Govt looks for new chief scientist
[1] Australian Professor Ian Chubb’s term as chief scientist ends this year. [2] The federal government is looking for a new scientist who’s highly competent in the field of science and e...
Telstra gets ACCAN red card over delay in response to outages
[1] Telstra has been accused of numerous outages to its network, just a few days after outages in New South Wales disrupted mobile, landline, Internet use and state’s rail network. [2] The Communica...
Swinburne students to represent Australia at Microsoft’s Imagine Cup for virtual reality platform
[1] Swinburne University students will be representing Australia at the Microsoft Imagine Cup world finals. [2] The Opaque Multimedia team, composed of four Melbourne students, successfully conquered...
Meet the entrepreneur who invested $80,000 into an app about endangered animals
[1] Wild Earth app founder Natalie Kyriacou believes mobile games are excellent tools for teaching people about environment conservation. [2] She invested $80,000 into the app to help protect endange...
Health tech and manufacturing startups get Accelerating Commercialisation program funding
[1] Through the federal government’s Accelerating Commercialisation program, health tech and manufacturing technology companies will form the majority of the recipients of the first round of governm...
Canberra gets its first MOOC
[1] The Australian federal government is getting its first Massive Open Online Course (MOOC), through the local firm OpenLearning. [2] OpenLearning will deliver the Regulatory Impact Analysis (RIA) co...
Long queues no more as NSW government launches Service NSW ‘beat the queue’ feature
[1] Waiting an excruciatingly long time in line for NSW government services could soon be a thing of the past if a new state government initiative will be implemented. [2] According to NSW Minister fo...
Christmas Island to get first access to broadband Internet
[1] Christmas Island is set to have its first broadband Internet access through global satellite services provider O3b and managed Australian network provider SpeedCast. [2] In the deal, O3b will enab...
TPG creates new retail arm for FTTB
[1] TPG’s wholesale fibre-to-the-basement product will now be handled by a newly created retail arm. [2] This is in response to the Government’s carrier license condition that requires interne...
Ingram Micro launches Australian Cloud Marketplace
[1] Ingram Micro has announced the launch of its Australian Cloud Marketplace. [2] The Cloud Service Platform is believed to be the region’s first and only automated marketplace to include access to...