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Netflix has begun its crackdown on users trying to access content from other countries, but the VPN providers are already fighting back.
Just days after announcing it would enforce content licensing by geographic location (http://ift.tt/1RPCH7i), Netflix has started actively blocking VPN (virtual private network) users from accessing its service.
Reports are
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Today marks Professor Ian Chubb (http://ift.tt/1AsqXOX)’s final day as Australia’s Chief Scientist (http://ift.tt/1e83tja).
It’s a position he’s held for almost five years, during some of Australia’s most turbulent political times. He’s served under four prime ministers and six science ministers (if not always by title), for both Labor and the Coalition.
“Having
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Rental company HomeAway is taking a swipe at the sharing economy in its latest advertisement, which one communications expert has described as a clever way to stand out in an increasingly competitive market.
Sharing accommodation services such as Airbnb continue to rise in popularity but HomeAway’s campaign says ‘sharing is caring’
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Startup valuations are rapidly dropping as angel investors become concerned about inflated rounds and a volatile market.
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Queensland’s only fashion-based startup accelerator is aiming to help founders take their ideas to the next level and juggle the role of being both a creative and an entrepreneur.
QUT Creative Enterprise Australia (CEA) CEO Anna Rooke is dedicated to empowering creative founders through accelerator programs and access to early-stage capital.
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For a global startup to win the market, it has to put the customer at the centre of everything it does and innovate and iterate their product at a dizzying speed.
This is a process which inherently benefits the economy.
By challenging your workforce to do better, they usually improve their skills
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Serial entrepreneur Christian Mischler had a secure job with food delivery platform Foodpanda when he made the scariest decision of his life.
The US-based co-founder and COO of the globally expanding company decided to leave and join a brand new startup – HotelQuickly, which offers last-minute well-priced accommodation.
“It hadn’t
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A startup utilising open government data to reduce unnecessary hospital admissions and make life easier for those with chronic illnesses took out the top prize at the federal government’s inaugural DataStart competition (http://ift.tt/1NL5XJr) this week.
CohortIQ utilises hospital data (http://ift.tt/1OHgwff) and a “secret sauce” machine-learning algorithm to help hospitals determine what
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There is nothing more thrilling than having an idea, bringing it to life and watching customers buy it and spread the word.
But marketing your startup isn’t always smooth sailing there are ghastly winds that can blow you right off course.
To help, here are three common startup marketing traps and
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An Australian startup will call on its large network of users to help NASA design a new arm for a free-flying robot that will be completing chores in outer-space.
Freelancer first partnered with NASA last year (growth/growth-strategy/freelancer-teams-up-with-nasa-its-one-small-step-for-freelancer-one-giant-step-for-nasa/2015071715122.html), with 22 contests posted to its platform asking users to solve some complex problems
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