Displaying items by tag: 2020

As the pandemic hangover continues with another increase in demand for jobs supporting work-from-home and start ups, Freelancer report Microsoft Office suffers as ‘home-preneurs’ opt for low-cost alternatives.

The new report outlines how ransomware, malicious spam, mobile malware and other threats to consumers evolved during the COVID-19 pandemic.

“International Women’s Day is a wonderful opportunity for me to think about the women who’ve helped me and those who I’ve helped along the way”, explains Kate Toon, founder of the Stay Tooned Group and the My Business Awards Businesswoman of the Year 2020.

In my hands and in use at various times during the past 48 hours, the MacBook Air with M1 processor is super fast, has great battery life, runs a wide range of iPhone and iPad apps, has no cooling fan and even makes Office 365 run without the "Intel beachball of slowdown pain".

Aussie Broadband is the company that offers "bloody good broadband", so when we looked at its half year results, we thought they were bloody good, too!

Chinese smartphone brands Vivo celebrates being listed in the top 5 smartphone brands of the 2020 calendar, alongside Samsung, Apple, Huawei and Xiaomi, according to IDC.

Australia's Communications Alliance has "welcomed the announcement by the Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman (TIO) that complaints dropped by 11.2% in the most recent quarter."

iTWire wishes all readers the most wonderful of Christmases and festive seasons, and the best and happiest New Year for 2021 possible.

The latest Cyberthreats Report from cyber protection powerhouse Acronis says that 2021 will see remote workers and managed service providers targeted by cyberattackers, with data exfiltration to outpace data encryption

With 2020 a year we'll never forget, what were the top searches by Aussies during the year on Google, as reported by Google? There's also a great three minute film that wraps up the year and shows that we all searched "why" more than ever.

ASCCA is the Australian Seniors Computer Clubs Association, and the replay of the 2020 Living Your Best Online Life conference can be seen here now!

Billed as the "race that stops the nation", there's talk that the 2020 version will be the "race that starts the nation" given the COVID-19 craziness, so how you do watch The Melbourne Cup live from anywhere you can get a mobile or Wi-Fi data connection?

Phil Britt is the CEO and MD of Aussie Broadband, which just listed on the ASX, won a major customer service award, gained its first customer on its new Metro Melbourne fibre network, with Britt also winning the ACOMMS Communications Ambassador Award for 2020, and he joined iTWireTV via Zoom for a good all-round chat.

Webroot has released its annual list of the Nastiest Malware, "revealing phishing, botnet attacks and ransomware as 2020’s most vicious cybersecurity threats".

The 2020 Appian APAC Partner Award winners across four categories have been announced, with these strategic partners selected based on their success in helping companies execute their business strategies through applications built on the Appian Low-code Automation Platform. 

Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud now offers integration with Citrix Workspace via Citrix Ready, which enables Citrix MSPs to "better address today’s sophisticated and relentless cyberthreat landscape, while reducing the complexity for clients and their own operations"

While there weren't as many companies winning richly deserved awards as you'd normally see, the Consensus Awards tradition has continued during unprecedented times, albeit with the same kind of restrictions and Zoom meetings we've all had to endure.

Just in time for the end of year holiday shopping season comes some great new upgrades to Amazon's line of voice controlled intelligent assistants, along with an all-new Echo Show 10 promising "a complete reimagination of Alexa with a screen", upgraded in "every way" and can even rotate silently to stay in view - and more!

Claiming "cloud-native intelligence products accelerate customers’ digital transformation", Alibaba unveiled a series of innovative products at its 12th annual Apsara Conference.

Once again, Apple has showcased a range of great new technologies in an incredibly professionally produced video presentation that showcases two new iPads, two new Apple Watches, a new Fitness+ service, the Apple One bundles, the new A14 Bionic processor and from tomorrow, the new iOS 14, iPadOS 14, watchOS 7 and tvOS 14.