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• Certus Solutions Recognised With Prestigious Oracle UK & Ireland Partner of the Year Award in HCM Cloud

  13-04-2017 13:42
  
  Oracle has recognised Certus Solutions, implementer of Oracle Cloud Services for Finance, Procurement, HR and Payroll with its 2017 UK & Ireland Partner of the Year Award in HCM Cloud. Certus Solutions is a Platinum level member of Oracle PartnerNetwork (OPN). Certus Solutions was presented the 2017 UK & Ireland Partner of the Year Award in HCM Cloud for demonstrating excellence not only in implementation successes but their dedicated commitment to the Oracle Cloud Applications...Source:
  
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• Burger King advert hijacks Google Home Device

  13-04-2017 12:13
  
  A new advert from Burger King threatens to irritate millions as the actor attempts to activate Google Home Devices to read the Wikipedia entry for its Whopper burger.
  It was always going to happen, and Google claims it has put a stop to the scheme, but the threat to irritate millions is still there. In the advert, the actor claims there isn’t enough time to explain the Whopper proposition (seriously!? It’s a burger FFS), but hijacks the Google Home Device which then reads the Wikiped
  
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• German regulator to tackle misleading broadband speeds – take note Ofcom

  13-04-2017 11:16
  
  German regulator Bundesnetzagentur has outlined plans to hold ISPs accountable for when customers should be compensated for not receiving promised broadband speeds.
  The move is certainly an interesting one, and will hopefully provide a bit of stimulus for other regulators to tackle the issue of misleading claims on broadband speeds. In the UK, consumers are regularly left frustrated over rules allowing ISPs to advertise attractive broadband speeds, despite the vast majority highly unlikely to ex
  
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• The FCC and the ACMA: opposite ends of the spectrum

  13-04-2017 02:00
  The first thing you will notice about this week's Friday Review, is that it is being published on a Thursday.This is not some time-warping new editorial policy that completely ignores the Gregorian calendar and laws of physics. It is because tomorrow the U.K. is off on its Easter holidays.With that bit of admin out the way, let's crack on.Two spectrum stories this week served to highlight the tricky balancing act that regulators must perform in order to capitalise on the 5G opportunity.First, V
  
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• Rogers brings forward new CEO's start date to next week

  13-04-2017 02:00
  Rogers announced on Thursday that its incoming CEO Joe Natale will take up his new role next week, ahead of schedule, after the Canadian telco reached a deal with his former employer and rival, Telus.The operator did not disclose a start date when it announced Natale's appointment in October 2016…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Internet giants square up to FCC over net neutrality

  13-04-2017 02:00
  Lobbyists on behalf of some of the world's biggest Internet companies met with U.S.Federal Communications Commission (FCC) chairman Ajit Pai this week to voice their support for net neutrality.The Internet Association (IA), which counts Amazon, Facebook, Google, Microsoft…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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