Apple Pay: Tech giant hits back at major banks and other top stories.

• Apple Pay: Tech giant hits back at major banks

  

  Apple Pay: Tech giant hits back at major banks Posted August 30, 2016 17:05:49 The world's biggest company has come out swinging in its stoush with three of the big four banks over its cardless payments system, Apple Pay.Commonwealth, Westpac and NAB, together with Bendigo and Adelaide Bank, want the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission to allow them to negotiate as one with Apple for access to Apple Pay.In other words, to form a cartel.They also want the AC..

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• Citroen reveals CXperience Concept ahead of Paris

  

  Bold new concept pays tribute to Citroen’s past executive cars, demonstrates brand’s Advanced Comfort technologies and design. Citroen nowadays might be all about quirky cars and rally dominance, but in a bygone century the French carmaker made its name in making big, comfy, and plush executive cars. The brand’s new Paris motor show-bound concept car, the CXperience Concept, certainly aims to recapture some of that past reputation as it is designed as a new take on ‘the codes of executive sedan..

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• Fitbit's still moving and shaking with new Flex 2 and Charge 2

  

  Fitbit just launched new generations of its popular Charge and Flex wristbands without increasing their price points. The Flex 2 has been made smaller and swimproof; the Charge 2 received a facelift, more heart rate tracking capabilities and improved recording of activities beyond walking and running. Flex 2 is smaller, more versatile The Fitbit Flex is geared toward the busy-but-health-conscious crowd that stays active, but isn't seriously concerned about athletic performance. This is Flex's f..

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• Thousands of Australian computer log-ins up for sale on dark web

  

  Thousands of Australian computer log-ins up for sale on dark web Updated August 30, 2016 16:12:05 Computers from a federal research network, a peak sporting body, a school and a local council are among tens of thousands of machines which have been hacked and had their login details put up for sale in a dark web marketplace, a Four Corners investigation has revealed. Key Points A dark web database contains the server details of more than 70,000 global organisationsSecur..

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• Spotlight of scrutiny falls on "vague" Aussie broadband claims

  The Australian Communications Consumer Action Network (ACCAN) has pointed to ‘confusing or misleading’ broadband speed claims by Australian internet service retail service providers (RSPs), recommending that new measures be implemented to improve clarity for consumers.In a submission to the Australian Consumer and Competition Commission (ACCC), the communications consumer peak body suggested that claims made by RSPs in relation to broadband speed and performance are ‘generally vague’.This vague..

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• iPhone 7 Roundup: Everything We Think We Know

  

  Every year for almost a decade, the most anticipated gadget release has been Apple’s iPhone. And with any iPhone release, there are also swarms of rumours, leaks, hearsay and arguments that begin to paint a convincing picture of what’s coming in September. Although rumours and features are always subject to change, this is most likely the next iPhone. Image: Nowhereelse.fr Name iPhone 7, right? But it’s not that simple. Although the iPhone commandment reads something like “thou shalt always be..

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