Industry News
Vodafone ups the ante in major cities
Vodafone starts sales of its nbn products in Sydney, Melbourne and Canberra, and tweaks its 4G backup connectivity service. [ + ]
StartCon start-ups supported by NSW Govt
Eleven start-ups supported by the NSW Government have featured at StartCon 2017. [ + ]
WA Govt industries fund to create more jobs
A new industries fund has been delivered by the Western Australian Government, designed to create jobs through innovation. [ + ]
New Macquarie NOC keeps tech jobs in Australia
A new network operations centre (NOC) will be opened by Macquarie Telecom in Sydney. [ + ]
CeBIT Australia 2018 keynote speakers confirmed
Globally renowned keynote speakers have been confirmed for the 2018 CeBIT conference in Australia. [ + ]
Reforms enable customers to own their data
Australian customers will soon own their own phone, banking, internet and energy data. [ + ]
New ACS president appointed
Yohan Ramasundara has been elected as ACS president, effective from 1 January 2018, for a two-year term. [ + ]
Sydney entrepreneurs perfectly positioned for start-up launch
Those looking to launch a start-up business in Sydney should act now, according to a visiting tech entrepreneur. [ + ]
Australia ranks well on R&D
Australia is a leader among OECD countries in terms of both government spending on R&D and incentives to encourage R&D among private companies, a new report has found. [ + ]
Govt establishes small business taskforce
A new small business taskforce headed by entrepreneur Mark Bouris will seek to identify and address the impediments for Australian small businesses to adopting digital technologies. [ + ]
Macquarie Telecom bids $17.9m for Bulletproof
Macquarie Telecom has lodged an off-market offer to acquire all the shares in cloud services business Bulletproof to bolster the company's own cloud services business. [ + ]
Small business flags cybercrime concerns in survey
Most small businesses rate cybercrime as their third biggest risk, according to a national survey. [ + ]
Govt launches review into .au TLD
The Turnbull government is seeking feedback for a review into the management framework for the .au top-level domain and the roles and responsibilities of its administrator auDA. [ + ]
Sydney tech community supported with CeBIT funding
CeBIT Australia will receive $50,000 in funding from the City of Sydney each year for the next three years. [ + ]
Biometric passwords popular among frustrated digital users
The vast majority of people use the same password across multiple accounts, a new survey has found. [ + ]