Aerial mapper Aerometrex has released two new services for its flagship metropolitan mapping service following a successful stock exchange debut. Based in Adelaide, South Australia, the newly listed company (ASX: AMX) has built 3D modelling into its MetroMap subscription service as well as launching its own high-flying camera to capture the images. Aerometrex Managing Director… Read more »
In the 1980s, a global race was underway: to find a more efficient way of converting energy from the sun into electricity. Some 30 years ago, our research team at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) came up with a breakthrough, called the PERC silicon solar cell. The cells have become the most widely… Read more »
Business telecom startup Spoke Phone has raised $6.7 million in Series A funding, led by Sydney private VC firm Marbruck Investments, supported by New Zealand-based Icehouse Ventures and Sir Stephen Tindall’s K1W1 fund. Spoke Phone seeks to do away with the office desk phone, with a cloud-based, mobile-first strategy and is the only venture… Read more »
Shark Tank Australia actually delivered some really important home truths in its premiere episode
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When Melanie Perkins and Cliff Obrecht went looking for a brilliant technology co-founder, they turned to Cameron Adams, a Googler, who’d worked on Wave, as well as previously founding the email startup Fluent. Cam is now Canva’s Chief Product Officer, the design genius behind the global graphic design tech giant. As part of our summer… Read more »
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• Gross sales grew by more than 16% • Gross profit grew by more than 9% • Operating costs declined marginally • Cash at period end was $34.1 million Kogan.com Ltd (ASX: KGN) has defied tough retail conditions to post a record half-yearly result helped by its best-ever Black Friday and Boxing Day trading… Read more »
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5G is here, or coming, to your smartphone and mobile internet, but what does that mean, especially if you’re in business? The fifth generation mobile network features new technologies and standards with the capacity to greatly improve data speeds, responsiveness (lower latency) and connectivity, all with greater reliability and resilience. Put simply, the way you… Read more »
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