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The University of Canberra (UC) has powered its Digital Student Journey (DSJ) program with workflow automation vendor Boomi’s cloud integration and data management platform.

La Trobe University says it will be the first Australian university to offer a course specialising in the tech industry’s fastest growing sector – the Internet of Things.

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.

You know those couples that post all over Facebook about how 'in love' they are? A scientific study has determined they're likely anxious about their partner's feelings.

IT departments Australia-wide are struggling to deal with availability and performance of applications, according to new research from IT management software firm SolarWinds.

A month following revelations Facebook controversially ran an emotional manipulation newsfeed experiment, one of the study's co-authors has come forward in an interview to set the record straight.

Melbourne and Sydney's homeless population have a higher rate of mobile phone ownership than Australians generally, according to new research from the University of Sydney.

Online dating site OkCupid has laughed in the face of critics of Facebook's controversial experimentation methods, in a new blog posted titled 'We Experimented on Human Beings!'.

New research has found that global revenues from PC and console games will decline from $46.5bn this year to $41bn by 2019, despite a profileration of new consoles like the Playstation 4 and Xbox One.

The raging controversy over whether Facebook behaved unethically when it conducted a secret psychological experiment on its users is continuing, with a UK regulator now investigating.

Facebook users are pushing back after news surfaced of a "massive experiment" in which users were unwitting participants in a study of how social media posts affected their moods.

Mobile phone transactions are taking off, with Australians now four times more likely to use mobile phones for payments and banking services today than in 2010, according to new research.

Since launching free blanket wifi coverage across the CBD last November, Perth has vaulted from last to become the nation’s wireless hotspot capital among smartphone users according to new research.

A new type of young workers called 'GenMobile' are forcing employers to rethink traditional work patterns and make the workplace more flexible and mobile according to fresh research.

The NRL is this year following in AFL’s footsteps to broadcast matches live to subscribers on mobile phones and tablets, and Roy Morgan Research has studied which footy fans are so far using AFL Live Official App.

IT management software firm SolarWinds has told journalists that today’s IT professionals must adopt new skillsets and be prepared to help their companies make informed, strategic business decisions, according to a new survey released today.

If you text and walk, you're a bloody idiot - new research is showing that people that text while walking are at risk of ruining their balance and posture, and severe injury.

A new report has uncovered an ongoing proliferation of Apple iOS phishing sites in Australia and New Zealand, as well as a continued increase in online banking malware.

Texting your significant other all the time should mean you're deeply in love, right? Apparently not, according to some new research.

Over one third of Australian businesses are in the dark about amendments to the Privacy Act which are due to come into effect March 2014, new research shows.