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Zip Takes On Afterpay With $400M NAB Investment Raise

Jack Gramenz July 30, 2019 No Comments

Zip Co has asked National Australia Bank to start seeking investors, for the creation of a master trust for the buy-now-pay-later platform. The company is looking to raise $400 million…

Report: Oz Govt Got Incorrect Advice On Huawei Ban

Jack Gramenz July 30, 2019 No Comments

Huawei has leapt on a new report from Ovum, which it claims proves the Australian government was given incorrect advice over its ban from the local 5G network rollout. The report…

Tax Refunds Lift Oz Consumer Confidence

Roma Christian July 30, 2019 No Comments

Australian consumer confidence lift over the weekend, coinciding with a surge in cashed up customers from tax time refunds. The ANZ-Roy Morgan Australian Consumer Confidence index jumped 1.9% versus the…

Vandals Target Sydney Telstra Exchanges

Jack Gramenz July 30, 2019 No Comments

More than 40 Telstra exchanges across Sydney have been vandalised in a spree of attacks. Exchanges were broken into and live wires exposed, forcing Telstra to close some sites over…

Amazon Sued Over Alexa Voice Tech Theft

Jack Gramenz July 30, 2019 No Comments

Amazon is being sued by a voice software technology company that alleges the tech giant infringed on its patent when developing the Alexa digital voice assistant. VoiceBox Technologies was founded…

Aldi Goes Big On Smart Lighting

Jan Arreza July 30, 2019 No Comments

German supermarket giant, ALDI, has gone hard on smart lighting products for its August 3 ‘Special Buys’ sale. It comes as retailing giants like JB Hi Fi, Kogan and Harvey…

Apple Credit Card Coming Very Soon

Computer Daily News July 30, 2019 No Comments

Apple’s venture into the burgeoning e-finance sector, the Apple Card, is tipped to be launch as early as next month. The card is a credit-card partnership between Goldman Sachs and…

$100m Huawei Goods Seized

Computer Daily News July 30, 2019 No Comments

Electronics manufacturer Flex held up goods worth more than US$100 million belonging to its Chinese client Huawei Technologies for more than a month after Washington put Huawei on a trade…

TPG’s Internode Gonged

Computer Daily News July 30, 2019 No Comments

TPG-owned Internode, a provider of Internet services, has won a gong in the Roy Morgan group’s monthly Internet Service Provider Customer Satisfaction Award. Morgan has not been exactly speedy in…

Telstra In New Push For Small Biz

Computer Daily News July 30, 2019 No Comments

Telstra may be getting rid of 9,500 of its workers over the next three years, under plans announced by CEO Andy Penn, but the big telco says it is increasing…