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Jonathan Cotton
IoT Down Under: The deals, the dollars and what’s coming next
New research – not to mention a slew of new deals – shows IoT tech finally justifying its ‘next-big-thing’ reputation… read more...
Fasten your seat belts, the smart car race has started
If the investment is anything to go by, the self-driving car market looks set to err, accelerate… read more...
Introducing Apple Maps 2.0: Has Google met its mapping match?
Sure, we laughed at the disastrous Apple Maps launch in 2012, but the tech giant hasn’t given up on its plans for cartographic dominance… read more...
Copyright reform: Tech companies lose again
What will it take for the Australian government to actually protect Australian tech companies?… read more...
Top 4 takeaways from the Mary Meeker internet report
It’s Silicon Valley’s favourite slide deck, but at a whopping 294 slides, Mary Meeker’s 2018 Trend Report is well and truly death by Powerpoint. But despair not: we’ve separated the wheat from the chaff on your behalf… read more...
The fight over patient data: What we can learn from the My Health Record fracas
Forget AI, Industry 4.0 and the chatbot hordes, data privacy is the tech issue of the moment. But when does the privacy imperative slip into paranoia?… read more...
We have lift off: Australia finally joins the space race
Things finally take off with the government pledging dollars and sense being pledged to the country’s space capabilities – including a $26 million space agency… read more...
The bleeding edge: Why driverless auto-tech must recover from its PR nightmare
Self-driving Ubers may be a hazard to pedestrians but the wheels are still turning for the driverless future – and that’s a good thing… read more...
Too smart for our own good: Tackling the thorny issues of ethics and AI
AI keeps getting smarter and governments find themselves asking: Just where is the boundary that makes AI ethical?… read more...
Datacom’s local govt/community engagement app goes live
Citizens can now report potholes, offer suggestions and complain at will – all digitally – thanks to Datacom’s new app… read more...
Open banking comes to Australasia: Why it matters
Fintechs are delighted – the big banks, not so much – as open banking arrives downunder… read more...
Robotics Plus signs global deal for automated apple packing tech
What seasonal worker shortage? New robotic tech may help ease agricultural labour woes… read more...
Welcome to the New Intelligence Era (courtesy of SAP)
SAP continues to target APAC with new Singapore Leonardo Centre launch. iStart was there to check it out… read more...
The end of ownership: The subs economy booms
It’s not new, but then again, it kind of is. Goodbye pay-per-product – the subscription economy has come of age… read more...
Breaking down the biggest worries of tech managers
The numbers are in: Complexity, lack of skills and lack of cloud visibility are the biggest headaches for those on the front line… read more...
AI meets CX: The ultimate test of…human patience?
The robot hordes are coming to manage the customer experience. Welcome to hell… read more...
Cloud migration: Why ‘lift and shift’ is not enough
With Amazon, MS and Google all upping their enterprise cloud game, why do businesses so often fail in their great migrations?… read more...
Manufacturing money: National Manufacturing Week hits Sydney next month
Expect glad handing, big thinking and lots of synergy at this year’s NMW… read more...
Yup, there’s a talent crunch in Australia
It’s an endless refrain from the tech industry: There’s a skills shortage, stupid! Maybe this time your boss is right… read more...
SAP courts millennials with new Vic University lab
Looking to match business with academia – and do a little R&D along the way – SAP opens a Next-Gen Lab Melbourne… read more...
