An ACCC inquiry into advertising technology (ad tech) has found significant competition concerns and potential harms to publishers, advertisers, businesses and consumers from Google’s dominance of the sector. More than 90% of ad impressions traded via the ad tech supply chain are estimated to have gone via at least one Google service in 2020. The… Read more »
The startup ecosystems in Australia’s two largest cities, Sydney and Melbourne, are worth a combined A$34.5 billion according to the latest edition of the Global Startup Ecosystem Report (GSER) 2021 by Startup Genome. Sydney was ranked 24th in the world, behind San Diego (21), Berlin (22) and Bangalore (23), and ahead of Hangzhou (25), Atlanta… Read more »
Things are not going to plan for quite a lot of Apple users who’ve installed iOS 15 on their iPhones. A bug in the software is giving plenty of users the “iPhone storage almost full” message regardless of how much storage space they have left. In some instances posted on Twitter, people have tens, if… Read more »
Over the past 25 years, the name “Google” has become synonymous with the idea of searching for anything online. In much the same way “to Hoover” means to use a vacuum cleaner, dictionaries have recognised “to Google” as meaning to undertake an online search using any available service. Former competitors such as AltaVista and AskJeeves… Read more »
Image and video sharing platform OnlyFans has reversed its controversial decision to ban sexually-explicit content, saying it has “suspended” the changes to its terms of use that would have taken effect on October 1. “Thank you to everyone for making your voices heard,” OnlyFans tweeted on Wednesday night. “We have secured assurances necessary to support our diverse… Read more »
The proliferation of child sexual abuse material on the internet is harrowing and sobering. Technology companies send tens of millions of reports per year of these images to the nonprofit National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. The way companies that provide cloud storage for your images usually detect child abuse material leaves you vulnerable… Read more »
Australian design giant Canva has been listed as the world’s third best private cloud company in the annual Forbes 2021 Cloud 100. Canva is climbed four places from 7th place in 2020, and is one of just three Australian companies to make the list, with fintech Airwallex at 58 and Culture Amp also featuring at… Read more »
Atlassian’s June quarter revenue is up 30% on 12 months ago to US$559.5 million (A$760m), but the losses continue for the 19-year-old software giant, which posted a US$213.1 million net loss for Q4 FY21. The revenue figure is a considerable beat on market expectations and the company’s own Q3 prediction of US$513m to $528m. The… Read more »
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Instagram’s parent company, Facebook will default set Instagram accounts for users under 16 to private, and restrict targeted advertising to them following an Australian expose that revealed how easy it was for marketers to show smoking, gambling, extreme weight loss, and alcohol advertising to underage users. The social media giant announced the changes in a… Read more »
The UK is ready for the Australian and New Zealand tech invasion. With 30 significant tech clusters, a record A$20 billion in UK venture capital investment in 2020 (the third highest in the world) and new Free Trade Agreements with Australia and New Zealand, the UK is our oyster. The proof is in the (British)… Read more »
Apple’s attempt to block Epic Games, the company behind the hit video game Fortnite, from suing it in Australia over anti-competitive behaviour has been overturned on appeal by the Federal Court. Epic has filed anti-competition complaints against Apple in the European Union, UK, US and Australia, complaining about a range of restrictive conditions on the… Read more »
Parents should keep Apple AirTags are kept out of the reach of young children, because they pose a potentially deadly risk kids, consumer watchdog the ACCC has warned, with the button batteries inside the devices easily accessible. The regulator has raised its safety concerns about the AirTag with Apple, and discussions continue, ACCC Deputy Chair… Read more »
The UK is proving to be an effective ecosystem for growth and innovation for Australian and New Zealand tech companies looking to expand internationally. The proof is three Melbourne entrepreneurs, Dennis Volodomanov, Dmitry Levin and Leon Kosher, whose idea, KISA, a simple-to-use mobile phone to meet the needs of the elderly, disabled and visually impaired… Read more »
Fortnite maker Epic Games, which is currently in a massive anti-competition legal battle with Apple in the California courts, is planning similar legal action against Google and has won an Australian Federal Court victory to launch proceedings. Justice Nye Perram, who is also overseeing part of Epic’s case against Apple, but granted a three-month stay… Read more »
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