The massive earthquake that destroyed large parts of New Zealand’s second biggest city struck at 12:51pm on an overcast Tuesday in February, as Grant Wells was eating a Chinese meal in a Christchurch food court. “As soon as the shaking stopped, I got out of there as fast as I…
Sold! Aussie web-gurus hit the jackpot with retailmenot.com
WHAT started as a weekend hobby has led to a multi-million dollar payday for two Melbourne men, after a private US firm backed by a group of powerful venture capital firms purchased their coupon website. Guy King, 32, and his business partner, Bevan Clark, 37, yesterday finalised the deal to…
Law firms ban workplace gossip site Firm Spy
TWO of Australia’s most prestigious law firms have banned a workplace gossip website after it published a series of articles criticising management and mocking staff. Both Mallesons Stephen Jaques and Clayton Utz have barred the Firm Spy site, branding it “irresponsible and inaccurate”. Update May 2, 2011: Firm Spy reports…
Stolen photos from laptop tell a tawdry tale
What started out as a cautionary tale about storing lurid digital photos of past lovers on the computer has become one of Asia’s biggest internet celebrity sex scandals and a focal point for censorship in Hong Kong. Read more.