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• Kogan rolls out marketplace to boost CX

  Two years after going public on the ASX, online retailer Kogan.com has ramped up expansion plans and launched Kogan Marketplace, where businesses and consumers have access to more than 100,000 products.

• NSW Land Registry building blockchain proof of concept for eConvenyancing

  New South Wales Land Registry Services (NSW LRS) is working on a blockchain-based proof of concept for electronic property conveyancing, ahead of its commitment to fully digitise property transactions in the state by July next year.

• Dell to buy VMware shares in move to go public

  Dell Technologies has revealed it would pay US$21.7 billion in cash and stock to buy back shares tied to its interest in software company VMware.

• Unlockd enters administration, blames Google’s ‘anti-competitive conduct’

  Melbourne start-up Unlockd – which at the start of this year had been gearing up for an Australian Securities Exchange IPO – has gone into voluntary administration.

• Atlassian president on IPO - 'We're overjoyed'

  As Australian collaboration software maker Atlassian made its long-awaited initial public offering in the US on Thursday, its soaring share price offered a strong testament to the company's distinctive sales strategy and long history of profitability.

• Steve Wozniak to help judge ‘most disruptive CIO’

  Apple co-founder, Steve Wozniak, will join Sir Richard Branson as a judge at this year’s Talent Unleashed Awards on September 11.
  

• Is Twitter's top engineer worth $10.3 million?

  Twitter revealed its biggest earners as it prepares for its IPO. CEO Dick Costolo netted $11.5 million last year, and Christopher Fry, SVP of engineering, raked in $10.3 million.

• Workday Focuses on Its Post-IPO Future

  Workday's HR software-as-a-service tool wins praise for ease-of-use, but it remains to be seen whether the company's financial module will be adopted as quickly

• Fairfax prices Trade Me IPO

  Fairfax Media (ASX:FXJ) expects gross proceeds of around $420m from the IPO of classifieds site Trade Me, which has been priced at NZ$2.70 per share

• Raffles unit PMR to conduct $2m IPO

  Raffles Capital (ASX:RAF) has announced that a mining exploration company developed through its origination business is ready to go public with a $2m offer

• Bluechiip posts $3.6m FY11 loss

  Bluechiip (ASX:BCT) announced its FY11 loss grew 15%, as it ramped up efforts to commercialise its wireless tracking technology

• Fairfax to pursue Trade Me IPO

  Fairfax Media (ASX:FXJ) plans to float up to 35% of NZ online classifieds business Trade Me in an IPO on the NZX, and potentially the ASX

• Onthehouse affirms FY11, FY12 guidance

  Real estate website operator Onthehouse Holdings (ASX:OTH) reaffirmed its forecasts, including for $1.9m profit in FY12, based on its performance in June

• Dicker Data admitted to ASX

  Wholesale IT hardware distributor Dicker Data (ASX:DDR) was admitted to the ASX on Thursday, and will commence public trading on Monday

• Transol buys final 20% of Valleyarm

  Transol (ASX:TNC) has arranged to purchase the remaining 20% of Valleyarm Digital, as it moves to hive off its mining assets and focus on digital music distribution