AFR technology

APN Convenience Retail REIT seeks to raise $38 million, reports #streettalk. bit.ly/312MfUL

Rethinking Pink - how menswear brand @PINKShirtmaker is revitalising itself after years of discounting. #ausbiz #lifestyle #fashion afr.com/x/p51cka

Still banging the Esports drum @seamus says it doesn't matter if the stuffy squares don't get it ... or something along those lines: afr.com/technology/gam…

Apparently Life360 was the inspiration for the Black Mirror episode Arkangel, where the mum obsessively watches her daughter ... It is planning to IPO in Australia and its CEO says it is a comms not a tracking app & that "playing with fire" is good. 😬: afr.com/technology/app…

Facebook's grappling with a global outage just a day after some Google services went down means maybe it's Amazon's turn to show us what life would be like without them tomorrow. I quite like it: afr.com/technology/soc…

Huawei's UK 5G boost won't change Australian plans afr.com/technology/web…

The government hack proves it can't keep encryption backdoors safe and should forget its new laws. afr.com/technology/web…

Senator @BernieSanders flags estate tax on richest Americans bit.ly/2DOxn49

Soon you will be able to get a home loan direct from a superannuation fund without having to go through a bank, after ex-NAB bankers raised another $25 million for Athena: afr.com/technology/exn…

I was a bit surprised when I saw the government announce its new digital transformation policy last week, and so was @paul_shetler the man who was hired to do the same things over three years ago (and then got sidelined.) afr.com/technology/gov…

Telstra and its telco rivals head for a pricing car crash with 'delusional' NBN afr.com/technology/web…

NAB's May systems outage cost it millions in compensation to customers. afr.com/technology/ent…

.@RioTinto's iron ore exports soft as Vale surges. bit.ly/2Cmon5E #ausbiz

Business will go it alone on climate policy. afr.com/x/h16gbv

The Australian tech sector fears the rise of anti-immigration Peter Dutton, and a political narrative that makes us look like a "backwater." afr.com/technology/tec… #libspill #auspol

As a journo it has always been great dealing with Dave ... one of the most influential Australian tech execs of recent times and always good with a quote. afr.com/technology/ent…

Lots of fun meeting up with @Jason Calacanis ... to hear about his plans to back Aussie startups, and his views on the broader tech scene (he's not Mark Zuckerberg's no. 1 fan.) He likes a chat so his thoughts on future of media/journalism for another day afr.com/technology/wor…

Optus scores English Premier League rights for three more years and opens up its coverage to everyone before the World Cup for a monthly subscription fee. afr.com/technology/web…

Huge story this. One of Australia's hottest startups Unlockd has had to pull out of an imminent IPO to fight for survival after Google said it was banning its apps from the Play Store and AdMob (anti-competitive move?!) afr.com/technology/unl… #startupaus

Facebook won't change, it's time to leave ... I think many people know it, but find it too hard to cut the chord. afr.com/technology/soc…