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• 15 May 2013

• News: Google announces Play Music All Access rival to Spotify

  Google has announced an update to its Play Music service called All Access at Google I/O 2013 which will take on Spotify.

• Buying Advice: Sky Go compatible Android smartphones and tablets

  Unfortunately Sky Go isn’t available on all Android smartphone and tablets; here is a list of all compatible Sky Go Android smartphones and tablets.

• News: SAP unveils 'consumer-friendly' Fiori app suite

  SAP's software is known for its role running many of the world's largest companies, but not necessarily for its user-friendliness. As part of an ongoing effort to change this perception, SAP unveiled Fiori, a set of 25 lightweight "consumer-friendly" applications that can run on desktops, tablets and mobile devices, on Wednesday at the Sapphire conference in Orlando.

• News: VMware and Verizon Tackle BYOD with Dual Persona Phones

  VMware has partnered with Verizon to offer dual persona smartphones for Verizon enterprise customers. It's currently available on two Android-based phones, but more Android devices and iOS support are expected soon.

• News: Syria disappears from the Internet again

  Internet traffic to and from Syria, a country engulfed by civil war, again came to a halt on Wednesday, according to Internet monitoring company Renesys.

• News: Mobile adware networks given 45 days to stop misbehaving by security firm

  Misbehaving adware buried inside mobile apps has turned into such a problem that security vendor Lookout Mobile Security has published a deadline for networks to change their behaviour or face being blacklisted.

• News: HP's latest hybrids sport Nvidia Tegra 4 and 3rd-gen Intel Core CPUs

  Clamshell laptops will always have their place, but that form factor just can't deliver the versatility of a hybrid tablet with a detachable keyboard. Unfortunately, the designs we've seen so far have been hobbled by weak CPUs.

• News: To Tap Big Data, Federal IT Must Partner With Tech Industry

  Experts within and outside government IT stress the role the private sector must play in helping cash-strapped federal agencies find order in their growing stockpiles of data.

• News: Oracle opens second UK data centre to support government G-Cloud

  Oracle has announced the opening of a new data centre in the UK to support the government's G-Cloud initiative, following a similar move by Salesforce.com earlier this month.

• News: FBI briefs US bank executives on wave of cyberattacks

  The FBI has reportedly briefed US bank executives on a wave of cyberattacks that have lashed the industry since last summer as part of a new policy designed to foster co-operation between the state and private sectors.

• News: Facebook investor Thiel leads £3.9m investment in TransferWise

  TransferWise, the peer-to-peer international money transfer business, has secured a $6 million investment round led by Valar Ventures, the venture fund founded by Facebook's first outside investor and co-founder of PayPal, Peter Thiel.

• News: Tullow Oil revamps finance and supply chain with SAP and Accenture

  Tullow Oil is working with Accenture to design and implement a new SAP solution to replace its existing accounting and supply chain systems, and to develop a new model for managing the integration of the technology and business processes across these two functions.

• News: Google supports technology curriculum reform

  Google has shown its support for the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority's proposed reforms in technology education for high school students.

• News: Malware is dangerous because it is invisible and persistent: Trend Micro

  The problem with the sophistication of malware is that it tries to be invisible and persistent for as long as possible, according to Trend Micro global chief technology officer, Raimund Genes.

• News: Vixtel acquires Silicon Valley business

  Australian owned IP PBX systems company, Vixtel, has completed the acquisition of Silicon Valley based glass phone developer, CloudTC.

• News: BUDGET 2013: Initiatives meet with mixed reactions

  Treasurer, Wayne Swan, revealed the 2013/14 Federal Budget yesterday, but some of its initiatives have been met with mixed reactions by ICT industry experts.

• News: Fujitsu signs Dicker Data

  Fujitsu has inked a deal with Dicker Data to distribute the full range of server and storage products in a bid to increase SMB focus and get access to the larger reseller network.

• News: Anyware Corporation signs distie deal with Pivos Technology Group

  Computer accessories and high-end peripherals distributor, Anyware Corporation, has inked a distie deal with media platform development and embedded technology vendor, Pivos Technology Group.

• How-Tos: ESB Persists As Application Integration Tool

  The tried-and-true enterprise service bus--long the foundation of now-dated service oriented architecture deployments--is back in style thanks to the increasing need to integrate disparate applications. The secret to ESB's future success, some say, is a close tie to API management tools.

• News: Vend raises $6.6m from investors

  Online point of sale (POS) software vendor, Vend, has raised $6.6 million of new capital which will be used for product enhancement and the expansion of operations in New Zealand, Australia, and the US.

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