The AFL grand final is yet to be played but Telstra may have already kicked a winning goal: its AFL smartphone app has been downloaded almost 1 million times and the telco says its $153 million investment in internet rights will soon start to pay off.But it may end up being a victim of its own success. Rival sporting codes are set to charge Telstra and other broadcasters a rising premium to beam live matches straight to smartphones.Sports-related apps are big business – so big that Tennis Australia is considering letting punters place bets through their apps while watching live games.
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The number of women on the BRW Young Rich list has sadly more than halved since its inception almost a decade ago.In 2003, the percentage of women on the list was 22 per cent (14 of 63 on the list were female) while this year it’s dropped to 6 per cent, with just six women making a list of 100.
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How the banks are using mobile devices cut down time spent by their customers in a branch. From credit card approvals to loan approvals, the banks are trying to keep up and ahead of the game from global giants such as Google and Paypal.
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I saw this articale about ‘the Worst Way to Choose and Digital Agency’. It pointed out issues with the Request for Proposal (RFP) and The Creative Pitch Process. Then it followed up with 13 points not to do. I Don’t fully agree with everything but have a read and let me know what you think.
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In a breakthrough towards eventual commercialisation of quantum computing with its very fast speeds, a University of NSW team has opened the way to greater computer miniaturisation by storing and retrieving information from a device based on a single atom.
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