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More wins MVNO Start-Up of the Year at global awards
5 days ago
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Australian telco More named MVNO Start-Up of the Year at Europe's MVNO World Congress for growth-driven strategies and innovations, leveraging CommBank trust.
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Vodafone offers free roaming in France for sporting event
Last week
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travel
As the global sporting event nears, Vodafone offers three days of free international roaming in France for postpaid customers, avoiding steep mobile bills.
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SleekFlow appoints Gao Lei as new CTO to drive tech strategy
This month
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edutech
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data analytics
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cx
Singapore-based SleekFlow has named Gao Lei, former LinkedIn China CTO, as its new Chief Technology Officer to spearhead tech transformation and innovation.
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New survey reveals challenges facing business travel in 2024
Last month
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SAP Concur's survey reveals key business travel challenges for 2024 include disruption, safety, sustainability, and unequal opportunities.
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Xtend launches AI suite to boost e-commerce conversions
Last month
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martech
Xtend launches an AI-driven suite to boost lower marketing funnel conversions in sectors like e-commerce, fintech, and travel, promising significant revenue gains and reduced acquisition costs.
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RateHawk opens Asian headquarters in Singapore targeting travel market
Last month
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travel
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support
RateHawk has expanded into Asia with a new Singapore HQ to target travel agents, offering a B2B platform for booking hotels, flights, and transfers.
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Stellar launches platform to cut luxury travel booking losses
Last month
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cloud services
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travel
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booking system
Stellar's new platform offers a secondhand market for luxury travel bookings, potentially saving consumers $100 billion annually.
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NP Digital acquires SearchGuru to bolster APAC market presence
Last month
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martech
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insurance
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NP Digital is set to acquire SearchGuru, boosting its APAC presence and enhancing service offerings. This move adds 120 marketers to NP’s 270-strong team.
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Endava accelerates Australian growth with key acquisitions
Last month
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digital transformation
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supply chain systems
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ai
Endava restructures leadership and strategy post-acquisition of Mudbath and DEK Technologies, enhancing its Australian capabilities for significant digital transformation growth.
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Navigating New Zealand's data centre landscape: Modular trends and opportunities
Last month
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surveillance
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hybrid cloud
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edge computing
New Zealand's data centres are evolving with modular, bespoke designs to meet low latency, sustainability, and scalability needs, attracting tech giants like Amazon and Microsoft.
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Australian firms struggle with changing employee spending habits
Thu, 9th May 2024
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data analytics
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sap
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big data
Australian firms are struggling to manage evolving employee spend habits, with an SAP Concur study highlighting increased office, travel, and entertainment expenses.
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SiteMinder deepens partnership with Trip.com amidst Chinese travel boom
Thu, 2nd May 2024
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travel
SiteMinder bolsters partnership with global OTA, Trip.com, amid increased demand from the outbound Chinese travel market.
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Sembo unveils AI assistant revolutionising multi-destination travel booking
Thu, 25th Apr 2024
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Nordic-based travel agency, Sembo, introduces an AI assistant that enables personalised, multi-destination journey booking, a first in the travel industry.
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Sembo unveils AI multi-destination travel booking assistant
Thu, 25th Apr 2024
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ai
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travel
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Nordic digital travel agency, Sembo, launches the world's first AI-powered multi-destination travel booking assistant.
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Half of online traffic in 2024 generated by bots, report finds
Thu, 18th Apr 2024
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gaming
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application security
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digital entertainment
Bad bots accounted for nearly half of all global internet traffic in 2024, hitting their highest ever level since monitoring began in 2013, warns cybersecurity leader Imperva.
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ExpressVPN reveals 41% of Brits fear holiday cybercrime
Thu, 18th Apr 2024
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cybersecurity
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cybercrime
ExpressVPN study reveals that 41% of British tourists fear falling victim to cybercrime on holiday, with concerns especially heightened when using public Wi-Fi networks.
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DoubleVerify launches brand safety tool for TikTok advertisers
Thu, 18th Apr 2024
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gaming
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digital entertainment
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travel
To aid TikTok marketers, DoubleVerify rolls out a brand safety tool introducing 16 additional suitability categories, enhancing precision and protection for advertisers in aligning with suitable content.
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Life360 launches new Landing Notifications feature for travel safety
Wed, 10th Apr 2024
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it automation
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software development
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travel
Life360 introduces Landing Notifications, a feature that sends automatic alerts upon the landing of a user's connected network, boosting reassurance in travel safety.
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Travel eSIM users to surge 440% by 2028, says Juniper Research
Tue, 9th Apr 2024
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telco
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juniper research
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travel
Juniper Research predicts a tremendous 440% increase in global travel eSIM users from 40m in 2024 to over 215m by 2028, as high international roaming costs drive demand.
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ExpressVPN partners with Kempinski Hotels for robust digital privacy
Thu, 14th Mar 2024
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firewalls
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network security
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breach prevention
ExpressVPN and Kempinski Hotels partner to provide free trial of VPN service that enhances digital security for luxury hotel guests worldwide.