Xero doubles Australian customers
[1] Xero’s Australian customers have doubled from 79,100 in September 2013 to 158,000 at 30 September 2014. [2] On the other hand, MYOB has also announced that they reached 100,000 online subsc...
Science education centres are creating Australia’s young innovators
[1] Australia should prioritize developing capacities related to science, innovation and entrepreneurship. [2] Based on the Australian National University’s 2014 survey, Australians employ scie...
iOmniscient’s automated response system wins ‘The Australian Innovation Challenge’
[1] iOmniscient, a front runner in offering intelligent analytics solutions, won “The Australian Innovation Challenge 2014” award. [2] The award recognizes cutting-edge products which uti...
Robots learn how to cook via Youtube videos
[1] Experts from NICTA, Australia’s Information and Communications Technology Research Centre of Excellence, and University of Maryland have devised a new method for teaching robots how to cook ...
‘Crypto-ransomware’ scam email brings down ABC News 24
[1] The Australian broadcaster ABC News 24’s Sydney is the latest victim of online scam. [2] The situation was brought by a “crypto-ransomware attack” via phishing email that is clai...
Review recommends measures to reduce ‘Australia Tax’
[1] Australian government has reviewed the competition policy and would like to remove the ‘Australia Tax’ on software, digital music downloads and hardware. [2] A draft made by Harper Com...
Australian Flying Doctors using the cloud
[1] The Australian branch of the Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS), based out of Adelaide, has come up with smart IT ways of overcoming challenges keeping temperature sensitive medical supplies safe....
Telstra Health picks up cloud medicine
[1] A new addition has been made on the eHealth front by Telstra with the acquisition of Cloud9, Australian eHealth cloud software developer, and an Indian health software developer, IdeaObject. [2] ...
GST exemption on overseas sale ‘not fair’: Frydenberg
[1] New Australian assistant treasurer Josh Frydenberg has termed the application of GST to online overseas sales of less than $1000 is unfair to taxpayers. [2] He said that the 10 percent exception o...
Netflix looks to shutout geo-dodgers: report
[1] Netflix is set to launch in Australia in 2015 and it is already reported that the streaming service company is blocking ‘geo-pirates’, but the company is denying the allegations. [2] N...