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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.
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.
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).
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).
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.
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 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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Federal Treasurer Wayne Swan has warned the big four banks that they have an obligation to extend credit to viable Australian businesses.
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
Australians might share many cultural traits with our British and American friends, but a new survey has revealed that Australian business people travelling abroad are more likely to offend while doing business in America and the UK than any other country. The Servcorp International Business Etiquette Index, based on feedback from 700 business people across…
Which products and services should you sell during an economic downturn? You might have stumbled on the term “the lipstick effect” in recent months, as the dark clouds of recession rolled in and enveloped the global economy. The term refers to the upturn purveyors of certain products and services experience whenever general economic conditions take…
The rise and rise of 24-year-old Melbourne-based entrepreneur James Masini continues unabated. The founder of youth-focussed jobs website Hippo.com.au informed Anthill yesterday afternoon that DMG, the company that owns the Nova and Vega radio networks, has just acquired a 20% stake in Hippo. The deal will see Hippo.com.au promoted on-air though DMG’s youth-centric national radio…
The Packer deal took everybody by surprise. It coincided perfectly with the media reform announcements, but in fact had more to do with maximising shareholder value than with media reforms.
It seems like every bus shelter you pass features a back-lit silhouette of a dancing girl or boy with wires coming out of their ears. You don’t have to read the logo to know that it’s another ad for iPod. But did you know that the ad is doing wonders for Apple PCs?
In these pensive days, where a backpacker on a bus could pose more of a threat than a cave-dwelling Taliban, Governments and corporations are hungry for technology that will help secure their people and resources. It has fed a boom in the defence tech sector; a world of cutting-edge machinery and multi-million dollar contracts, and home to some of the world’s keenest strategic and technical minds. Several Australian companies are emerging as genuine players in this highly competitive space. Liz Heynes and Catherine Kerstjens take a look at six on this new front line.
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