Global payments provider Square is set to buy Australia’s buy now pay later platform Afterpay in a deal which values the company at $39 billion.



Telco Optus is partnering with tech giant Uber to deliver mobile phones to customers’ homes within an hour, setting a new level of convenience in mobile retail business.

5G smartphones are fast becoming the norm, with Oppo expanding its A-series line-up with its third 5G model with the A94, sitting alongside the A74 5G and A54 5G.

Swezo, an automotive marketplace solution, offers auto parts for vehicles (both brand new and second-hand) and provides mechanic services that can restore, upgrade, and fix cars.

Blonde Robot’s distribution partnership with networking hardware company Netgear will focus on Netgear ProAV solutions for AV over IP switches, which are widely used in different sectors.

Communications software and cloud infrastructure provider MNF Group has appointed Cathy Doyle to the newly created role of chief people experience officer.

GUEST RESEARCH: Enterprise cloud application for finance and human resources Workday surveyed more than 260 global chief financial officers to shed light on the challenges they faced during the pandemic. The survey found that gaps in data management and analysis concerned CFOs, and the lack of data affected financial performance.

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Stephen Withers, newsletter editor, iTWire



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