Five social media startups to watch in 2015
[1] A Melbourne founder has stressed that social media startups need to select their own niche if they want to prevail over their competitors. [2] Startupsmart suggests 5 social media startups to look...
OurCrowd’s Jon Medved warns Australia to crowdsource or risk losing tech talent
[1] Jon Medved, CEO of crowdfunding platform OurCrowd, is advising Australia to embrace crowdsourced equity as well as to take risks or else they’ll end up having no tech talents. [2] Mr. Medve...
Tasmanian high schoolers get app crash course
[1] Australian schools are being slammed for not giving enough attention to students’ knowledge of technology. [2] To help address this issue, app development company Appster is collaborating wi...
Telstra to build 22 new WA mobile towers
[1] Australian telco giant Telstra is set to build 22 new mobile phone towers across regional Western Australia. [2]This comes in the wake of the state government’s announcement that it would invest...
Contact centre business set for biggest change in 30 years: Dimension Data
[1] According to the Dimension Data Global Contact Centre Benchmarking report, digital interactions at call centers around the globe are expected to overtake voice in the next two years. [2] A total o...
Draft copyright code published
[1] Rights holders and ISPs in Australia have finally published a draft of the Government mandated code intended to fight online copyright infringements. [2] The draft code was released by industry ...
Smartphone culture hampers Australian student results: Dell
[1] According to a new Dell study, Australian school teachers feel powerless in the wave of smartphone culture that is negatively impacting student results. [2] The study found that up to 70 percent o...
Visa pushes smartphone payment tokens
[1] According to payments company Visa, Australia is uniquely positioned to push through the next phase of digital payments, the use of ‘tokens’. [2] Visa released a new research report which show...
Millennials are taking care of business
[1] Founded by Lorraine Murphy in 2012, Remarkables Group links Australia’s prominent bloggers with companies like Woolworths, Toyota, Westfield and IKEA. [2] A millennial herself, Ms. Murphy b...
Lack of women in IT prompts calls for education reform
[1] Australia’s female technology leaders are urging for educational reforms in order to encourage gender diversity in the workplace. [2] Female leaders like Microsoft Australia’s managing...