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ACCC says Microsoft misled 2.7 million Australians on Microsoft 365 upgrades

Adrianne Saplagio

November 4, 2025

The ACCC has taken Microsoft to court for allegedly misleading 2.7 million Australians about subscription options and price increases linked…

Transparency powers expose child safety failures at world’s biggest tech platforms

Adrianne Saplagio

September 16, 2025

Three years after eSafety first exposed child safety concerns, global tech giants like Apple, Google, Meta and Microsoft still leave…

New Microsoft report signals communication revolution driven by AI agents

Commsadmin

May 2, 2025

A new Microsoft report released in Australia marks 2025 as the rise of the “Frontier Firm”, where human workers and…

Learning from the IT crisis: Improving internal communications at Microsoft and CrowdStrike

Comms Room Staff

July 23, 2024

The recent global IT outage caused by a flawed CrowdStrike software update and impacted Microsoft illustrated the critical importance of…

Microsoft intends to update Bing with a quicker version of ChatGPT

Jaw de Guzman

February 2, 2023

Microsoft is trying to integrate a quicker version of ChatGPT into Bing in an effort to make the search engine…

Apple, Microsoft are not trying to end child exploitation – eSafety report

Jaw de Guzman

December 21, 2022

Apple and Microsoft are not doing their share to prevent online child exploitation by failing to aggressively monitor their platforms…

Microsoft and NSW Gov renews partnership for digital transformation

Eliza Sayon

August 16, 2022

Microsoft has extended its partnership with the NSW Government for another five years to support the needs of government agencies…

Telstra partners with Microsoft to speed up Australia’s digital transformation

Jaw de Guzman

July 28, 2022

Telstra and Microsoft have inked a five-year deal they say will help accelerate Australia’s digital transformation. The agreement is also…

Microsoft and Qld Gov launch digital program for First Nations people

Eliza Sayon

July 5, 2022

Microsoft and the Queensland Government have partnered together to launch the First Nations Digital Careers Program, bolstering the state’s digital…

Meta, Microsoft, and others converge for an ‘open metaverse’

Jaw de Guzman

June 24, 2022

Tech giants joined forces to form the “Metaverse Standards Forum,” to create the interoperability standards required for an open metaverse….

Digital platforms to sign new EU Anti-Disinformation Code

Jaw de Guzman

June 14, 2022

The Financial Times (FT) reported Meta, Twitter, Google, Microsoft, and TikTok are all planning to sign a revamped version of…

Tech giants’ 2021 misinformation transparency reports

Jaw de Guzman

June 14, 2022

The first annual review of the Australian Code of Practice on Disinformation and Misinformation have commenced and recommendations to improve…

Voluntary misinformation code’s first review launched

Jaw de Guzman

June 8, 2022

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

Microsoft welcomes new chief marketing officer in ANZ

Zoe S.

February 24, 2022

Microsoft has welcomed Renee Salaberry as its new chief marketing officer in Australia and New Zealand. Salaberry replaces Pip Arthur,…

Telstra Purple to offer Australia’s first 5G-enabled edge compute

Zoe S.

October 15, 2021

Telstra’s managed service business Telstra Purple is teaming up with Microsoft and Ericsson to offer Australia’s first 5G-enabled edge compute…

Tech giants Microsoft and Nokia expands in South Australia

Comms Room Staff

September 9, 2021

Microsoft, one of the world’s tech giants in the world, is expanding its South Australian presence by setting up its…