Category: News
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Airbnb the next shared economy business to be legalised
Following the legalisation of the UberX service in New South Wales late last year, the conversation about sharing economy business has been front page almost constantly. The benefit of these services such as UberX and Airbnb is that it connects the consumers directly with the services, cutting out all the time consuming and unnecessary in between…
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Federal Government’s $230m cyber security strategy
The Federal Government is expected to pour $230 million into its new national cyber security strategy which Malcolm Turnbull will announce today. According to News, the initiative will create a capacity to launch preemptive attacks on “cyber raiders”. A brand new four year program will be developed to boost Australia’s defence against online attacks. The improved security will include…
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60 Minutes crew on their way home after kidnapping charges dropped
60 Minutes host Tara Brown along with the rest of the crew have finally been freed from a Beirut prison on bail. Amongst them was also mother Sally Faulkner whose ex husband Ali Elamine took her children Lahela, 5 and Noah, 3 on a three-week holiday to Lebanon and did not return them as agreed. An attempt by…
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Apple launches new 12″ MacBook
Attention early adopters, teenage girls and all those obsessed with anything and everything rose gold, Apple has debuted a new 12″ MacBook that comes in (you guessed it) rose gold! Apple’s goal with the ultra-thin MacBook is to do the impossible, “engineer a full-size experience into the lightest and most compact Mac notebook ever.” The new laptop…
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Australia has the world’s most expensive internet
Confirming what most rural households know to be true, the World Economic Forum has rated Australia the lowest score for internet access affordability. According to the Forum, around four million Australians live in households without internet access. The high price of internet access disproportionately affects poor, elderly and Indigenous Australians. It is estimated that 57%…
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iPhone users are unlocking their phone how many times a day?
According to Apple, the average iPhone user unlocks their phone 80 times per day. That means that phones would be checked around 6-7 times an hour in a 12 hour day or in other words, once every 10 minutes. Analyst Ben Bajarin wrote, “Prior to Touch ID for example, many organisations required eight, and sometimes…
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Sydney to trial contactless transport payments
The NSW government has announced that passengers will be able to use their credit or debit cards to pay for transport from 2017. Much like the current Opal card, users will be able to tap on or off the train or bus easily but without having to top up. In NSW, approximately 92% of trips…
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Driverless cars in NSW soon
Transport Minister Andrew Constance said today that he expects that driverless cars will be on NSW roads within five years. Speaking to the Future of Transport summit, Constance said that driverless cars will be tested and developed in research laboratories in Western Sydney. An Innovation Centre test lab will be set up in Huntingwood where the…
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Aldi’s advance
Supermarket chain Aldi is catching up to industry leaders Coles and Woolworths, according to research company Roy Morgan. The German supermarket chain is renowned for its cheap prices and odd brands but it’s also charming the hearts (and winning the wallets) of Australian consumers. Did a round up of my fave Aldi and Lidl brands.…
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Australia 2nd Most Likely to Suffer Debt Crisis
Forbes recently released a study into which top seven countries were the most vulnerable to a debt crisis in the next 1-3 years, and we in Australia were #2 – second only to China. Australian economist Steve Keen writes for Forbes that the same financial mishaps that were the cause of the Global Financial Crisis…