Stories by Rebecca Merrett

GovHack announces 2013 winners

After more than 900 developers and 130 teams putting in 20,000 hours of research and development over 48 hours, the GovHack winners of 2013 have been announced.

ICT misses out in govt's 'pathetic' university funding

The Gillard government is investing an additional $97 million to boost the number of Commonwealth-supported university placements, but ICT is not seen to benefit from that, according to tertiary education spokespeople.

ABS embraces mobility with apps, responsive Web design

The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) is jumping on board with mobility, with plans to roll out another app this year in addition to its existing ABS Stats iOS offering. The organisation also plans to employ responsive design principles to make its website more mobile-friendly.

Mobile data, messaging revenue overtake voice: Telsyte

Mobile data and messaging revenue surpassed voice call revenue in the six months to December 2012, according to research from analyst firm Telsyte – the first time that data and messaging have overtaken revenue from voice in the Australian mobile services market.

ACS, AIIA oppose work-related self-education tax reform

The Australian Computer Society (ACS) and the Australian Information Industry Association (AIIA) have indicated disapproval of Treasurer Wayne Swan’s move to limit tax deductibles for work-related self-education expenses to $2000.

Woolworths to roll out Google Apps to 26,000 staff members

Woolworths plans to roll out its Google Apps platform to 26,000 national and state office staff in the coming months, following its rollout of Gmail and its custom ‘Tap for Support’ app on iPads to 890 store managers in August last year.

Turnbull's NBN could 'cost the same' in the long-run

Shadow communications minister Malcolm Turnbull said at a doorstop interview today that a fibre to the node (FTTN) policy for the National Broadband Network (NBN) could possibly end up costing around the same as the current fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP) policy.

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