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Business Tech Talk
Is raising venture capital the benchmark of success?
Attracting investor funding is only the beginning of the start-up adventure, not the endgame.
The secret business of blocking websites
State and federal governments have wide powers to block business websites. We need to be demanding accountability and a proper process from our public servants.
Open source, 3D printing and the race to re-engineer manufacturing
The manufacturing industry is facing even more disruption with the open source hardware movement.
You can't buy internet cool
The news that Yahoo! has sealed a deal to buy blogging site Tumblr for $1.1 billion is proof that the search for internet cool continues.
Sunset on the laptop market
The Kira is a fine device with good specs, little weight and an ambitious $2000 price point. It probably also marks the laptop computer's decline.
3D printing comes of age
3D printing technologies are becoming available to home and business users. How can they change the way you work?
The rise of the robot barista
Automation is changing all of our industries, right down to the local coffee shop. Are you prepared?
Can maps change the way we work?
Big data and mobile computing are changing the way business operates as maps become an important part of our normal work and leisure time.
How more grunt in the IT engine got V8 Supercars purring
A common mistake for businesses is focusing on costs and not what IT can do for you.
Dodging an internet apocalypse
If the internet is destroyed by a digital apocalypse, we can be sure the tech industry's cockroaches will survive.
The five stages of killing a tech product
Microsoft's Windows 8 is on the way out as the company leaks details of its next system.
On being a good internet citizen
Sharing and openness are the hallmarks of successful online businesses.
First we kill email, then PowerPoint and office meetings
A French company is on a mission to change the way businesses work.
Dealing with the data explosion
The mobile internet's growth is a big challenge for telcos, which offers many opportunities for other businesses.
Is telecommuting another broken technology promise?
Telecommuting promised to change the way we work. Now Google and Yahoo! are moving away from remote working, has that promise been broken?
20 trends for 2020
What are the tech and economic factors that are going to drive business over the rest of the decade?
IT pricing inquiry reveals systemic problems with the Australian economy
The software giants have been hauled before Parliament to explain their pricing policies, but they're not the first to use handsome mark-ups to line their pockets.
Sharks patrol these waters
You can't expect an anti-virus program to fully protect your IT systems, the risks are far more subtle and pervasive.
Necessity, innovation and the birth of the web
The world wide web was born out of necessity. Its inventor, Sir Tim Berners-Lee, says the innovation has barely begun.
Watching the costs: Why 2013 might be an expensive year for business
Mobile phone charges, electricity bills and even Windows 8 are going up in price – it's time to watch your costs.
Were netbooks the Model T or Leyland P-76 of the computer world?
A range of computers that promised to change the world faded into history last week.
Technology karma
Microsoft's battle with Google over maps brings out a certain schadenfreude with some important lessons for businesses.
Talk to your customers – the real lesson from Instagram's woes
This week's Instagram outrage shows the importance of talking to your customers.
Blindly following the computer
Business can learn a lot from the poor souls who blindly followed their iPhones into the desert.
What will you do when the screens go dark?
Phone problems remind businesses of the importance of continuity planning.
It's time to grow up and stop playing with the business beginners
How digitally mature is your business?
Fleeing Facebook: Why the free lunch is over
Why are businesses beginning to desert social media for their own websites?
Locked in an IT prison
Vendor lock-in is an IT term every business owner, manager and computer user needs to understand and avoid.
Beware the business trolls
Business owners are as likely to find trolls in the bad debtors' file as on their Facebook pages.
Apple's line in the sand
The war between Apple, Google and Microsoft is great news for business owners looking to upgrade their technology.
Posting a major problem
Not everyone is happy with their details being posted online. Getting permission before adding people to your business website or Facebook page is a good idea.
Squandering an advantage
Australia's media and retail giants failed to grab the opportunities of the tech wreck. Are you missing your chances?
The modern Neanderthals
Many businesses are hopelessly ill-equipped to deal with today's realities and are doomed to extinction.
Taking the wrong tablets
The PC industry is repeating the mistakes of a decade ago in pricing Windows tablet computers.
Canberra's hollow subsidies
The Federal Government's grants freeze betrays its empty words on tech and innovation.
The real e-myth
The recent collapse of certain retail chains may point more towards management practices than online retail competition.
Finding the perfect customer
New services are bringing together cloud computing, big data and social media to help business find the perfect customers.
Is small business whingeing its way into irrelevance?
Complaining about the little stuff and not focusing on the big issues is dooming many SMEs.
Making social media accountable
Recent rulings by the advertising industry watchdog have just reiterated that companies must carefully listen to the social media conversation.
The accessible business
Making your business website easier to use helps everyone, particularly your customers.
Building an ecosphere for success
In the software industry, success often depends on how many allies you can gather. Right now Xero and MYOB are fighting for the hearts and minds of the accounting industry.
The Office challenge
Microsoft's impending release of Windows 8 and Office 2013 is going to challenge some businesses. Are you prepared?
Little disruptions
A hotel's switch from room phones to iPhones shows how technology is killing established revenue streams.
Death of an IT guy
The IT support sector is being disrupted as cloud computing services shake up what was a settled industry.
Mining business data: Get ready to drill and excavate
Are you checking on what your customers are up to online?
Microsoft's vaporous tablet
How Microsoft's Surface tablet brings back memories of a more innocent time in computers.
