Centro Logístico de Amazon España en San Fernando de Henares, Madrid Photo: Flickr user Álvaro Ibáñez CC BY 2.0
This week, the giant retailer Amazon looks like it could be coming to Australia. Meanwhile, you might soon have to pay GST on all the goods you buy online, not just purchases of digital goods including music, software and films and TV shows. Yikes! Also the rise of the chatbot and how tech giants including Facebook are embracing this technology, using tailored chatbots to act as our personal assistants, and to sell us stuff.
Reports in the Australian media suggest Amazon is planning to set up shop in Australia in 2017.
The online retail giant, which has already established itself in ten regions outside of the US, is hoping to get a slice of the Australian online shopping market. Businessinsider reports that Amazon plans to take on supermarkets with a grocery delivery service too, as well as open bricks and mortar retail stores.
Meanwhile, you might soon have to pay GST on all the goods you buy online, not just purchases of digital goods including music, software and films and TV shows. Yikes!
Tech commentator Peter Griffin. Photo: Supplied
