Annual cost of NBN to rise to $2.1bn by 2017, says budget office
Broadband network will cost budget $580m in 2016-17 and increase from there, but the final cost won’t be known until NBN Co is soldThe annual cost to the federal budget of the government’s investment...
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How WeChat helped a 28-year-old make millions through cartoons
Uncle Tongdao’s 12 star sign characters. Photo credit: Uncle Tongdao. Cai Yuedong is an artist. Now, he’s also a millionaire, having sold a majority share of Uncle Tongdao, the company he built by...
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15 biggest tech stories in Southeast Asia in 2016
Photo credit: Wikimedia. Before we turn the page to 2017, let’s take a refresher on the most talked about events of this year. From one startup’s spectacular failure to Alibaba’s shopping spree, here...
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9 rising startups in India – Dec 14, 2016
Photo credit: Pixabay. Appropriately enough for the holiday season, two fitness apps make the cut today along with a travel app. There are also two fintech startups, serving different ends of the...
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AskMe gasps for breath as investor Astro files ‘winding-up’ petition
Copyright: svetavo / 123RF. Once popular – and now defunct – ecommerce startup AskMe is breathing its last. The startup’s biggest investor, Malaysia-based Astro Entertainment Network (AENL) has filed...
View ArticleWhat is RCS and why is it important to Android?
We all want a better way to do messaging and calls on our Androids, and RCS is the best way to make it happen. Sprint, T-Mobile, and AT&T have all jumped on the RCS bandwagon in one way or another....
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