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Creative design marketplace DesignCrowd has reached one million registered designers on its platform.

Intelligent workforce management Humanforce launches a software solution to assist businesses in managing complex workplace vaccination issues and help organisations communicate effectively their policies.

Australia’s two biggest telcos — Telstra and Optus — fared poorly in a survey of Australian telecommunications consumers who say they are unimpressed by the amount of time they spend getting a resolution to a telco issue.

Vodafone has become the biggest gainer in the Australian mobile market over the last year, according to Roy Morgan Research.

Virgin Australia has announced Wi-Fi for domestic Australian flights after a trial this year, but unlike Qantas which made a similar announcement in February, will Virgin’s Wi-Fi be free?

Global marketing, business and strategy expert Ian Duffell has enjoyed a stellar business career, and is now one of the directors at recently listed IoT Group.

The Australian Communications Consumer Action Network has warned consumers they may be losing a big chunk of their mobile data to what it warns is a megabyte rounding “rip off”.

Apple has nose-dived to 11th place and competitor Samsung has claimed 2nd spot in the Australian corporate reputation stakes behind Toyota which is back on top for the second time.

Wish you could get a real Internet connection when flying about Australia rather than just on-board entertainment? NBN Co CEO Bill Morrow says talks are underway and it could happen as soon as late next year. 

A new report says NBN Co is in talks with Australia’s two major airlines so its customers can get Wi-Fi in the sky, not just for boring old inflight entertainment, but the real deal of inflight Internet.

Wholly-owned Optus subsidiary Virgin Mobile has taken the fight to Telstra, and its owner Optus, in offering 2GB bonus data on 24-month plans to both new customers who switch networks and all existing customers who upgrade.

Virgin Mobile Australia announced today it would be targetting one of Australia’s most popular mobile behaviours – taking pictures of meals and sharing them via social media – and make it better by turning those pictures into real meals for those in need, together with OzHarvest, in an initiative dubbed #mealforameal.

Optus subsidiary Virgin Mobile Australia has issued a statement apologising for the major outage it experienced on the weekend.

Virgin Mobile customers have taken to social media and the company’s website forum to vent their frustration over a major outage over the weekend.

There are still problems with the Virgin network. There have been serious problems since around midnight Friday.

Virgin Mobile has suffered its second major outage in six weeks, with its two million plus customers experiencing major network problems around Australia for up to 12 hours from late Friday night.

Virgin Mobile has responded to widespread consumer criticism around excess data charges, announcing new pricing structures for excess data costs for post-paid customers.

In another sign of a rebound Vodafone today announced it is increasing data allowances for its mobile broadband products, offering Australian customers 12GB of mobile data for $65 per month.

Jaxon Bateman, a 27 year old university student from Perth has walked away with a $50,000 prize package after winning Virgin’s ‘Game of Phones’.

Virgin Mobile has matched rival Vodafone in doubling the data of its postpaid plans over the Christmas period; from now to 13 January.