Thomson Reuters puts tax and law references onto iPad

The range of ebook readers for the iPad just got bigger - but this one is aimed at professionals such as accountants and lawyers.
 

BYOD boom means new attention to the ‘consumerisation of IT’

The Holiday season saw happy revelers unwrap millions of new, Internet-ready mobile devices. From the latest smartphones to tablets and Ultrabooks, a new class of powerful devices has hit the market.
 

Eventbrite says g'day to Australia with a freebie

Eventbrite has localised its ticketing platform for Australia, and is providing event organisers with an opportunity to try its services at no charge.
 

Possible responses to Optus TV Now case threaten our rights

Stephen Conroy, the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, is reportedly foreshadowing changes in the legislation to stop Optus offering its TV Now service, following the company's court win last week. Any changes are likely to whittle away at the exemption we currently enjoy to time-shift programs.
 

Increase your DropBox by 5Gb for free

  Longtime readers know I am a strong advocate for DropBox, the cloud-based file-synchronisation service. For a limited time you can increase your free DropBox capacity by 5Gb following these simple steps.
 

How to charge your iPad faster – with the white plug or your Windows PC!

Are you annoyed that your iPad seems to charge really slowly – or that your Windows PC refuses to charge your iPad, instead giving you a “not charging” message? Here’s what you absolutely must know!
 

Next billion mobile connections won’t come quickly

While mobile devices like smartphones are invariably the primary mode of personal and business communications in major, developed markets around the world, the next one billion of the world’s new mobile connections is likely to mainly come from remote rural areas in emerging markets, according to a newly published report.
 

EXCLUSIVE: Mobile Foxtel now available on iPad!

Ever since Apple launched its original iPad in 2010, Telstra customers subscribing to Mobile Foxtel on the iPhone and other smartphones have wondered when it would officially arrive on the iPad, and now, in 2012, it finally has.
 

21% of information workers use Apple products: report

Surveys by a major analyst firm reveals that Apple products are becoming common in the workplace, and that enterprises plan to buy more Macs.
 

Ultrabooks, tablets vie for market dominance

Global shipments of ultrabooks are predicted to grow at three times the rate of tablets over the next five years, but despite the strong growth, tablet volumes will remain higher with a forecast of 253 million to be shipped in 2016 compared with 178 million ultrabooks.