MY BEST TECH: Mick Liubinskas
Mick Liubinskas is one of the founders of Pollenizer, the Sydney-based incubator which has helped launch several tech start-up success stories.
View ArticleGADGET WATCH: HTC One
HTC has been out of the spotlight for a while, with most of the smartphone praise being pushed on Samsung.
View Article"Just outraged at the insanity of Julia Gillard": Tech start-ups hit back in...
Key players in the Australian tech start-up scene have lashed out at Prime Minister Julia Gillard’s suggestion the 457 visa program is being abused by the IT industry.
View ArticleDropbox swoops for one-month-old start-up app Mailbox in rumoured $100...
It's been a while since the tech industry has seen a massive takeover deal, but this weekend delivered: cloud-storage group Dropbox agreed to acquire the popular new email app Mailbox for a price...
View ArticleMY BEST TECH: Peter Whalley
Peter Whalley is the managing director of accounting software group Sybiz. While Whalley says he’s an Evernote fan, his favourite product is actually an add-on: a feature which helps you remember names...
View ArticleBEST OF THE WEB: How greed has ruined Groupon
A few years ago, Groupon was on top of the world.
View ArticleGADGET WATCH: LG Optimus G Pro
The past few years have seen a number of entries in the smartphone scene which feature particularly large screens. Colloquially known as “phablets” (a mix of phone and tablet), these devices are...
View ArticleNBN confirms three-month construction delay, but expert says timing the...
The National Broadband Network has finally confirmed what everybody already knew – the infrastructure project is three months behind schedule.
View ArticleTech industry not satisfied with answers given by Apple, Microsoft at IT...
The tech industry has been left disappointed after major companies including Apple and Microsoft at last week’s parliamentary inquiry into pricing in the IT sector didn’t deliver any sufficient...
View ArticleMeet the world’s newest tech multi-millionaire – he’s only 17-years-old (and...
A British-born entrepreneur who spent several years in Australia, has just become the world’s newest multi-millionaire, and perhaps its youngest, after selling his mobile news app to Yahoo! for a...
View ArticleGADGET WATCH: Kyocera Torque
Japanese electronics giant Kyocera is best known among camera enthusiasts as a maker of high-end photographic equipment.
View ArticleBEST OF THE WEB: Facebook casts wide to hit its advertising bullseye
Since floating on the stock exchange last year, Facebook has been busy trying to convince investors, as well as many naysayers, that it can deliver the holy grail of a sharply targeted and highly...
View ArticleMY BEST TECH: Hugh Stephens
Hugh Stephens is the co-founder and director of Dialogue Consulting, a social media, risk management and PR consultancy firm, which launched in 2011 and now deals with a range of clients across...
View ArticleTwitter reportedly buys Aussie start-up We Are Hunted to build Twitter Music...
Twitter is understood to have acquired We Are Hunted, the Australian-founded music discovery start-up, in order to build a major new standalone app called Twitter Music.
View ArticleApple issues a very rare apology – three lessons you can learn
Apple hasn't been having a great year. Now, chief executive Tim Cook has made the bold step of offering a formal apology to Chinese consumers after the country's media attacked the company over...
View ArticleBEST OF THE WEB: How Samsung is winning the smartphone war
It’s typical to think of Apple as the smartphone king. The iPhone has become one of the best-selling devices of all time, and its fat profit margin has made it the biggest tech company in the world.
View ArticleMY BEST TECH: Tristan White
Tristan White is the managing director of The Physio Co., a business which has appeared on several fastest-growing SME lists and even on some “best place to work” awards as well.
View ArticleGADGET WATCH: Sonos Playbar
The audio-visual market has been having a good run over the past few years. But most of that success has been confined to Blu-ray players and DVRs. So far, there hasn’t been a mainstream sound system...
View ArticleAustralian companies warned on use of social media for sensitive financial...
The United States Securities and Exchanges Commission has allowed companies to use social media to make key announcements to investors, but a similar decision is unlikely to be made by Australian...
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NSW small businesses get $6.7 million innovation boost
The NSW government has labelled the state as “Australia’s innovation powerhouse” after unveiling Innovate NSW, a $6.7 million scheme aimed at backing cutting edge start-ups.
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