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Australia’s CovidSafe app finds a true positive (just the one)

May 20, 2020 | Jonathan Cotton
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

May 20, 2020 | Heather Wright
Underwhelming tool adds to proliferation of contact tracing ‘check-in’ apps… read more...
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Facebook struggles to stem Covid-19 misinformation flow

May 20, 2020 | Heather Wright
AI falters with Covid, but sees success with hate speech… read more...

Gartner’s Kost plots path to IT savings

May 20, 2020 | Heather Wright
Knee jerk cancellation of projects needs close analysis… read more...
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CFOs ponder their post-Covid-19 prospects

May 14, 2020 | Jonathan Cotton
Investment in digital the key to meeting the Covid-19 challenge say CFOs… read more...
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Laying down the law for Consumer Data Right enforcement

May 14, 2020 | Jonathan Cotton
ACCC says it intends to speak softly and carry a big stick… read more...
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Wearables take on social distancing

May 12, 2020 | Heather Wright
Bracelets for port and industrial workers… read more...
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Motorsports takes to the skies

May 7, 2020 | Heather Wright
Racing may have turned to esports to fill the Covid void, but change is in the air… read more...
Australian manufacturing funds

Manufacturing boost as 200 SMB manufacturers receive modernisation funds

May 5, 2020 | Heather Wright
2,600 jobs and the return of a beloved choccie treat… read more...
Non-covid tech news

The Covid-free weekly wrap

May 1, 2020 | Heather Wright
AU to sue Facebook, Canty Uni beams up 3D printing, CDR reprieve and money, money, money… read more...
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DX: From business optimisation to business continuity

May 1, 2020 | Heather Wright
Automation, cloud and connectivity in a Covid world… read more...
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Let’s talk about contact tracing

April 28, 2020 | Newsdesk
InternetNZ online event serves up food for thought on the use of technology for contact tracing… read more...
Anzac Day virtual poppies

As Anzac Day goes virtual, the spirit remains

April 24, 2020 | Heather Wright
Virtual poppies, online donations and driveways at dawn, lest we forget… read more...
Non-covid tech news

The weekly (non-Covid) wrap

April 24, 2020 | Heather Wright
Slack gets local, too much O365, NEC helps ID lost differs and AWS helps save Devils… read more...
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Mary Meeker turns focus on post-Covid business world

April 23, 2020 | Heather Wright
The rise of tech, DX and the on-demand economy… read more...
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Australia joins France in platform content crackdown

April 22, 2020 | Heather Wright
Mandatory code to make Google and Facebook pay for content… read more...
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A tale of two countries’ contact tracing paths

April 21, 2020 | Heather Wright
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’

April 16, 2020 | Heather Wright
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...
Startup scene during Covid19

Can our startup scene survive Covid-19?

April 16, 2020 | Jonathan Cotton
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...

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