Friday 15 June

Today on StartupSmart, we pick out the 10 best Android apps for Australian small businesses.

With Apple ramping up the war with Google earlier this week with a new mapping service, it’s worth bearing in mind that the Android app platform is building a healthy lead over Apple in many markets around the world, including ours.

There is now a huge range of business-friendly Android apps that start-ups can use to help them organise their tasks, create invoices or even translate foreign languages during meetings.

Check out our 10 of the best and let us know about any Android apps we’ve missed that hit the mark for your business.

Elsewhere, retail entrepreneur Dean Ramler has some great practical tips on how to do business in China and we have news of an Aussie tech start-up that has raised $1.5 million in funding before its first birthday.