Category: Communication

What users think of LinkedIn’s new ‘funny’ reaction

LinkedIn has launched the initial rollout of its “funny” reaction, and users welcomed the new feature with both love and animosity. The platform added the...

Elon Musk’s ‘unresolved’ issues, plans on Twitter acquisition

Elon Musk cited three ‘unresolved’ issues remaining after the Twitter board unanimously authorized his $44 billion buyout. The board decision is the next step toward...

Australia ranks 5th in online news subscription amid consumption decline

Australia ranked 5th in the number of online news subscribers globally, according to Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism Digital News Report 2022. Australia...

Communications watchdog bans illegal casino-style website

After intervention, Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) is blocking an illegal gambling website that has taken tens of millions of Australians’ dollars The ACMA...

Is there a “better future” for Aussie comms with Michelle Rowland?

Among the ten female ministers in the new Albanese cabinet is Federal Member for Greenway and now the Minister for Communications, Michelle Rowland. Before this...

Junked Huawei deal to cost WA taxpayers $6.6m

Two years after canceling a contentious $206 million contract to upgrade Metronet’s communications network, the West Australian (WA) government will pay Huawei and engineering firm...

YouTube Shorts is catching up to rival TikTok – Google

Google revealed that more than 1.5 billion people watch YouTube Shorts every month, showing that the short-video service had reached a similar scale to rival...

NSWTA bags first talent benchmark award; Australia Post is overall winner

NSW Telco Authority (NSWTA) bagged the inaugural talent award while Australia Post was crowned the overall winner in the 2022 iTnews Benchmark Awards. The prize...

Elon Musk to meet Twitter staff for the 1st time since takeover bid

Elon Musk is set to meet with Twitter employees for the first time since launching his $44 billion takeover bid in April. The announcement comes...

Australia falls behind in world telecom infra competitiveness

Australia continued to trail in world competitiveness in terms of telecommunications infrastructure, according to a report by the International Institute for Management Development (IMD). Out...

Instagram launches new parental supervision features

Concerned parents will now be able to check how much time their teenager spends scrolling on Instagram as the social media giant rolls out family-friendly...

Digital platforms to sign new EU Anti-Disinformation Code

The Financial Times (FT) reported Meta, Twitter, Google, Microsoft, and TikTok are all planning to sign a revamped version of the EU’s ‘anti-disinformation code.’ The...

Rowland chooses Braidwood FM for 1st ministerial visit

Michelle Rowland, the Minister for Communications, paid her first official visit to Braidwood FM, where she spoke with volunteers and staff about the station’s challenges,...

Tech giants’ 2021 misinformation transparency reports

The first annual review of the Australian Code of Practice on Disinformation and Misinformation have commenced and recommendations to improve the code are coming from...

Research finds workplace technology key to good customer service 

A study by Humanforce found that 74% of frontline workers in Australia believe that workplace technology plays a critical role in customer service today. Conversely,...

McDonald’s partners with Meta’s Workplace to improve crew communications

McDonald’s has partnered with Meta’s Workplace to use the platform as a communication and shift management tool. Workplace is a business collaboration software that Meta...

Twitter reportedly gives in to Elon Musk’s demand for user data

Twitter is looking to provide Elon Musk access to its “firehose” of raw data on tweets posted daily, as reported by the Washington Post citing...

Telecom outages cut off Central Australia’s emergency access

In the remote Central Australian community of Ampilatwatja, more frequent cellphone and internet disruptions have left people unable to call the local health facility or...

Australia, New Zealand unite to combat phone scams

The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) and New Zealand’s Department of Internal Affairs (DIA) will work together to reinforce current collaborative efforts in their...

Voluntary misinformation code’s first review launched

A year after introducing the voluntary misinformation code, the Digital Industry Group (DIGI) launched its first review of the code. It had also produced its...