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Global electric vehicle sales for the first half of 2021 rose by 160% year-on-year, the technology analyst firm Canalys says, adding that 2.6 million EVs were sold.

Changes to the App Store and the way consumers and developers can purchase apps and subscriptions has been announced by Apple that will hopefully keep developers and consumers happy, and end US court action against the tech giant - along with setting up a fund to help small US developers.

GUEST INTERVIEW: CoTé Software & Solutions. It's an Australia technology company, founded in 2009, which today provides Enterprise Experience Management Software-as-a-Service via its scalable "virsaic" platform, supported by managed services and digital transformation solutions. It is expanding into the US, and we spoke to its CTO, Rudi Steyn, to learn more.

GUEST INTERVIEW: CoTé Software & Solutions. It's an Australia technology company, founded in 2009, which today provides Enterprise Experience Management Software-as-a-Service via its scalable "virsaic" platform, supported by managed services and digital transformation solutions. It is expanding into the US, and we spoke to its CTO, Rudi Steyn, to learn more.

 Although the Olympics in host city Tokyo had no spectators, this did not dampen the mood of the historic event: digital cheers and engagement poured in for athletes around the world were at an all time high, double the number of users during Rio 2016.

New Zealand cable operator Hawaiki Submarine Cable has been acquired by BW Digital, an affiliate of the global maritime company BW Group, for an undisclosed price.

The Australian Government's move to push Telstra to buy Digicel appears to contradict the policy it has adopted in order to ban Huawei from having a role in the country's 5G networks.

Agrees to Acquire Mercatus, Inc. to Offer Fully Integrated Platform For Growing Private Market Segments Including Infrastructure, Private Equity, Real Estate, Private Debt and Fund of Funds

COMPANY NEWS: State Street Corporation has announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Mercatus, Inc., a premier front-and-middle-office solutions and data management provider for private market managers.

A study conducted by cloud security vendor Zscaler found there was a 700% increase in IoT-specific malware attacks in December 2020 compared with the pre-pandemic period.

JMA Wireless (JMA) and other leading American wireless technology companies successfully demonstrated the advanced 5G private network that will launch a smart warehouse at the Marine Corps Logistics Base at Albany, GA as part of the DOD 5G-to-Next G Initiative.

Smartphone shipments in 2021 are forecast to reach 1.38 billion units globally this year, an increase of 7.7% over 2020 and the highest level since 2015, the technology analyst firm IDC says.

More needs to be done to protect against application security threats, particularly newer threats like bot attacks, API attacks, and supply chain attacks, according to one global security firm.

Expenditure on cloud infrastructure services in the US grew by 29% in the first quarter of this year to US$18.6 billion (A$23.9 billion), the technology analyst firm Canalys says, adding that this was a record.

Almost two-thirds (64%) of chief information security officers in 14 countries believe they will be hit by a material cyber-attack in the next 12 months, the security firm Proofpoint says.

A ban on US investment in the Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi has been lifted, with the US Defence Department apparently unwilling to defend a Trump era action that claimed the company had ties to the Chinese military.

Both in speed and adoption, 5G has outstripped earlier technologies such as 4G and 3G, the technology analyst firm Counterpoint Research says, accounting for more than 60% of devices sold in the first two months of 2021 in the US.

Sales of smartphones in the US grew by 19% year-on-year in the first quarter of 2021, the technology analyst firm Counterpoint Research says, adding that this growth was helped greatly by 5G offerings from Apple, Samsung and OnePlus.

Apple plans to make new contributions of more than $430 billion in the US and add 20,000 jobs across the country over the next five years.

Billions of dollars of damage has been caused by ransomware to both business and home users in the last 12 months, the New Zealand-headquartered security firm Emsisoft says in figures released on Tuesday, adding that the average ransom demand increased by more than 80% during the same period, with a total of US$18 billion (A$23.2 billion) paid in ransoms globally.

NBN Co has priced a $US2 billion (approx AUD $2.6 billion) bond issue after what it says was "a successful, inaugural raise in US capital markets."