It’s Wednesday, there’s lots happening and Victorians are free to dance once more. Here’s today’s news, 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. Facebook ban Morrison government backbencher Craig “try the bleach” Kelly has been sin-binned by Facebook for a week… Read more »
Welcome to Tuesday. Fingers crossed for good news for Victorians to emerge from lockdown some time today. Here’s today’s news, and don’t forget to tune in for the Startup Daily show on Ausbiz.com.au every weekday, 2-3pm. Watch online, download the ausbiz app or via 7Plus. Zucktime Facebook is reportedly building a smartwatch – not to be confused with Facebook Watch,… Read more »
Happy Monday all. Here’s today’s news, and don’t forget to tune in for the Startup Daily show on Ausbiz.com.au every weekday, 2-3pm. Our guests today include Ignition Lane’s Gavin Appel with his weekly wrap of all the big tech news. Watch online, download the ausbiz app or via 7Plus. Google & Facebook start talking A Senate inquiry into… Read more »
OK, we’ve made it to Friday and here’s what’s going down. Here’s today’s news, and don’t forget to tune in for the Startup Daily show on Ausbiz.com.au every weekday, 2-3pm. Watch online, download the ausbiz app or via 7Plus ClubZuck Prominent tech mimic Facebook is looking at building its own version of Clubhouse, the conversation app that’s taken the… Read more »
Happy Thursday. Here’s today’s global tech news And don’t forget to tune in for the Startup Daily show on Ausbiz.com.au every weekday, 2-3pm. Watch online, download the ausbiz app or via 7Plus Twitter results Twitter released its fourth quarter and 2020 fiscal year results overnight. Q4 revenue was US$1.29 billion, up 28% year-on-year (YoY). Q4 advertising revenue was US$1.15… Read more »
Welcome to Monday, or as it’s known in the US, National Tom Brady Day. Here’s today’s news, and don’t forget to tune in for the Startup Daily show on Ausbiz.com.au every weekday, 2-3pm. Watch online, download the ausbiz app or via 7Plus Google launches News Showcase Google’s Plan B for paying the media for news launched in Australia… Read more »
Happy Thursday all. A big shout out to our Victorian readers, who suddenly find themselves masking up again indoors. 40-15. Today’s column might take 120 seconds, but there’s lots of juicy stuff to talk about. 1. BrexNPL? There could be a day of reckoning coming for the wild west of BNPLs, in the UK… Read more »
Welcome to Wednesday and news that the world’s second richest man is stepping down as chief exec of the behemoth he built over 27 years. 1. Bezos bails Amazon founder and boss Jeff Bezos announced he’ll step down as CEO in Q3 this year during the company results. AWS CEO Andy Jassy, who’s been with the… Read more »
It’s Tuesday and here’s what’s going on in tech, both locally and overseas. Have a fab day and don’t forget to tune into the Startup Daily show on ausbiz.com.au at 2pm today. 1. Musk in da Clubhouse The world’s richest man jumped on Clubhouse for an invitation-only Sunday night session, with more than 10,000 people piling… Read more »
It’s Monday again already. Here’s some of the things happening, here and abroad. 1. New Zip chair ASX-listed BNPL Zip has a new chair – banking and tech veteran Diane Smith-Gander, who replaces Philip Crutchfield after five years, from today. The former chair will remain on the board until the end of March. Smith-Gander’s… Read more »
Hello and we hope you’re having a good Thursday. Here are some of the things we’ve spotted. And yes, today it might take long to read than 90 secs, but normal programming will return tomorrow Have a great day. 1. GameStop it, right now What to make of US stock GameStop? As a spectator sport,… Read more »
Hello and welcome to a Monday many Australians are taking off as a holiday ahead of celebrating the Big Day Off. Here’s the news that caught our eye. 1. Dry spell over Vinomofo co-founder Justin Dry is stepping down as CEO, replaced by the company’s chair, Paul Edginton, from next week. Edginton has chaired… Read more »
Happy Friday. Sorry we’re a little late today but we got distracted watching the first day of public hearings by a Senate inquiry into the Morrison government’s plans to make Google and Facebook pay Australian media companies for news content. As execs from the likes of Google, Facebook, Nine, News, The Guardian, ABC, and ACCC… Read more »
It’s Thursday and the fourth day of our new 90-second guide to tech news to help kickstart your day and keep you informed. Here’s what we spotted. 1. Pardon me? Before shooting through to his Florida resort, Donald Trump used his last day in the presidential office to pardon 144 people, most notably, his former… Read more »
Welcome to Wednesday and Startup Daily’s new morning column offering a quick run down on the things you need to know both locally and globally about what’s happening in tech. Every day we’ll cover the breaking news of the day and the big talking points from overnight to get the day off to a cracking… Read more »
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