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Your 90-second guide to the day in tech

- March 12, 2021 3 MIN READ

Happy Friday team. Don’t forget to tune in for the Startup Daily show on Ausbiz.com.au  every weekday, 2-2.45pm. Our guests today include Tasmanian whisky producer Bill Lark, the godfather of Australian distilling.  Watch online, download the ausbiz app or via 7Plus. Meanwhile, some news. NFT breaks art records Remember this work, which we featured last week, ahead of Christie’s auctioning… Read more »

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Your 90-second guide to the day in tech

- March 11, 2021 3 MIN READ

Hello Thursday! Lots happening around the world today. Here’s some of what we spotted.  Don’t forget to tune in for the Startup Daily show on Ausbiz.com.au  every weekday, 2-2.45pm. Watch online, download the ausbiz app or via 7Plus.   OVH data centre burns Millions of websites, banks, retailers and government services in Europe are offline today after fire destroyed a… Read more »

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Your 90-second guide to the day in tech

- March 10, 2021 2 MIN READ

Happy Wednesday all. Here’s your daily dose of local and global tech news.  Don’t forget to tune in for the Startup Daily show on Ausbiz.com.au  every weekday, 2-2.45pm. Watch online, download the ausbiz app or via 7Plus. PayPal’s BNPL move PayPal will launch an Afterpay-style buy now, pay later option called PayPal Pay in 4 in Australia in June, ahead… Read more »

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Your 90-second guide to the day in tech

- March 9, 2021 3 MIN READ

Welcome to Tuesday all. We hope you had a great International Women’s Day yesterday. Keep an eye out for our continued coverage of the issue of women in tech this week and don’t forget to tune in for the Startup Daily show on Ausbiz.com.au  every weekday, 2-2.45pm. Watch online, download the ausbiz app or via 7Plus.   US investigates… Read more »

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Your 90-second guide to the day in tech

- March 5, 2021 3 MIN READ

Hello all. How nice to make it to Friday. It feels like it’s been a tough week on many fronts, especially on the eve of International Women’s Day on Monday Don’t forget to tune in for the Startup Daily show on Ausbiz.com.au  every weekday, 2-2.45pm. Watch online, download the ausbiz app or via 7Plus.   Google gives up tracking Google… Read more »

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Your 90-second guide to the day in tech

- March 4, 2021 4 MIN READ

Yay! We’ve made it to Thursday. Don’t forget to tune in for the Startup Daily show on Ausbiz.com.au  every weekday, 2-2.45pm. Watch online, download the ausbiz app or via 7Plus.     Xero’s $284m job tool Accountancy platform Xero has acquired the 17-year-old Danish workforce management platform Planday for €155.7 million (A$241m) upfront, plus a subsequent earnout payment of up… Read more »

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Your 90-second guide to the day in tech

- March 3, 2021 3 MIN READ

  Welcome to Wednesday. Don’t forget to tune in for the Startup Daily show on Ausbiz.com.au  every weekday, 2-2.45pm. Watch online, download the ausbiz app or via 7Plus.   Grimes against art A non-fungible token (NFT) sounds like a reason to see a doctor, but it’s the new bitcoin, a unique type of digital asset that’s already become a US$250m… Read more »

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Your 90-second guide to the day in tech

- March 2, 2021 3 MIN READ

It’s tech Tuesday! Here’s your local and global tech news.  Don’t forget to tune in for the Startup Daily show on Ausbiz.com.au  every weekday, 2-2.45pm. Watch online, download the ausbiz app or via 7Plus. Buffett’s monkey investors Berkshire Hathaway billionaire Warren Buffet’s annual shareholder newsletter is out and shows that even the Sage of Omaha gets it wrong sometimes, with… Read more »

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Your 90-second guide to the day in tech

- March 1, 2021 2 MIN READ

Happy Monday everyone and welcome to the first day of Autumn. Here’s your local and global tech news.  Don’t forget to tune in for the Startup Daily show on Ausbiz.com.au  every weekday, 2-2.45pm. Watch online, download the ausbiz app or via 7Plus. The end of HQs Coinbase filed for its IPO last week. You can read more about the plan,… Read more »

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Your 90-second guide to the day in tech

- February 25, 2021 4 MIN READ

G’day gang, it’s Thursday already. Here’s your local and global tech news. Don’t forget to tune in for the Startup Daily show on Ausbiz.com.au  every weekday, 2-2.45pm. Watch online, download the ausbiz app or via 7Plus. Square buys BTC ack Dorsey’s actual money spinner, the payments platform Square Inc, spent another US$170 million in the fourth quarter buying Bitcoin, with… Read more »

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Your 90-second guide to the day in tech

- February 24, 2021 3 MIN READ

Happy hump day! There’s some big and whacky global tech news today. Don’t forget to tune in for the Startup Daily show on Ausbiz.com.au  every weekday, 2-2.45pm. Watch online, download the ausbiz app or via 7Plus. WeWork IPO There’s talk of another WeWork IPO attempt, led by the company’s main backer (and rescuer after it imploded during 2019’s IPO attempt),… Read more »

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Your 90-second guide to the day in tech

- February 23, 2021 3 MIN READ

Hello and welcome to Tuesday. Don’t forget to tune in for the Startup Daily show on Ausbiz.com.au  every weekday, 2-2.45pm. Watch online, download the ausbiz app or via 7Plus.   Eftpos taps fintech advice eftpos has launched a fintech advisory committee in collaboration with FinTech Australia to give the startups a direct say in how to access and leverage the… Read more »

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Your 90-second guide to the day in tech

- February 22, 2021 3 MIN READ

Welcome to Monday. Here’s the latest news from here and overseas. Don’t forget to tune in for the Startup Daily show on Ausbiz.com.au  every weekday, 2-2.45pm. Watch online, download the ausbiz app or via 7Plus. Government pulls Facebook ads Facebook may have blocked media and a bunch of other organisations from promoting themselves for free on the $1 trillion global… Read more »

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Your 90-second guide to the day in tech

- February 19, 2021 3 MIN READ

Friday at last!  Don’t forget to tune in for the Startup Daily show on Ausbiz.com.au  every weekday, 2-2.45pm. Watch online, download the ausbiz app or via 7Plus. And have a great weekend. See you Monday.  NASA perseveres After 203 days and 472 million kilometres, NASA’s Mars rover, Perseverance, touched down on the red planet just before 8am, AEDT. Within… Read more »