Melbourne’s Swinburne University of Technology and multinational networking giant Cisco have signed an agreement to collaborate on new research initiatives on the Internet of Things.

The federal government has moved forward with its plan to fix Australia's mobile blackspots, today releasing a list of over 6,000 locations as having been identified as providing inadequate coverage.

What is reportedly the first study into Australia's app consuming habits has been released, showing 65% of Aussies download paid apps either never or less often than every few months.