From concierge commerce to visual search: Three digital trend predictions for 2021
This year, demand for personalisation will see concierge commerce, consumer-centric sales experiences and visual search take the stage.
Upgrade rage: What’s the solution to the problem of disposable, expiring technology?
Every year, vendors such as Apple and Google add to their list of vintage devices which no longer get operating system or security updates.
SMEs switch to Square as Tyro outage enters third week
A growing number of SMEs are switching to Square, amid Tyro’s prolonged terminal outage that has now reached its third week.
Fintech Tyro reopens ASX trading, hitting out at “false claims” made in Viceroy report
Fintech Tyro has hit back at claims it under-estimated the effects of a two-week outage that has seen users unable to accept payments.
Mask-tech, robots and lab-grown breast milk: The best of CES 2021
CES 2021 served to highlight some of the innovations coming out of a difficult 12 months, from pandemic tech to robot friends.
Troubled fintech Tyro has halted trading: What’s going on? And should small business owners be worried?
Tyro has halted trading on the ASX after short selling group Viceroy alleged its tech outage is more far-reaching than first thought.
As BeforePay bags $9 million and Affirm lists in the US, 2021 shows the BNPL trend is still strong
Just two weeks into 2021 we’re fielding a flurry of news in the buy-now-pay-later sector, including Beforepay's $9 million raise.
Bannister Law investigates legal action against Tyro, after prolonged eftpos terminal outage
A growing number of businesses are registering interest in legal action against Tyro, after a service outage affected their eftpos terminals.
Google is “flexing a bit of muscle” in the face of the News Media Bargaining Code. Should businesses be paying attention?
Google’s admission to hiding traditional media reports in search results could forshadow a sea change in its role the SME landscape.
Spotify’s new pay-to-play business model: Who wins, and who loses?
Spotify is the most influential 'radio programmer' in the world, deciding the new songs millions of listeners hear in any minute.
Four retail trends for Christmas and beyond, based on eBay data
While it’s probably not wise to put money into betting markets just yet, we can make a few predictions based on a year’s worth of eBay data.
Controversy at Google signals a push-back against biased algorithms and unaccountable AI
Earlier this month, Timnit Gebru, a lead researcher at Google, abruptly left the company, sparking a debate about unaccountable AI.