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[Sydney, AUSTRALIA] Consumer electronics retailer Tandy Australia has struck an agreement with Smartbuy to develop an e-commerce site in time for Christmas. Under the agreement, Smartbuy will operate the site for three years on behalf of Tandy, as part of its post-Net stock crash incarnation as a means through which traditional retailers can realize online […]

[Sydney, AUSTRALIA] Outdoor adventure site Bluemanna.com.au has signed a network agreement with i7, as part of the startup’s quest to increase exposure and audience numbers. Under the partnership, Bluemanna will be promoted on the i7 navigation bar and on the Seven television network, with the companies predicting Bluemanna content to appear on i7 around mid […]

[Sydney, AUSTRALIA] Web monitoring company Hitwise has partnered with South African Internet operation Cybernac Online to expand its measurement service into South Africa, and provide the coutnry with its first taste of third party Internet measurement. Cybernac will partner with Hitwise creator Sinewave to establish and market the service, and track the online habits of […]

[Sydney, AUSTRALIA] Australia will fall “far behind” the rest of the world in terms of broadband adoption thanks largely to prohibitive Government policy, according to findings from analyst firm Gartner. Bob Hayward, senior vice president of operations at Gartner Asia Pacific forecast just three percent of Australian businesses and two percent of residential consumers will […]

[Sydney, AUSTRALIA] Employment site Seek Communications has partnered with Telstra to offer customers of the telco the chance to search for jobs from their Wireless Application Protocol (WAP)-enabled mobile phone. The new service will allow Telstra WAP users to conduct job searches on the telstra.com consumer portal. Users will be able to search along a […]

[Sydney, AUSTRALIA] Australia Stock Exchange-listed e-commerce solutions provider Keycorp has acquired Adelaide-based Internet payment gateway technology developer Camtech, in a bid to push an end-to-end solution to a global market. Keycorp, which develops solutions that incorporate smart card and point-of-sale systems, will pay $110 million in scrip for Camtech’s intellectual property, technology and global business […]

[Sydney, AUSTRALIA] ISP OzEmail Internet is on a renewed push behind Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) for the consumer market, with the launch of new offerings for its branded service. The offerings now available through wap.ozemail.com.au OzEmail Media Network include weather service MyWeather, horoscopes, sports results service SportCentral and Web page viewer software driven through Australian […]

[Sydney, AUSTRALIA] Keen to create a one-stop-shop for their industry, ten Australian construction companies have partnered and enlisted Andersen Consulting and Deutsche Bank to explore developing an e-commerce exchange. The consortium has so far established a steering committee to pursue the logistics of the proposed Construction Industry Trading Exchange, which the companies envision as a […]

[Sydney, AUSTRALIA] Australian technology investment bank Nextec will fund its own growth across Asia Pacific after receiving a $5.1 million capital boost from BancBoston Capital, the private equity investment arm of FleetBoston Financial. As well as driving geographical expansion, the capital will kickstart Nextec’s soon-to-be-launched early stage investment fund, and develop its technology-specific methodologies and […]

[Sydney, AUSTRALIA] The Federal Government’s proposed 12 month ban on all new online gambling sites and services has been shelved for the time being, after the moratorium was defeated Monday night in the Senate. The ban, which was back dated to last May, would have prevented state and territory governments from licensing new Internet gambling […]

[Sydney, AUSTRALIA] Melbourne-based free ISP GoConnect has launched a portal complete with e-commerce partners as part of a drive to expand its online business model. Through the new portal, GoConnect will seek to push into four e-commerce areas, with finance, shopping, leisure and community services sections of the site. GoConnect will use new partner LookSmart […]

[Sydney, AUSTRALIA] Yahoo! has become the standout global property during the month of June, according to the latest survey by Web measurement company Nielsen//NetRatings. According to the company’s global Internet indicator, which provides results across the U.S., the U.K., Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Japan, Ireland and Singapore, June figures showed that more than 207,211,000 people […]