DIY design platform Canva for Work to launch
[1] Sydney-based startup Canva has continually grown and just launched Canva for Work, a premium subscription design platform. [2] The service enables premium users to focus on branding, redesignin...
All Australian mobile phones at risk of foreign hacking, says US intelligence committee head Devin Nunes
[1] US intelligence committee head Devin Nunes has warned that all Australian mobile phone and email communications are constantly vulnerable to being hacked by “foreign adversaries”. [2] ...
NAB pilots new personal banking origination platform
[1] National Australia Bank (NAB) has switched on the pilot of its new origination platform for personal banking customers, with a “small” number of applications being processed in a live ...
First digital map of seafloor reveals kaleidoscope of diversity
[1] The first digital map of the planet’s deep sea geological seascape has been developed, revealing a kaleidoscope of diversity. [2] According to geophysicist Dietmar Muller from Sydney Univers...
New app to tackle Northern Territory (NT) youth suicide
[1] The first winner of the Samsung Adappt app development competition has been announced – and it is ‘In the Zone’, an indigenous youth support app to deal with mental illness and suicides. [2]...
In Australia, Netflix is the new black
[1] A Roy Morgan Research has estimated Netflix’s June subscriptions grew by 151,000 homes to 559,000, giving the streaming giant an estimated 1.42 million viewers just three months after the Austr...
Australia Post flags start-up accelerator program
[1] Australia Post is set to kick start a series of incubator and accelerator programs aimed at leveraging the wide reach of its retail footprint to lure technology entrepreneurs. [2] The plans were r...
Tourism Australia’s major IT overhaul nears completion
[1] Tourism Australia is currently undergoing a major transformation from its core IT systems from Oracle to Microsoft – which is almost through. [2] According to Tourism Australia chief info...
Queensland child safety IT bungle worsens
[1] The growing embarrassment over the IT glitch, that resulted in the mishandling of hundreds of cases of suspected child abuse in public schools, has forced a senior Queensland bureaucrat to quit....
Deloitte calls for cyber security health checks
[1] According to Deloitte Asia Pacific & Australia, voluntary cyber security health checks is necessary and will create a benchmark of where Australian businesses are today with security. [2] Delo...