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Geek Weekly: Our top weird tech stories for 2 April
This week: April fool pranks, G20 leaders data leaked, spam escapes from a fridge, switching away from smartphones, retro arcade games and Tim Cook to give away his wealth. [ + ]
NSW election sets online voting record
Around 280,000 NSW residents used the state's iVote online voting system during the recent state election, establishing a new world record for a government-binding election. [ + ]
APAC device shipments to grow 3.2% in 2015
Total device shipments in the APAC region are expected to grow to 1.2bn units during 2015 as growing smartphone sales compensate for a shrinking tablet market, according to Gartner. [ + ]
Will 2015 bring pervasive data analytics?
CEOs and CIOs need to recognise that the explosion of data demands the development of an analytical business culture if they're to stay ahead of the competition, argues Rado Kotorov from Information Builders. [ + ]
Mandatory data retention is now law
The government's controversial metadata retention bill has passed, despite objections from industry representatives, the Greens and a group of Australian citizens. [ + ]
Facebook sued over 'stolen' DC designs; PayPal to pay $10m for sanction violations; Optus reviewed after privacy breaches
Facebook sued for allegedly stealing BladeRoom Group's data centre designs, PayPal will pay almost $10m for "apparent violation" of US sanctions and Optus to be reviewed after data security breaches. [ + ]
Internet use close to ubiquitous in Australia
Around 92% of Australian adults accessed the internet during the six months ending in May, but over one million Australians have never been online, ACMA research shows. [ + ]
Compliance issues lead cloud security concerns
Organisations worldwide named issues with auditing, compliance and data privacy as their largest cloud security challenges, a survey of Global 2000 companies shows. [ + ]
Tech Insights: Interview with George Chondros, ClickSoftware
In our new Tech Insights series, we quiz industry leaders to get their views of what the year ahead holds for the IT world. Today we speak with George Chondros, Senior Director for ANZ & SEA, ClickSoftware. [ + ]
Samsung, Dell to pre-install Office on Android tablets
Microsoft has announced deals to pre-install Office apps on Android tablets from Samsung, Dell and nine other OEMs as an extension of its new multiplatform strategy. [ + ]
Oracle to add 1000 staff to APAC sales team
Oracle plans to hire 1000 sales professionals in APAC countries including Australia as it seeks to capitalise on the region's growing cloud momentum. [ + ]
Digital economy adds more to Aussie GDP than mining
The digital economy contributed 5.1% to Australia's GDP in FY14, and this is on pace to rise to 7.3% by 2020, Deloitte estimates. [ + ]
Equinix opens ME1 data centre in Melbourne
Equinix's ME1 International Business Exchange data centre has gone live with an initial 375 cabinets and around 40 customers.
[ + ]Software testing that's as smooth as silk
Smartphone laser measuring solutions provider ikeGPS implemented a Silk Mobile functional testing system to reduce mobile apps testing time by 25%. [ + ]
Equinix opens ME1 data centre in Melbourne
Equinix's ME1 International Business Exchange data centre has gone live with an initial 375 cabinets and around 40 customers. [ + ]