TCG Process announces the selection of Frank Volckmar to lead the sales, marketing, professional services and customer support operations Australia and New Zealand. As its customer base and opportunities have grown, TCG Process made a strategic decision to expand global operations in Australia and New Zealand with Volckmar at the helm. With subsidiaries in Germany, Poland, Portugal, Chile, Brazil,...
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iPhone price wars are back as carriers compete for 5G customers
The price Americans will pay for an iPhone 12 depends on what cell service they plan to use it with. The three U.S. carriers are actively competing for subscribers by discounting the new iPhone, which goes on sale next week, hoping to lock customers in for years on their wireless service. It starts with a...
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AIICT announces Certified Data Science Professional course featuring Microsoft content
The Australian Institute of ICT (AIICT) has announced today a new ‘Certified Data Science Professional’ course featuring Microsoft certification content for Data Science. AIICT is a start-up launched in 2019 by DDLS, one of Australia’s largest providers of corporate IT and cybersecurity training, and Microsoft Gold Learning Partner. The course is designed specifically for aspiring...
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Deakin University students migrate to the Cloud with the Brightspace Platform
Australia’s top public university for overall student experience, Deakin University, has successfully transitioned its 60,000-plus student body to online learning, and migrated its Brightspace learning management system (LMS) to the cloud. In March, as COVID-19 shut down its four physical campuses, Deakin rapidly transitioned its entire cohort of students and staff to its digital campus,...
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Slack’s performance issues are making remote work difficult Monday
Slack had a case of the Mondays. The company said it was having performance issues much of the day on Monday — potentially causing trouble for the many companies that rely on the workplace communication tool to keep remote teams running. The company noted around 10 am ET that some users might be experiencing slowness...
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Uber wins appeal for licence to operate in London
Uber on Monday won a London court appeal, allowing the US ride-hailing giant to operate in the British capital for the next 18 months, after a judge ruled it was a “fit and proper” firm despite safety concerns. The company, which has 3.5 million customers and 45,000 drivers in the British capital, has now overturned...
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TikTok ban on new downloads has been delayed by federal judge
Judge Carl Nichols (D.D.C) has granted TikTok’s request for a preliminary injunction, delaying a planned ban on new downloads of the app, that was supposed to take place starting Sunday at 11.59 ET. The US Justice Department had until Friday to either delay the ban or file legal papers defending it. The DOJ filed a...
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Facebook, YouTube, Twitter accept hate speech audits to appease advertisers
Facebook, YouTube and Twitter have agreed to allow outsiders to audit how they handle harmful content such as hate speech following a boycott of their platforms by major advertisers. The World Federation of Advertisers (WFA) announced a deal on Wednesday that will see the platforms adopt common definitions and reporting standards for harmful content. The...
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TikTok: Suicide video spread was a ‘coordinated attack’
TikTok said that a suicide video that circulated on its platform earlier this month was uploaded as part of a “coordinated effort” by bad actors. The company struggled to remove the graphic and disturbing video, which showed a man shooting himself with a gun. The man originally live-streamed his suicide on Facebook in late August,...
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Samsung cancels 2020 developers conference as pandemic continues raging
Samsung’s developers conference will take a break this year, as the novel coronavirus pandemic makes it impossible to gather thousands of people in one place. The company said on its developer website that it has canceled its 2020 Samsung Developer Conference and that it’s “disappointed that we will not be hosting the event this year...