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Amazon One: Pay with your palm
The multinational e-commerce giant has unveiled its own palm recognition technology to speed up the shopping trips at the store. Amazon’s retail team has announced the launch of Amazon One- a fast, contactless, and convenient way to pay at the stores or entering the workspace...
After Sydney, Melbourne, Perth & Canberra, Accenture opens tech hub in Adelaide
Global consultancy leader Accenture announced that it will be opening a new facility in Adelaide in a hope to create 2000 new jobs in Southern Australia. Accenture will be investing an undisclosed amount in the development of cyber defence and national security operations capabilities. The...
Telecom giant Telstra loses misleading network coverage ad case against telco Optus
Telecom giant Telstra lost a court case against telco rival Optus over advertisements it claimed could possibly mislead customers on whose network coverage was bigger and better. The Optus ads stated how it was now covering more of Australia than ever before. During the court...
Deloitte Australia proudly acquires Australian Oracle expert Ekulus
One of the world’s Big Four consulting firms, Deloitte has announced that it will be acquiring a Melbourne-based Oracle specialist firm Ekulus Consulting. Effective October 1st, the Australian digital consultancy will be acquired by Deloitte Australia. Ekulus Consulting marks its 10th year of successful operations...
AFL On Demand streaming platform goes live in association with Telstra
The Australian Football League (AFL) has announced the launch of AFL On Demand, an absolutely free streaming platform on which fans get access to AFL content series, short films, historical content and documentaries. The streaming platform AFL On Demand has been launched in association with...
Macquarie Group prepares its IT company Nuix for $1.5 billion IPO
An independent Australian financial services company and investment banking group, Macquarie Group is preparing to list its software company Nuix in a $1.5 billion Initial Public Offering. Macquarie, that owns about 65% in Nuix has been utilized to analyze hundreds of thousands of documents as...
HCL Australia to acquire Aussie IT outsourcing firm DWS
Australian IT services company, DWS has been bought by global leader in multinational systems integration HCL Technologies for $225 million. Through this acquisition, HCL Australia will add about 700 employees across offices of DWS in Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Canberra and Brisbane. At present, HCL Australia...
The Social Dilemma: Social Graph VS Interest Graph
Here’s a quick experiment for you – swap your TikTok credentials with one of your friends or someone in your family and compare the posts that appear on their feed with yours. You’ll realise that they’re completely different posts that appear on theirs. You might...
Digital transformation deal between DXC Technology & Hearing Australia is on
Australian authority Hearing Australia has scored a deal with DXC Technology for a digital transformation and systems modernization program over the upcoming 12-18 months. An Aussie statutory authority, Hearing Australia operates under the “Australian Human Services Act 1991” and reports to the Minister of Human...
Netflix & YouTube to lift pandemic-related Aussie bitrate restrictions once again
During the lockdown, Over-the-top (OTT) video streaming platforms and video conferencing providers imposed bitrate restrictions in Australia and other countries. Netflix and YouTube have now announced that they’d be lifting the re-introduced bitrate restrictions permanently in Australia from around September 22nd 2020. The restrictions came...
