St George leads biometric charge with fingerprint login for mobile banking

22 August 2014 Happy Friday! Breaking news: the answer to what metadata is and what the government intends to do with it is coming soon, according to our sources. Check out Ben Grubb's story here That story and many more made headlines this week. Check them out below. Happy reading. Lia Timson, Technology Editor, ltimson@fairfaxmedia.com.au St George leads biometric charge with fingerprint login for mobile banking Having deployed smartphone apps, contactless payments and wearables, Australia's banks are now taking on tech's next frontier. Commonwealth Bank experiences system glitch The Commonwealth Bank experienced system problems on Friday morning with some customers unable to access mobile banking and other online services. NBN Co connects first fibre-to-node customers Company marks milestone in the technology's introduction but it's still only a trial. iiNet tells NBN Co to get on with job Internet service provider iiNet has told NBN Co to stop dragging its heels on the national broadband rollout claiming it is impacting its future. Advertisement More for you Changing the world one tech girl at a time How bitcoin and cryptocurrencies work Tony Abbott says reported mobile phone hack did not compromise Julie Bishop MH17 talks Following reports Foreign Minister Julie Bishop's mobile phone was hacked, Prime Minister Tony Abbott says sensitive discussions were conducted over secure phone lines and were not compromised. Lorem Ipsum: of good and evil, Google and China Translating common internet placeholder text in Google Translate resulted, until recently, in some startlingly modern and geopolitical phrases. One researcher believes it was being used to code secret messages.   Australian investors sought for business-as-usual Israeli start-ups A 30-year veteran of Israel’s venture capital sector wants rich Australians to spare some of their cash on Israeli start-ups. An open data vision Need something to tell you how many bikes might be available at the nearest bike share station, what kind of events are on around town and how many people are walking, at this moment, in a range of locations around the city? GST 'looms' over crowdfunding for start-ups Australia’s GST laws could limit the potential for technology start-ups to use crowdfunding to raise capital, says Byron Bay inventor and Microsoft slayer Ric Richardson. Samsung acquires home automation start-up Samsung Electronics has acquired Washington-based home automation start-up SmartThings for an undisclosed sum, the South Korean technology giant announced in a blog post on Friday. We've sent you this email because your email address garn14.tech@blogger.com has been registered for a Fairfax Media membership. You can unsubscribe from this email at any time. At Fairfax Media, we'll never ask for your personal or credit card information via email. If you receive a suspicious email claiming to offer Fairfax Media services in exchange for your details, please delete it. Copyright © 2014 Fairfax Media Privacy Policy Conditions of Use Unsubscribe