New OLPC laptop, but still no talk of education

[1] One Education, a front for the One Laptop Per Child programme in Australia, has revealed that it’s developing a new modular laptop for children as young as four-year-old. [2] However, there is n...

eBay and Woolworths sign collection deal

[1] Woolworths and Big W stores have entered into a business deal that will enable eBay buyers to pick up online purchases at their stores. [2] The deal will initially list 90 in Sydney and Tasmania, ...

Melbourne IT to buy Uber Global for $15m

[1] Melbourne IT, a web services and domain names provider, plans to buy Australian cloud services company Uber Global for $15.5 million. [2] Melbourne IT (ASX:MLB) will purchase 100% of the issued ca...

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...

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...

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 ...