http://techcrunch.com – Facebook’s 10-Q reveals some juicy tidbits left out of its earnings call yesterday. The final price it paid for Instagram was $715 million in stock and cash. Despite rumors that it has stopped growing in mature markets, Facebook’s US user count did increase slightly from 168 million to 171 million monthly users during Q3. (IT news)
Email this pagehttp://www.itwire.com – Written by: Peter Dinham | Published in: MarketNational broadband provider, Internode, says it is going after its competitors’ clients on its home turf of South Australia, announcing a new sales campaign with an opening offer of free setup and three months free broadband to new customers who choose an Easy Broadband 200GB,or higher, plan and bundle it with a NodeLine phone service for 24 mon (IT news)
Email this pagehttp://www.itwire.com – Written by: Graeme Philipson | Published in: Government Tech PolicyHuawei Australia Chairman John Lord has used his address to the National Press Club to defend the company’s record in Australia and internationally. (IT news)
Email this pagehttp://techcrunch.com – This just in: online recommendations and listings site Yelp is stepping up its international push and buying its biggest rival in Europe, Qype. It will pay €18.6 million for all of Qype’s shares and is adding another 970,000 shares of Yelp’s Class A common stock, for a total purchase price of approximately $50 million. Qype is headquartered in Germany, with operations across Europe. (IT news)
Email this pagehttp://www.itwire.com – Written by: Graeme Philipson | Published in: MobilityApple’s iPhone 5 will be available in Australia at the same time as the US. (IT news)
Email this pagehttp://www.itwire.com – Written by: Stephen Withers | Published in: MobilityTo be launched in Australia "later in 2012", the Asus Vivo Tab and Vivo Tav RT tablets are designed for use with Windows 8. (IT news)
Email this pagehttp://www.itwire.com – Written by: Sam Varghese | Published in: Open SauceThe Australian national Linux conference appears to be becoming a victim of its own success, with no team putting up a bid to host the event in 2014. (IT news)
Email this pagehttp://www.itwire.com – Written by: Sam Varghese | Published in: Government Tech PolicyThe Greens in Australia, New Zealand and Canada have expressed "serious concern" at the "undemocratic and non-transparent nature" of the talks on the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement. (IT news)
Email this pagehttp://www.itwire.com – Written by: Stuart Corner | Published in: TechnologyAustralian near field communications technology distributer, NFC Wireless, claims to have turned the ski resort of Falls Creek into "Australia's first NFC enabled town" after persuading 50 businesses to install its NFC tags and use these to provide customised information. (IT news)
Email this pagehttp://www.itwire.com – Written by: Peter Dinham | Published in: MarketChina's Huawei Technologies is to start reinvesting local profits back into the Australian market, with the local board and company founder and CEO, Ren Zhengfei, currently on a visit to Australia, already on the lookout for opportunities for further business development and investment. (IT news)
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