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Not-for-profit GP clinic Inala Primary Care has been awarded for its work on developing an app designed to tackle the problem of doctors being too time-poor to work out which immunisations newly arrived refugees need.

The winners of the 2017 Communications Alliance Awards were announced at the 11th Annual ACOMM Awards Dinner held in Sydney.

Winning for its pivotal, industry-first “Big Bundle” satphone plan initiative, Pivotel Satellite’s world-first solution increases the accessibility of satcomms tech in regional and remote Australia.

Right now, everybody is trying to crowd-source everything. In fact, there should be an app for crowdsourcing your crowdsourcing idea.

A new report from Reportlinker Insights has found that 57% believe there is no guarantee that workplace conversations on things like Slack, HipChat, Campfire, Facebook, Lync, or Skype will remain private.

South Australia is participating in a Singapore conference aimed at exploring new opportunities from emerging technologies, and their impact on skills and international trade.

The biggest criminal marketplace on the dark web has been taken down through a co-ordinated operation launched by authorities in the US, the Netherlands, Thailand, Lithuania, Canada, the UK, France and Europol.

You got your driver’s licence as soon as you could – a rite of passage. Now as a millennial with a mortgage you have teenage kids that want to do the same – if only to borrow your precious car.

Microsoft has announced US$23.3 billion revenue (up 13% year-on-year) and a US$6.5 billion net profit (up 73%) for its Q4 that concluded on 30 June.

A survey of Australian consumers and senior decision-makers has found nearly half (46%) had experienced cases where the adoption of new digital tools was proposed, only to find the IT department acting as a drag factor and preventing the move.

Communications Minister Mitch Fifield clearly believes in the slogan that a former Labor prime minister, Julia Gillard, used in her last election campaign: moving forward.

Australian construction materials and building products supplier Boral is deploying MuleSoft’s Anypoint Platform to support key business initiatives, including supply chain innovation and omnichannel customer experience.

Vodafone gives you roam to move, leaving you free to roam in NZ, and free to roam in the 63 other countries for $5 per day.

Hyperconvergence has its benefits, with Centra Networks choosing HPE SimpliVity for a “flexible, scalable and future-proof cloud platform.”

And the winner is – sorry, you will have to read the article to find out. But HP’s new x2 Spectre raises the bar in some areas as does Microsoft’s Surface Pro 2017.

Microsoft Surface Pro 2017 (Pro) is a premium Windows 10 PC tablet/detachable that continues the category defining Surface hybrid family that started in 2012 with Surface RT then the Windows-based Surface, Surface Pro, Pro 2, 3, and 4.

HP Spectre x2 (2017) is a premium Windows 10 PC tablet/detachable keyboard – a style made famous by Microsoft’s Surface Pro. In some respects, it beats the new Surface Pro 2017 – and that is saying something.