Today is Thursday, February 23, 2012

Interview: Stephen Baxter from River City Labs

In this Q&A, Stephen Baxter from River City Labs was kind enough to answer questions about Startups, River City Labs and the NBN.
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New Start-up Incubator to start cooking in March

The Sydney Morning Herald reports a new Aussie startup incubator will be starting in March.
Kogan technologies

Kogan adds Apple and HP to their product line-up

Kogan has expanded its product range to meet the needs of its ever growing customer base. The range will include MacBook Airs, HP & Toshiba laptops, high-end headphones and the iPhone 4S. Customers are able to receive up to 46% off the retail [...]
99designs co-founder Mark Harbottle (Credit: Supplied)

99designs future looking bright

99designs, the Australian-based online marketplace for crowd-sourced graphic design services has announced it will double its monthly design competitions and will hire key staff and executives to handle the expected growth in 2012.
rdio launches in Australia

Rdio: More Australian launch details coming “very soon”

A representative for music streaming service Rdio says the the American-based startup will have more information “very soon” about an Australian launch.
rdio launches in Australia

Rdio (quietly) launches in Australia

Music streaming service Rdio has quietly launched in Australia, with geo-blocking now removed and subscriptions in Australian dollars now available.
Easier than ever to watch movies from home (Credit: Quickflix)

Quickflix subscribers jump

Quickflix says the total number of subscribers to the company’s movie rental service jumped more than 21,000 in the December quarter, reaching a total of 110,697 by years end.
Internode CEO Simon Hackett (Credit: Internode)

Hackett: Internode won’t disappear without a trace

In a post on the official Internode blog yesterday, CEO Simon Hackett told customers business will remain as usual at least for the mid-term, following the pre-Christmas news that iiNet will acquire the Internet Service Provider (ISP).
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Quickflix strikes licensing deal with NBCUniversal

Movie rental service Quickflix has announced it has struck a deal that will see it offer content distributed by NBCUniversal, adding more much needed content to its growing content library.
Yelp launches in Australia

Yelp expands to Australia

Yelp, a company that allows users to search, rate and review local businesses, has today flicked the switch on for an Australian edition of the site.