3M Australia has issued a product recall on the Secure Fit Eyewear 200 Series SF201AF-AS Clear Lens, Anti-Fog Coating protective eyewear product. The eyewear is also a component of the 3M Asbestos/Dust Respirator Kit 7535. [ + ]

Cisco has announced the investment in a Cisco Internet of Everything (IoE) Innovation Centre in Australia. Cisco's IoE Innovation Centres are aimed at catalysing and showcasing IoE innovation and development, bringing together customers, industry partners, start-ups, application developers, accelerators, government organisations and universities. The new centre in Australia will be one of eight globally including Rio de Janeiro, Toronto, Songdo, Berlin, Barcelona, Tokyo and London. [ + ]

Ten young apprentice tradespeople will participate in a 6-day 'Outback Links' farm revival in the drought-afflicted region around Lightning Ridge in North-Western NSW this April. [ + ]

The new Energy Cut initiative provides small businesses with valuable ways to manage energy costs, said Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) CEO Oliver Yates. [ + ]

The National Road Safety Partnership Program recently reported that Nissan Europe is now applying glow-in-the-dark car paint to its 100% electric British-built LEAF vehicles. The company claims this is a world first, although glowing car paint and glow-in-the-dark car wraps have been available for some time.

NAB Now, NAB's new point of sale app and mobile device solution, is now available to all small business owners. [ + ]

Worldwide sales of smartphones to end users had a record fourth quarter of 2014 with an increase to 367.5 million units, according to Gartner, Inc, taking the total number of smartphone sales in 2014 to 1.2 billion units.

One of CETA's system integrators, VRT Systems, has just been announced as the winner of the City Switch Queensland New Signatory of the Year Award for 2014. [ + ]

The National Electrical and Communications Association (NECA) has joined leading building and construction industry peak bodies to call for the re-establishment of the Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC). [ + ]

KU Leuven Chemists have developed a new process, based on ionic liquid technology, for the recycling of the metals europium and yttrium from collected fluorescent and energy-saving lamps. [ + ]

The Australian Government has opened a new pilot program for applications under the Youth Stream of the Industry Skills Fund. [ + ]

Corrosion can cause dangerous and expensive damage to many types of structures including pipelines, bridges, buildings, water and wastewater systems.

According to information released by Unions NSW, 5000 seriously injured NSW workers have been cut off from weekly payments and 20,000 workers with long-term injuries have lost coverage for medical treatment as a direct result of the NSW Liberal Government's cuts to the state's workers compensation scheme.

According to Australian and New Zealand results from the Software for the Internet of Things (IoT) Developer Survey released by Embarcadero Technologies, 2015 will be a big year for developing business solutions with integrated ‘Things’ - such as industrial sensors, health monitors and smart buildings - to connect with existing and new business solutions. [ + ]

Reactive Energy, a Gold Coast-based provider of domestic and commercial electrical services, has changed its name to AMP'D Electrical & Solar. [ + ]