Tech

For many small businesses, it’s only by joining forces that you can achieve economies of scale and have a voice that’s loud enough to be heard over the big guys.

When it comes to running a small business, there are heaps of tools that allow you to manage, streamline and market your company. The best part? You don’t have to pay a thing.

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that an online journalist must be in want of a smartphone. Well, perhaps 99 per cent of the time.

With the cost of car ownership set to rise as the federal government seeks to reinstall the fuel excise, a number of entrepreneurs a working away on smart solutions that solve common car dilemmas.

Not all small businesses know what is meant by the term ‘Internet of Things’ (IoT), but those that do are excited about it.

It began life as the brainchild of husband and wife team, Mike and Diane Morrell. Their product, the Genie ID now has the potential to help transform voting systems across the African continent and minimise electoral fraud.

Do you buy on eBay? Have you stayed at a place on AirBnB? Have you sold clothes on ASOS? These are all high profile online marketplaces.

Small business has emerged as a relative winner from Joe Hockey’s tough first budget containing long-term structural reforms including painful savings in the areas health, welfare and education.

Automation via robots is an enterprise solution that has traditionally been associated with large scale manufacturing runs, heavy and/or dangerous work, and of course, cost.

The demand for high-speed internet in rural and low-density areas is up to three-times higher than originally anticipated – adding an additional $1.4 billion to the bill.

Privacy Awareness Week 2014 is now well underway, (4-10 May) – the week aims to highlight to business where the critical risks lie, and how to stay protected.

A new report has found that greater investment in innovation and digital technologies could increase Australia’s GDP by $37bn by 2024 and help grow the startup sector. The study by PricewaterhouseCoopers calls for a better balance between investment in physical and knowledge based industries. It warns that too great a reliance on traditional industries like […]

It’s a new method of pizza delivery, and one small business owner says it has the potential to save him on delivery costs.  Dan Gold, owner of the newly established MELT Pizza located on Melbourne’s Chapel Street, has opted to use ride sharing app UberX to deliver his Napoli-style woodfired pizzas to customers. Mr Gold […]

Accounting for 96 per cent of local businesses, SMBs are an important aspect of the Australian economy.

It was the thrill of creating something new that led Chris Guzowski to go into business for himself.

Thousands of entrepreneurs behind commercial, creative, and not-for-profit ventures have already had their ideas funded by putting it to the masses and asking for their startup capital.

Adding spy software to someone’s phone is legal as long as you have legal ownership over the person’s phone to which you’re adding the software or app.

Dealing with complaints is one of the less enjoyable aspects of running any business and fortunately, if you are doing a good job it shouldn’t happen very often.

The online marketplace for handmade goods, Etsy, has launched a new iPhone app tailored specifically for sellers.

The dramatic increase in both the sophistication and frequency of cyber risks and attacks on businesses has profoundly changed the security threat landscape.