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Source: StoreOpenings Customers struggling to find which businesses are open and trading through the pandemic have been thrown a lifeline in the form of a new directory website, ShopOpenings. The online portal, built as a partnership between Mastercard and data insights firm Sixth Sense, is free to use, updated daily and allows Australians to search which businesses are open based on the past week of their payment history through Mastercard. As a result, shops don’t need to register to be featured on the site, as it will record them as ‘open’ provided they are taking payments.  However, should the business...

What to expect from Samsung’s Galaxy Note 20 event It’s official: Samsung’s next big product launch is happening on August 5th at 10AM ET, and it’ll be a virtual event as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The main product reveal is almost certainly going to be the next phone in Samsung’s Galaxy Note series, its top-of-the-range smartphone lineup that pairs some of the most powerful phone hardware around with a big, beautiful screen and its signature S Pen stylus. Alongside it, however, there are rumors that we might see anything from new earbuds to wearables and even foldables. Specifically,...

It may come as no surprise to you that Generation Z is the most internet-dependant generation and is firmly at the vanguard of technology use across all generations. Gen Z is aged between those born in 1996 to 2015, making them the youngest of the generations. The third annual, international study of Gen Z conducted by The Center for Generational Kinetics and commissioned by WP Engine, reveals the new expectations for the web by Gen Z. So why should we care? One of the things that the COVID-19 pandemic has taught us, is that digital matters. Many of us began...

Apple who overnight moved to close down for their second time, key Apple stores in the USA, is also scrambling to deliver their new 2020 iPhone range due to COVID-19 with some Countries facing the real possibility that they may not see the new iPhone range this year. At this stage it’s not known whether they will close down their Melbourne stores due to the explosion in new cases in Victoria. Reports coming out of Asia claim that Apple is pushing its suppliers as it looks to avoid delaying the launch of their 2020 iPhone models which will include their...

TikTok officially announced the launch of TikTok for Business, a new platform that serves as a home for TikTok’s marketing solutions for marketers and brands. It also provides new ad formats including TopView, an ad that you see when you first open TikTok.Other products such as Brand Takeovers, Hashtag Challenges, Branded Effects, and In-Feed Videos have also been added to TikTok for Business. An ad with a 3-5 seconds duration is called Brand Takeovers, and it can a photo or a video. In-Feed Video can be run with sound on and their duration can be up to one minute. With the Hashtag Challenges,...