December 2021
Coles launches social ad campaign to solve tech worker drought
The war for digital talent has “never been this fierce”, says Sujeet Rana, one of the supermarket giant’s technology executives.
Unicorn Atlassian rival kicks off Australian hiring spree
Nasdaq-listed workplace and collaboration software firm monday.com will launch a hiring tear in the region, with plans to double its staff over the next year.
November 2021
Atlassian tech titans want to be the role models they lacked
Atlassian co-founders Scott Farquhar and Mike Cannon-Brookes and Canva co-founder Cliff Obrecht headed to Canberra to discuss plans to fix the tech skills shortage.
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Atlassian rides out skills shortage remotely as tech sector forms plan
Scott Farquhar says about 30 per cent of the software company’s new hires since the pandemic began have been based more than two hours from a city centre.
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The Aussie start-up selling AI that makes you buy more online
Particular Audience lets online sellers target customers with ‘upselling’ options at their checkouts, now its own cash register is full after raising $10 million.
Algorithms, not trolls, the crux of online hate speech
Critics of Big Tech and social media companies say new laws that target trolls ignore the role of algorithms in promoting and surfacing hateful and harassing content.
Young high-achievers head to VC land to hunt unicorns at Blackbird
Blackbird Ventures has hired five new associates to help find it unearth the next game-changing local start-up, as it plans a new $1 billion fund.
TechnologyOne lifts profit 15pc, targets unis, councils
TechnologyOne has reported profits after tax up 15 per cent as the company transitions customers to a recurring fee business model.
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CSL’s new HQ hosts biotech start-up incubator
The incubator and commercial wet lab will be open to applications from small biotechs that want to take their discoveries to the next stage of development.
Start-up banks $6m to help aged care homes check-in visitors
Aged care providers including St Vincent’s, Regis and Estia have signed on with software start-up Zipline.io to prepare post-COVID digital check-in systems.
The Slack channel where Australia’s upcoming tech talent trade gigs
A community called Earlywork has attracted more than 1000 Slack members in six months, all of who are hungry for a career in technology.
Vaccine mandates should be up to businesses: PM
Scott Morrison says mandatory vaccines of certain workforces had been based on medical advice, but individual businesses should decide whether to serve unvaccinated customers; ASIC won’t be a ‘cheerleader’ for cryptocurrencies. Read to see how today unfolded.
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Israeli software firm targets Australia after raising $68m
No-code digital customer journey platform EasySend is entering the Australian market under the helm of Mick O’Brien, the former managing director of Datorama, which was acquired by Salesforce in 2018.
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Telstra has more than 1000 jobs vacant
The telco giant says it has plenty of technology-related roles unfilled, as forecasts from the tech industry’s peak body show a spiralling skills crisis.
Xero poised for growth as churn drops and average revenue per user nudges up
Accounting software company Xero has come out of the half-yearly results gate poised for growth.
Xero snaps up inventory tracking software start-up
The ASX-listed accounting software darling has acquired four-year-old American inventory management software company LOCATE Inventory, while posting a loss.
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SiteMinder surges on ASX debut
Aussie unicorn hotel booking firm SiteMinder had a bumper first day of trading on the ASX, putting investors in mind of the likes of WiseTech Global and Xero.
‘Get on with it’: PM on fallen France deal
Prime Minister Scott Morrison says that “claims were made and claims were refuted, what is needed now is for us to move on” on submarine deal; WA slightly eases its hard border with NSW. Follow updates here.
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Facebook’s Meta morph not enough to allay concerns of 20-somethings
Rebranding or not, young Australians who have been using Facebook since high school have mixed feelings about the social media giant.
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Meet the former consultant turning influencers into entrepreneurs
Behind every great social media influencer is a man who knows how to make and source a kick ass niche product for them to on sell to their followers.