Jonathan Cotton

Amazon sells alcohol_Australia

Amazon starts selling booze in Australia

June 25, 2020 | Jonathan Cotton
Whatever your drop, you can now order it online and get it delivered to your door… read more...
Phil Goff and Dominic Perrottet

Can under pressure councils afford to cut IT?

June 25, 2020 | Jonathan Cotton
Two recent budget exercises – one from NSW and another from Auckland City Council – reveal vastly different approaches to the economic crisis… read more...
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Tech giants say no to facial recognition

June 18, 2020 | Jonathan Cotton
IBM, Amazon and Microsoft won’t supply FR technology to US authorities. What gives?… read more...
Remote working

Does remote work really work?

June 17, 2020 | Jonathan Cotton
2020 may be the year the workforce came untethered, but is it all too good to be true?… read more...
Australia border biometric ID system

Australia’s new border biometric ID system goes live

June 11, 2020 | Jonathan Cotton
New face-matching tech uses algorithms to spot border crims… read more...
Alibaba trade shows

Trillion dollar Alibaba launches online trade shows

June 11, 2020 | Jonathan Cotton
It’s boom times for the e-com leviathan, as it looks to bring B2B commerce into the digital age… read more...
Amazon patent blockchain supply chain

Amazon wins patent for blockchain supply tech

June 4, 2020 | Jonathan Cotton
From supply chain tracking to counterfeit products, Amazon is getting serious about transparency… read more...
Microsoft AI journalists

MS banking on AI, not journalists

June 4, 2020 | Jonathan Cotton
Microsoft’s news offering is banking on a bold new automated future… read more...
Online learning_GO1

The future of professional development is online

May 28, 2020 | Jonathan Cotton
GO1’s $40m Series C funding points to a new era of online learning for workers… read more...
Cash strapped media marketplace

Cash-strapped digital publishers brace for impact

May 21, 2020 | Jonathan Cotton
The collapsing media marketplace will get worse before it gets better… read more...

Australia’s CovidSafe app finds a true positive (just the one)

May 20, 2020 | Jonathan Cotton
Almost a month since launch, Australia’s digital contact tracing app is up and running. Or is it?… read more...
CIO post covid investment

CFOs ponder their post-Covid-19 prospects

May 14, 2020 | Jonathan Cotton
Investment in digital the key to meeting the Covid-19 challenge say CFOs… read more...
Consumer data rights_ACCC

Laying down the law for Consumer Data Right enforcement

May 14, 2020 | Jonathan Cotton
ACCC says it intends to speak softly and carry a big stick… read more...
Gartner_Quarantine cashflow

Gartner to CIOs: Quarantine your cash flow

May 7, 2020 | Jonathan Cotton
As the economy buckles under Covid-19, Gartner advises cutting all non-critical tech… read more...
Ardern_NZ contact tracing app

Two weeks notice: NZ’s contact tracing app is coming

April 30, 2020 | Jonathan Cotton
Ardern statements show misunderstanding of proximity tracing… read more...
Covid19 datasets_Data Ventures

Crunching Covid-19’s numbers

April 24, 2020 | Jonathan Cotton
Public and private data together comes together to fight Coronavirus… read more...
Food industry_delivery options

Can the delivery model save the hospitality industry?

April 22, 2020 | Jonathan Cotton
Now that a return to Level 3 has been announced, could the future of Kiwi eateries be mobile?… read more...
Retail trends down during Covid19

A/NZ retail trends down as lockdown impacts

April 16, 2020 | Jonathan Cotton
The data reveals an economy in upheaval… read more...
Startup scene during Covid19

Can our startup scene survive Covid-19?

April 16, 2020 | Jonathan Cotton
While elements of the tech sector are in high demand, the startup community wonders where the next round of funding is coming from… read more...
Zoom_Eric Yuan

Zoom scrambles to recover security cred

April 8, 2020 | Jonathan Cotton
Zoom adds security enhancements to cap off its no good, very bad month… read more...

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