Tag: australia
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Solar panels on the road?
Scott and Julie Brusaw, creator of the Solar Roadways idea has already been funded to test their product on Route 66, on of the original highways in America. According to the Missouri New Tribune, the invention is hoping to generate the welcome center at Conway. Solar Roadways first started in 2010 and argued their plan could…
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Tougher numeracy and literacy systems to be introduced by 2020
The HSC or Higher School Certificate could soon be referred to as the Higher Stress Certificate. The Federal Government announced it’s plans to introduce mandatory levels of numeracy on Tuesday, from 2020 onwards. The pressure will be on for parents, teachers and students alike. Australia is far behind the rest of the world when it comes to numeracy and literacy levels, and,…
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Fast food joints in strife
With the latest news about Eagle Boy’s maybe shutting down its doors, McDonalds and KFC are not doing any better with profits slowly plummeting. The days of the Whopper, Big Mac and Zinger are being threatened seriously by the changing tastes of the nation. There is a new cool kid on the block- gourmet food. It…
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Pokemon GO App paves way for virtual and augmented reality
Pokemon GO App has revolutionised the business, economic and technology industry as we know it. In just fourteen hours, it became the most downloaded app and already generates a daily revenue of $1.6 millionUSD. In fact, across both iOS and Android, the game has more than 7.5 million downloads in the US alone. It’s a big…
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Coalition wins over Labour party
Late in the afternoon yesterday, news sources arrived with results that Malcolm Turnbull will remain as our Prime Minister. With 80% counted, the national Liberal party is sitting at 75 seats and Bill Shorten’s Labour party lost by 9 seats to the coalition. Earlier this morning Mr Turnbull stated “this is a great day today” after hearing…
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Organ donations too far?
Yet another update of Apple is coming for Apple users in America soon which encourages many to register as organ donors through an easy sign-up button. The new update was announced on Tuesday who will release an updated version of their health application on iOS 10. The health app through the software system helps you manage your fitness and…
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Domino’s facing risky rates
Much loved Domino’s Pizza may get hit with a 24% loss to their Australian profits, if they declare it under their new enterprise agreement. This came from a report by Deutsche Bank which they are currently with. Michael Simotas, an Analyst from the bank showed their current wage agreement expired in June three years ago. They also still…
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The most successful Aussie startup
Nura has raised nearly $1.2 million in their Kickstarter campaign with more than 4000 backers and still has one week until it finishes. This is a huge success as only 1% have met the million dollar milestone. The Melbourne startup has done the impossible by listening to your ears and customising sounds to make them louder or have less…
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So what happens now: Post-election?
It has been a rough couple of days for Coalition leader, Malcolm Turnbull and Opposition Leader, Bill Shorten. With no result on Saturday night about the winner and statistics coming back a quarter of voters chose the Independent parties first, this could be a good change for a stable political environment. The Liberal government are struggling…
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IKEA furniture comes crashing down
Ikea is undoubtedly the biggest ready- to-sell furniture store on the planet; having sold over 147.4 million chests of drawers globally since 1998. Many houses would have one or more pieces of IKEA furniture in their house. Now the Swedish giant has to unfortunately add a $29 million dollar recall to it’s name. Recently, it was found…