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EXCLUSIVE: Spellr.us, the digital spell-checker, comes out of beta, offers pricing plans
News just in that Spellr.us, the website spell-checking service created by Sydney-based digital media company Melon Media, cast aside its beta training wheels this afternoon and launched to the public.
New web service matches bushfire victims to temporary housing
Creative agency Sputnik has created Bushfire Housing, a free web service that enables people to post and find offers of temporary accommodation for Victorians who are now homeless. It’s an incredibly useful service as it provides needed relief right now in a way that money can not.
If you live in Victoria and have spare room at your place, consider offering it as a temporary billet.
Aussies planning to go cheap this Valentine’s Day
This probably comes as no surprise, but lovers, dreamers and schemers across the nation are expected to go cheap this Valentine’s Day (which is tomorrow, gentlemen… eh-herm).
Just how distressed is the US economy? Let’s go to the graph…
There are a lot of figures being bandied about to describe current global economic woes. But sometimes, a simple graph is all that is required to get the message across.
Consider Exhibit A (below): A chart comparing job losses in the current US recession to job losses in recent recessions.
Not pretty.
Google Australia adds recent imagery to Victoria Fires Map
Google has just added recent imagery to its interactive map of Victoria, which contains updates on the status and locations of bushfires based on RSS feeds from the Country Fire Authority. The page also contains the latest Google News headlines about the fires and a facility to donate to the relief effort via the official 2009 Victorian [...]
Vodafone-Hutchison merger is good news for competition
Yesterday’s announcement that Vodafone and 3 will merge in Australia bodes well for the industry, according to telecommunications analyst, Paul Budde. Sometimes it makes sense to reduce competition in order to establish more competition. This is the case with the mobile merger. Size does matter in a market that is rapidly being commoditised. BuddeComm has [...]
Survey: Executive expectations reveal no silver lining
It certainly isn’t new news anymore that these are trying economic times, but that hasn’t discouraged the large business analysis firms from gauging, on an almost daily basis, just how gloomy we are all feeling. According to the latest Dun & Bradstreet Business Expectations Survey, executives at an increasing number of Australian firms expect sales, profits, employment [...]
Credit unions & building societies establish Bushfire Relief Fund
Everyone has been moved in some way by the natural disaster that continues to ravage country Victoria. In response to the emergency, Australia’s credit unions and building societies have set up a Bushfire Relief Fund. Donations are tax-deductible and all money collected will be used to provide emergency relief through the Red Cross Victorian Bushfire Appeal. Donations [...]
Swan urges businesses denied credit to come forward
Federal Treasurer Wayne Swan has warned the big four banks that they have an obligation to extend credit to viable Australian businesses.
The Top 10 sectors to weather the financial crisis in 2009
The business information analysts at global research organisation IBISWorld have identified the sectors best positioned to endure recession. They are: Biotechnology Online information services Non-building construction Cosmetic and toiletry retailing Grain and livestock farming Blood bank and health services ISPs Passenger rail Waste disposal services Online shopping
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