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Australia’s CovidSafe app finds a true positive (just the one)
Almost a month since launch, Australia’s digital contact tracing app is up and running. Or is it?… read more...
NZ goes live with Covid Tracer
Underwhelming tool adds to proliferation of contact tracing ‘check-in’ apps… read more...
Facebook struggles to stem Covid-19 misinformation flow
AI falters with Covid, but sees success with hate speech… read more...
Gartner’s Kost plots path to IT savings
Knee jerk cancellation of projects needs close analysis… read more...
CFOs ponder their post-Covid-19 prospects
Investment in digital the key to meeting the Covid-19 challenge say CFOs… read more...
Laying down the law for Consumer Data Right enforcement
ACCC says it intends to speak softly and carry a big stick… read more...
Wearables take on social distancing
Bracelets for port and industrial workers… read more...
Motorsports takes to the skies
Racing may have turned to esports to fill the Covid void, but change is in the air… read more...
GovDXP: the ‘Netflix’ upgrade coming to myGov
What could possibly go wrong?… read more...
Manufacturing boost as 200 SMB manufacturers receive modernisation funds
2,600 jobs and the return of a beloved choccie treat… read more...
The Covid-free weekly wrap
AU to sue Facebook, Canty Uni beams up 3D printing, CDR reprieve and money, money, money… read more...
DX: From business optimisation to business continuity
Automation, cloud and connectivity in a Covid world… read more...
Let’s talk about contact tracing
InternetNZ online event serves up food for thought on the use of technology for contact tracing… read more...
As Anzac Day goes virtual, the spirit remains
Virtual poppies, online donations and driveways at dawn, lest we forget… read more...
The weekly (non-Covid) wrap
Slack gets local, too much O365, NEC helps ID lost differs and AWS helps save Devils… read more...
Mary Meeker turns focus on post-Covid business world
The rise of tech, DX and the on-demand economy… read more...
Australia joins France in platform content crackdown
Mandatory code to make Google and Facebook pay for content… read more...
A tale of two countries’ contact tracing paths
Privacy, surveillance creep to the fore in vexatious issue of Australia’s contact tracing apps, while NZ avoids straight answer… read more...
The figures behind ‘an extraordinary time in internet history’
Global internet traffic up 30 percent, A/NZ business hour traffic soars 70 percent + – but we’re not about to break the internet… read more...
Can our startup scene survive Covid-19?
While elements of the tech sector are in high demand, the startup community wonders where the next round of funding is coming from… read more...



























