Apple Pay to land in Australia this year
[1] Apple Pay mobile payments service is set to launch in Australia this year via a partnership with American Express. [2] Apple’s CEO Tim Cook confirmed today that Australians and Canadians would b...
Aussie founders getting better focused, according to Scout Ventures
[1] Scout Ventures managing partner Brad Harrison confirmed that the quality of Aussie founders have been improving since the last two years. [2] Harrison’s New York-based venture capital firm...
Aussie Farmers Direct hacked, user details posted online
[1] The systems of home delivered groceries business Aussie Farmers Direct has been hacked and personal details of more than 5000 of its customers exposed online. [2] The names, email addresses, phon...
App technology can fix the e-health system in Australia if done right
[1] On Wednesday, federal Health Minister Sussan Ley announced that two new trials of the unsuccessful, electronic health record was relaunched as “My Health Record”. [2] The trials will kick o...
Victoria’s courts to go electronic for documents
[1] All Victorian courts will soon receive a new electronic document lodgement platform following successful deployments at the VCAT (Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal) and County Court. [2]...
Australia considering passport-less travel
Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has confirmed that Australia is in discussions with New Zealand over the possibility of shunning physical passports and instead storing the same identifying data electron...
“Every single business needs legal”: LawPath raises $1.3 million
[1] LawPath CEO Damien Andreasen says it’s important for founders to consider investors who are highly committed and who share the same vision with the whole aspects of one’s business. [2...
Believe that investors need to sell to you: Rebekah Campbell’s advice for female entrepreneurs
[1] Hey You’s co-founder Rebekah Campbell believes confidence plays an important in pitching for capital. [2] Young entrepreneurs usually approach Campbell for advice and she always remind them to e...
Australian firms tend to seek innovation outside universities
[1] Based on a huge OECD report, Australia only comes in second to Denmark when it comes investing on employee trainings. [2] Furthermore, Australian companies are also the least to resort to consider...
Sydney startup FraudSec is a whistleblowing platform that guarantees anonymity
Whistleblowing has generally been portrayed as a kind of James Bond-style of taking down corrupt corporates. However, that is hardly the case in reality. Sylvain Mansotte knows that too, having worked...