Australian health tech startup, CareMonkey, wins big on the global stage.
[1] Melbourne-based healthtech startup, CareMonkey, earned the grand prize of €650,000 in the Slush 2015 Pitching competition. [2] Sponsored by Evli Bank, FiBAN business angels and private investors...
Inside the WA govt’s massive as-a-service shift
[1] The West Australian government is in the process of a massive program of work to transition the public service from an owner-operated IT model to a consumption-based approach. [2] The massive as-...
Australian Policy hack comes up with ways to boost the ‘innovation economy’
[1] The University of South Australia has developed an innovation centre, in coordination with Hewlett Packard and the South Australian government, to prioritize Australia’s research and technol...
Melbourne company develops a camera that removes shark guesswork
[1] Swarm UAV, a Melbourne company, has developed a camera that automatically identifies sharks through their shape and movements. [2] The cameras operates by identifying shark-like shapes, even in m...
Netflix hits 1 million subscribers in Australia
[1] According to a research by Roy Morgan, Netflix has hit 1 million subscribers in Australia, just eight months after it officially launched in the country. [2] The figures show that the TV and mov...
Aussie bank Westpac lets your smartphone’s camera activate new bank cards
[1] Westpac customers will from this month be able to use their smartphone’s camera to activate new debit and credit cards. [2] The bank had developed an optical character recognition technology...
Australia to bring citizens’ health records online
[1] The Australian Parliament has passed the bill for opt-out records giving the government the green light to create a digital health record for every Australian by default pending its trials. [2] T...