David Burt, executive manager and co-founder of the CSIRO’s ON program. Photo: supplied The CSIRO is shutting down its ON startup accelerator program as funding for the program established as part of former Prime Minister’s Malcolm Turnbull’s “innovation nation” dries up. ON launched in 2015 as part of CSIRO’s Innovation Catalyst strategy, the program landed… Read more »
A cloud-based New Zealand fintech for home loan brokers to protect customer data has raised NZ$1 million, led by the Flying Kiwi Angels. FileInvite, a cloud-based platform that streamlines how mortgage brokers and other financial advisers request, receive and store documents in loan applications has now raised NZ$2 million in 18 months as laws around… Read more »
Happy Thursday everyone. Here’s your daily dose of tech news. 1. The OECD wants to change the way tech multinationals are taxed globally. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) is proposing an international tax system across 134 countries, targeting the likes of Facebook, Amazon and Google so they pay more corporate… Read more »
The CSIRO is shutting down its ON startup accelerator program 
2 dads look to crowdfunding to build a better bottle washer 
There’s a small detail in an Australian coworking space report that should chill potential WeWork investors 
A social enterprise founder who gives away condoms is now turning wine into much-needed water 
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ProfilesAn Australian rural startup has devised a planting technique for farmers that can potentially boost crop yields by up to 10% simply by measuring the amount of moisture in the soil when they’re planted. And with water and the ongoing drought playing a critical role in the viability of local farms, the agtech solution by Orange-based… Read more »
News & AnalysisWelcome to Friday. Enjoy the weekend. 1. US retail giant Walmart employs 50,000 software engineers Stop knocking on Atlassian’s door and try David Jones if you’re looking for a tech job. Business Insider reveals that Walmart, the world’s biggest retailer with more than 11,000 stores globally and 2.2 million employees, is also pushing… Read more »
Partner ContentPoint of sale (POS) systems have come a long way in a very short space of time. Make sure your business is getting the most out of the tech that’s now available. Because if you’re not, your competitors probably are. While a clunky old cash register might still come to mind when we think ‘checkout’,… Read more »
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