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Cloud providers increasingly jumping into gaming market
Gaming

Cloud providers increasingly jumping into gaming market

Aa number of major cloud service providers are uniquely placed to capitalise on the lucrative cloud gaming market.

By Ashton Young • 3 min read • Tue, 19th Mar 2019
NZ ISPs issue open letter to social media giants to discuss censorship
Unified Communications

NZ ISPs issue open letter to social media giants to discuss censorship

Three of New Zealand's largest ISPs urge Facebook, Twitter, and Google to discuss solutions for preventing the spread of violent content online.

By Kai Ping Lew • 4 min read • Tue, 19th Mar 2019
Remember pi? You now have more numbers to learn
Hyperscale

Remember pi? You now have more numbers to learn

Google's Emma Haruka Iwao sets a new Guinness World Record by calculating pi to 31.4 trillion digits using Google Cloud, a first in cloud computing history.

By Sara Barker • 4 min read • Fri, 15th Mar 2019
8x8 announces Google Cloud contact centre AI integration
Customer Relationship Management

8x8 announces Google Cloud contact centre AI integration

8x8 integrates its contact centre with Google Cloud's contact centre AI to improve customer service and productivity.

By Staff Writer • 2 min read • Wed, 13th Mar 2019
Google launches new cloud region in Zurich
Hyperscale

Google launches new cloud region in Zurich

Google kicked off the new region launch with a dedicated event in Zurich which brought in more than 800 business representatives and developers.

By Staff Writer • 2 min read • Tue, 12th Mar 2019
Amazon, Google, and Alibaba fuel booming smart speaker market
Digital Entertainment

Amazon, Google, and Alibaba fuel booming smart speaker market

While these vendors have had great success in the market, other vendors like Samsung, Huawei, and Apple have failed to capitalise.

By Staff Writer • 3 min read • Sat, 9th Mar 2019
Google discovers it's not women that it's underpaying - it's men
Google

Google discovers it's not women that it's underpaying - it's men

After conducting a pay equity analysis, the company uncovered some unexpected findings that resulted in $9.7m of pay rises for underpaid staff.

By Ashton Young • 2 min read • Wed, 6th Mar 2019
Exclusive interview: Google's escalation of the cloud wars
Hyperscale

Exclusive interview: Google's escalation of the cloud wars

Rackware's CEO believes Google is going to be doing more acquisitions and buying an enterprise salesforce to grow more aggressively.

By Ashton Young • 3 min read • Mon, 4th Mar 2019
Android OS now FIDO2 certified, accelerating global migration
Biometrics

Android OS now FIDO2 certified, accelerating global migration

Mobile apps and websites can now leverage FIDO standards to provide a simpler and secure biometric login for over a billion devices supporting Android 7.0+.

By Staff Writer • 3 min read • Wed, 27th Feb 2019
Exclusive Q&A: Why has Google thrown down the $13b gauntlet?
Hyperscale

Exclusive Q&A: Why has Google thrown down the $13b gauntlet?

Google's latest US$13 billion investment in its US data centres marks a strategic move to gain ground in the competitive cloud market, says Francesco Paola.

By Ashton Young • 4 min read • Tue, 26th Feb 2019
Google doubles down on hybrid cloud strategy
Hybrid Cloud

Google doubles down on hybrid cloud strategy

CSP is a platform that aims to simplify building, running, and managing services both on-premise and in the cloud.

By Staff Writer • 2 min read • Thu, 21st Feb 2019
Popular Android apps track users and violate Google's policies
Marketing Technologies

Popular Android apps track users and violate Google's policies

Thousands of popular Android apps are violating Google's policies by tracking users with persistent identifiers, according to AppCensus and Sophos.

By Sara Barker • 3 min read • Wed, 20th Feb 2019
Bug makes Android phones hackable via PNG image files
Google

Bug makes Android phones hackable via PNG image files

This means any application handling PNG files that have been carefully crafted by an attacker can end up running the attacker's code.

By Dr Simon Wiseman • 3 min read • Fri, 8th Feb 2019
Are we security-ready for Alexa in the office?
IoT Security

Are we security-ready for Alexa in the office?

As home-IoT devices such as smart assistants head into the office, there will be a raft of new security challenges that will need to be addressed.

By Ben Moore • 4 min read • Fri, 8th Feb 2019

Stories from Other Regions

NZ investment funds throw weight against social media giants
Google

NZ investment funds throw weight against social media giants

A consortium of NZ funds managing assets worth more than $90m are appealing against Facebook, Twitter, and Google following the Christchurch terror attacks.

By Ashton Young • 2 min read • Thu, 21st Mar 2019
Mobile Mentor leads the way in Android for MSPs
Partner Programmes

Mobile Mentor leads the way in Android for MSPs

Mobile Mentor joins Android Enterprise Recommended program as managed service provider, offering customers confidence in deploying Android.

By Staff Writer • 2 min read • Mon, 11th Mar 2019
You can now wander down NZ's longest river with Google
Google

You can now wander down NZ's longest river with Google

The Google Street View Trekker has now mapped the length of New Zealand's longest river - all 425 kilometres of it.

By Ashton Young • 2 min read • Wed, 6th Mar 2019
How to make Google Ads campaigns work for your business
Marketing Technologies

How to make Google Ads campaigns work for your business

Businesses can waste thousands on Google Ads without clear strategies. Insight Online's Kim Voon offers tips to maximise ROI, even with limited budgets.

By Sara Barker • 3 min read • Tue, 26th Feb 2019