NSW Budget 2015: tech funding at a glance
[1] The NSW government has met its $100m electronic policing commitment in its 2015 budget with the significant new funding to bust congestion of the state’s roadways and equip cops with new tec...
Drivers to get real-time information on Sydney roads
[1] The state of NSW has kicks off planning for ‘smart motorways’ where the NSW roads authority will broadcast real-time advice on traffic conditions to Sydney drivers via new electronic m...
MIMP Connecting Solutions teams up with Flinders University
[1] MIMP Connecting Solutions, an Adelaide-based network support and monitoring company, has partnered with Flinders University to create an advanced telecommunications lab to equip researchers, acade...
CommBank launches 25-year education play with initial $50 million commitment
[1] CommBank has revealed details of a huge 25-year investment in Australian education with an initial commitment of $50 million. [2] The bank is launching a teacher’s toolkit that offers free, ...
DevOpsDays heading for Melbourne
[1] The Australian DevOpsDays conference 2015 is coming to Melbourne on 16th to17th, July. [2] The conference will include proposed sessions of ‘The DevOps laboratory’, ‘What operati...
Mint Payments partners with Tappr
[1] Mint Payments (ASX:MNW), a mobile payments and transaction processing company, has partnered with fintech company, Tappr, to expand its card payments methods. [2] In the deal, Tappr will integrate...
Stockspot investment hits the spot for new venture capital firm H2 Ventures
[1] New venture capital firm H2 Ventures has banked its first investment on Stockspot. [2] Together with Global Founders Capital, H2 Ventures co-initiated a $1.25 million round in Stockspot. [3] Stock...
All ale the weekend: this Brisbane startup delivers cold beers to your desk
[1] Aussie startup ‘Friday Beers’ is looking to exploit on the tradition of cracking open a cold beer at work to kick off the weekend. [2] The interesting model will see customers only have their ...
Fashion and tech forge a stylish alliance at Sydney’s first FashHack
[1] More than 70 aspiring entrepreneurs converged on Fishburners at last weekend’s first ever fashion technology bootcamp in Australia. [2] FashHack brought together those interested in the fash...
The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) leads the way with voice biometrics
[1] ATO will be leading the way in voice biometrics with the hope that its effort in deploying the VocalPassword in August last year and FreeSpeech in April will pay off. [2] The VocalPassword and Fre...