Sarkeesian calls for games industry to fight sexism; 4 US services that we need in Oz; Enterprise solutions the next big thing?

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Dear StartupSmart reader, Software engineers and game developers need to do more to stop women being harassed online and portrayed as sex objects, according to videoblogger and media critic Anita Sarkeesian.   Here are four services available in the United States that would go gangbusters if they launched in Australia. Australian startups will have the opportunity to battle it out once again for a funding pool of $5 million as part of Oxygen Ventures’ Big Pitch competition. Why enterprise solutions could be the next billion-dollar opportunity for startups. Salesforce has announced a partnership with StartupAUS to help the not-for-profit champion the industry, according to Salesforce head of startup relations Ludovic Ulrich. Building an app: Should you go onshore or offshore? Soon smartwatches will listen to your body to work out how you’re feeling Amid all the dire warnings that machines run by artificial intelligence (AI) will one day take over from humans we need to think more about how we program them in the first place. Applications for the 2015 StartupSmart Awards close tomorrow! Get your entry in now! Kye White, Editor “What the f-ck?”: Media critic Anita Sarkeesian calls for games industry to fight sexism by Broede Carmody Software engineers and game developers need to do more to stop women being harassed online and portrayed as sex objects, according to videoblogger and media critic Anita Sarkeesian. VIEW ALL NEWS

Four US services that would go gangbusters in Australia by Broede Carmody StartupSmart has chosen four American startups or services that would hit it off in Australia should they launch Down Under. The Big Pitch competition is back for 2015 with $5 million up for grabs by Broede Carmody Australian startups will have the opportunity to battle it out once again for a funding pool of $5 million as part of Oxygen Ventures’ Big Pitch competition. Why enterprise solutions could be the next billion-dollar opportunity for startups by Amir Nissen The proliferation of personal computing means employees are far more empowered to use whatever tools aid them in their work, without needing permission from legal and corporate headquarters. Soon smartwatches will listen to your body to work out how you’re feeling by Andrew McStay Final details of Apple’s new smartwatch have finally arrived at the firm’s glitzy Spring Forward event.

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