Tech

When consumers head online in search of business info, what are they looking for?

Most Australian SMEs are not prepared for the switch to chip and PIN based card payments according to new research commissioned by PayPal Australia.

If you haven’t considered using the principles of thought leadership to help grow your business, here are a few reasons why you should.

‘The devil is in the detail’ is a phrase that does not apply here. This is an app which really is as simple as it sounds – perhaps even more simple.

The wealthy financial services industry is being targeted by emerging tech start-ups keen to take a share in the huge profits being generated in the sector. The founders of two of Australia’s most successful technology companies, SEEK and Atlassian, this week warned that the “insane” profits of the major banks (amounting to nearly $30bn per […]

The solution to tackling youth unemployment is to encourage entrepreneurship. At least that’s the mission of the G20 Young Entrepreneurs’ Alliance, convening in Sydney next month.

Businesses must adapt to the new wave of so-called “digital disruption” sweeping the economic landscape or risk extinction. This is the dire warning from senior Reserve Bank of Australia official, Sarv Girn, who warns that ignoring the pace of technological change is a sure pathway to dwindling profits and declining market share. Mr Girn, the […]

Tradies may have been slow to adapt to the digital revolution, but a new breed are breaking the mold, engaging with social media and utilising cloud services as they compete to market themselves online.

The social web is forever changing the way people and companies use the Internet.

The Australian Taxation Office is increasingly concerned at the growth in crypto-currency Bitcoin. It will soon release a ruling on how the digital currency is to be treated for tax purposes. The decision may have significant consequences on the usage of the currency in Australia. The ATO was initially unconcerned by the emergence of the […]

Businesses are coming up with more creative ways to harness the power of social media platforms and engage with consumers as they promote their brand.

Despite the known risks, many small businesses don’t take backups seriously.

A new report on the development of digital technologies has provided a glimpse of the future of work in 2025 and set-out the scale of the adaption challenge successful businesses will face.

Apple users have reported attacks by hackers who lock people out of their devices, and demand ransom payments to restore access.

The Montague vs Capulet relationship between online and bricks and mortar retail may soon be no more.

SEO is very tricky in terms of understanding which provider is a true SEO provider, and not a snake-oil salesman. Here’s some questions you should be asking SEO companies to try and weed out the genuine companies from the fake.

There’s a misnomer that haunts many adults. Not having learned the skill of playing an instrument as a kid, or learning a language, or riding a bike, or whatever it may be, precludes us from doing so as adults.

If there was any doubt that crowdfunding campaigns can be equally as successful for social entrepreneurs as commercial businesses, a new Australian record proves the naysayers wrong.

Internet giant Google has purchased New York based startup Divide, a cloud-based mobile device management platform that has been touted to solve BYOD dilemmas for android users.

The first National Broadband Network (NBN) connections have now gone live in sections of rural Australia – yet some two thirds of the population have no idea the transition is compulsory.