Tag: Startups

Wyatt Roy to host policy hackathon

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In this exclusive interview, freshly-minted Assistant Minister for Innovation Wyatt Roy told InnovationAus.com that he will host a weekend ‘government hackathon,’ drawing together the disparate interests of the tech...

Game developers at Crossy Roads

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If you watched the stylishly gargantuan Apple product launch in San Francisco last week, you could be forgiven for thinking that the Australian game development industry must be going...

Steve Vamos on cultural change

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Steve Vamos, the former Microsoft Australia managing director and current Telstra board member, tells a story about Bill Gates’ ability to see things that many of us can’t. Many...

Dalidakis: Vic’s newest Minister

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Less than a year after entering the Victorian Parliament as a newbie MP, Philip Dalidakis finds himself with a seat in cabinet as the State’s freshly-minted Small Business and...

Tech smarts shine at Telstra Awards

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A Western Australian security firm took the top honours at the prestigious Telstra Business Awards in Sydney last night, at an event crowded with tech innovation and entrepreneurial smarts....

NAB’s new $50m innovation fund

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National Australia Bank has announced a $50 million investment fund called NAB Ventures to design and build new banking systems. “The fund will enable us to access leading ideas...

Australia MIA in global report

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Consultancy group Cap Gemini and research firm Altimeter have produced an excellent report on innovation, and the way in which companies use innovation centres to ensure their R&D remains...

HK targets foreign IoT founders

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Hong Kong has dramatically stepped up efforts to attract global founders to the former British colony to build companies, using its proximity to the electronics manufacturing industry in China...

Telstra Ventures lands in Beijing

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Telstra Ventures, the investment arm of Australia’s largest telco, will place its first person on the ground in Asia by the end of August with the addition of a...