Deals Drop: Start-Ups Under Threat
SYDNEY: The Australian start-up sector has been dealt a blow by the coronavirus, with latest figures showing the number of venture capital deals has slumped more than 75pc on last...
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Harman Cranks Up JBL BAR Soundbar Range New Detachable Speakers
JBL the Harman owned sound Company has announced three new soundbars as part of their BAR Series including one model that has detachable speakers. ChannelNews heard these soundbars at CES...
Dodo, iPrimus Back In Action
SYDNEY: Vocus has brought its contact centres back online after an outage left its operations in Manila offline during March 18 and 19. Vocus said its Internet brands iPrimus and Dodo...
AIIA Urges Federal Govt. To Abandon R&D Squeeze Plan
MELBOURNE: The Australian Information Industry Association (AIIA) is pressing the Federal Government not to make changes to the country’s research-and-development (R&D) laws. AIIA reckons the proposed changes to the Treasury Laws...
ASD Spooks Launch New Push To Hit Offshore Cyber-Crims
CANBERRA: Cyber experts from the spooky Australian Signals Directorate (ASD) are cracking down on offshore cybercrims who have been targeting Australian households and businesses, according to Defence Minister Linda Reynolds....
Shutdown? Airbnb Lives Again
SYDNEY: The NSW Government has backed away – at least for the time being – on what appears to have been a planned shutdown of the Airbnb home-sharing business, due...
FBI Cops 1200 Scam Complaints In A Single Week: Report
LANGLEY, USA: Working from home via telework could give scammers increased access via the software use to run it, the FBI has warned. After receiving 1200 coronavirus-related scam complaints in...
LogMeIn To Log-In Oz Classrooms
SYDNEY: Schools, colleges and universities currently looking to make the shift to remote home-based “classrooms” due to the Covid19 pandemic – not to mention the families involved – are being...
Western Sydney Uni Off To Space
SYDNEY: Western Sydney University says it’s deploying “ground-breaking” camera technology to the International Space Station for a new research and development project. The project is reportedly checking on recently discovered...
Scammers Try New Tricks To Snare Aussies’ Super Funds
CANBERRA: Scammers are currently trying new tricks to exploit Australians who have been impacted financially by the covid-19 crisis, according to an Australian Competition and Consumer Commission report. According to...