large vehicles on a stretch of highway near Wollongong.


LTE to keep telcos in developed APAC afloat

17 April, 2014 by Dylan Bushell-Embling

Increases in LTE subscribers and mobile data usage will help telcos in developed APAC reverse declining average revenue per user, and keep overall revenues growing, a research firm predicts.


Telcos under pressure to "reimagine communications"

11 April, 2014 by Dylan Bushell-Embling

Ovum expects the social messaging segment, backed by heavyweights such as Facebook, to pose an increasing threat to traditional mobile operator revenues and force an evolution of communications services.


1 in 3 Aussie CxOs to support flexible work in 2014

10 April, 2014 by Dylan Bushell-Embling

Australian business leaders recognise the benefits of flexible working - including mobile and activity-based working - but feel their business processes are holding them back, a survey suggests.


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