Huge entertainment media company Southern Cross Austereo (SCA) has strategically invested $5m into media-MVNO OVO Mobile and its "rapidly expanding" OVOPlay streaming media platform, as OVO renews exclusive 5yr Optus mobile deal.

The value of bitcoin has fallen below US$10,000, with the cryptocurrency losing more than half its value since it broke the US$20,000 mark in mid-December.

Who are the world’s top tech companies? Thomson Reuters' inaugural Top 100 Global Technology Leaders "identifies the industry's most operationally sound and financially successful organisations".

Carsales will launch its first ever Kids Coding Camp over two days this January at the company's headquuarters in Melbourne as part of its Go4Tech initiative.

With the 32GB 2017 iPad at $469 in Australia, and iPad Pros at higher prices, Kogan's new Win 10 convertible notebook seeks to challenge in the home, office and education markets at the usual competitive pricing.

A total of 17 deals with a combined investment of US$121.55 million closed in Australian start-ups in the fourth quarter of 2017, a significant increase on start-up funding in 2016, KPMG says.

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