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Xero to pay up to A$80m for factoring company Waddle
Xero is buying invoice financing business Waddle for up to A$80 million, depending on revenue and product development milestones.
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Infrastructure
Fastest broadband slowing - ComCom
The latest survey of broadband speeds confirms what anybody currently under covid-19 lockdown already suspects - our fast broadband is slowing down.In this case, it's 10 percent down since May on the strength of measurements by independent speed testing agency SamKnows, the C...
Opinion
Peter Griffin: PETER GRIFFIN: Facebook's negligence and the covid conspiracy
Social media content moderation is failing badly when one man posting a grab bag of covid-19 outbreak rumours can fuel a viral Facebook post that hundreds of thousands of Kiwis saw and shared.
Infrastructure
Nine left up to A$5.8M in Stuff after fibre sale to Vocus
Vocus Group paid A$7.7 million to boost its broadband customer numbers by 20,000 when it snapped up Stuff Fibre earlier this year. The sale took place in the run-up to Stuff chief executive Sinead Boucher buying the New Zealand media group and its ongoing liabilities for $1....
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Ben stumbled into tech reporting after a short-lived career as a drama teacher. After a year covering the IT channel, he returned to university and earned a masters in communication studies. He worked for CRN Australia, which gave him valuable insight into the Australian tech industry and a renewed appreciation for Aotearoa New Zealand. In early 2022, he spearheaded the launch of CRN into NZ. If you’re keen to connect, you can find him on LinkedIn or Twitter.
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