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Australian catch-up news platform Hash has a new look and new functionality, using part of the $1 million filling its coffers after a successful capital raising to launch version 2.0 of its platform.

Dominant carrier Telstra has today launched Androidland - a section of its largest retail store that showcases the latest Android smartphones and tablets. Billed as a world-first retail collaboration with Google, Telstra claims its new Android section is a world-first store within its flagship Melbourne store.

The organisation engaged by the government to review NBN Co's corporate plan reportedly told the government that NBN Co capex would total $50.8b by 2028, as opposed to NBN Co's estimate of $35.9b by 2020.

The NBN Co today opened its $32.5m operations centre in Melbourne's Docklands which houses the facilities for managing the day-to-day operations of the Australia-wide broadband service.

Microsoft has acquired video search engine VideoSurf for a reported $70 million and plans to add its video tagging technology to Xbox Live.

Microsoft's search engine Bing wants to do to Google what Dyson did to Hoover.  Typically category killers become generic terms - think Hoover, Kleenex and Biro - but as Dyson's proved, even category killers can prove vulnerable.

The Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman has described Vodafone as 'extremely disappointing', after complaints about the telco almost tripled compared to last year.

QANTAS budget airline subsidiary Jetstar has announced the rollout of iPads on board for passengers, claiming to be the first airline in the world to offer tailored technology for Apple's popular tablet. The iPad service will be available on selected flights from tomorrow (9 November) before a wider rollout in December.

In a bid to demonstrate the existence of valid prior art to the general design of the iPad, Samsung has cited Stanley Kubrick's 1968 movie, '2001: A Space Odyssey', in its legal battle with Apple over tablet patents.

With hoards of hungry tablet consumers clearing the shelves of HP TouchPads at Harvey Norman, it seems quite obvious that there's no shortage of demand for WebOS tablet devices. The only problem for HP was the price.