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Gillard urged to help create 'Silicon Beach' for Australian tech businesses
10:38AM | Monday, 8 October 2012 | Oliver MilmanThe tech sector has told the Federal Government that regulations need to change if Australia wants to have its own Silicon Valley.
Planning | Business planning | Legal matters | Financing a business | Tax | Technology | Websites | Leadership | Sole traderFormal Apple apology over Maps app a lesson for SMEs
10:20PM | Monday, 1 October 2012 | Patrick StaffordApple has apologised over errors in its much-criticised Maps app.
| Technology | Websites | ITKeep tabs idle until selected in Firefox
2:44PM | Thursday, 9 February 2012 | Patrick StaffordOne of the better features in new browsers is the ability to open all your tabs from your last session. But it’s also a hassle when they start loading all at once.
| TechnologyCreate filters in Gmail
2:24PM | Wednesday, 8 February 2012 | Patrick StaffordSometimes, you need to create filters to make sure unwanted messages don’t clog your inbox.
| TechnologyVideo games sales dip not deterring start-up developers
2:54PM | Wednesday, 8 February 2012 | Michelle HammondAustralia’s interactive games industry remains buoyant as local developers lead the way, industry groups say, despite a dip in “traditional retail” computer and video games sales during 2011.
| Planning | Business planning | TechnologyRiver City Labs launches with pledge to create Brisbane start-up “ecosystem”
2:28PM | Tuesday, 7 February 2012 | Michelle HammondQueensland tech entrepreneur Stephen Baxter is preparing to launch his latest project, a co-working space known as River City Labs, as he attempts to fill a gap for Brisbane tech start-ups.
| Business planning | Growth | Growth Strategy | Technology | WebsitesMeet the entrepreneur who took on Google after his AdSense account was suspended – and won
2:59PM | Monday, 6 February 2012 | Madeleine HeffernanA two-year-old travel advice website has scored a victory against Google, with the search engine giant reinstating Rusty Compass' AdSense account and repaying the $131 it had withheld following a months-long drama.
| Legal matters | Technology | LeadershipChange your Gmail password
2:20PM | Monday, 6 February 2012 | Patrick StaffordThis is something you should do regularly. Every six months, just check all your passwords and make sure you don’t need to change them. Most of the time you should as a precaution.
| TechnologyOnline community launches Work At Home Person Week
2:49PM | Thursday, 2 February 2012 | Michelle HammondHome-based businesses are being encouraged to make contact with online community Support a Work At Home Person, as it launches the inaugural International Work at Home Person Week.
| Home based business | Technology | Social media | Websites | Running a business from homeWork on Gmail offline
2:59PM | Wednesday, 1 February 2012 | Patrick StaffordGmail is a great way to keep track of your email, but if it goes offline you’ve nowhere to turn. That is, unless you install the Offline Gmail app.
| TechnologyAtlassian sends software graduates to Hack House
2:03PM | Wednesday, 1 February 2012 | Michelle HammondAustralian software giant Atlassian have taken the hackathon concept one step further, sending 10 software gradates to its Hack House for a week of training, coding and team-building activities.
| Business planning | Growth | Growth Strategy | Technology | IT | Business advice and educationTaxi Pro drives into taxi app traffic jam
1:21PM | Monday, 30 January 2012 | Michelle HammondA nineteen-year-old entrepreneur based in Sydney is the latest developer to launch an online service for taxi users, identifying taxi payment system Cabcharge as its main competitor.
| Growth | Technology | IT | Business advice and educationTurn on conversation view in Gmail
1:48PM | Monday, 30 January 2012 | Patrick StaffordUsing email for conversations means you often have to go back to earlier messages to see what you said. That can be a chore, unless you have conversation view turned on.
| TechnologyNews Corp-backed Beyond Oblivion bankrupt before launch
1:39PM | Friday, 27 January 2012 | Michelle HammondNew York-based digital music start-up Beyond Oblivion has filed for bankruptcy before its launch, despite financial backing from News Corp and nearly $90 million from investors.
| Financing a business | Cashflow | TechnologyMobile malware evolving “frighteningly” fast: Report
1:49PM | Friday, 27 January 2012 | Michelle HammondMalware targeting mobile devices is evolving “frighteningly” fast and has the potential to be even more destructive than ever before, according to a worrying new report.
| Planning | Business planning | TechnologySocial media is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration
1:08PM | Friday, 27 January 2012 | Adam FranklinIt’s easy to take the plunge into social media. Then reality sets in, and you realise it can be hard work staying on the social media treadmill. BY ADAM FRANKLIN.
| Technology | Social media | Blogs | Adam FranklinApple and Zynga branded trademark “bullies”
1:19PM | Wednesday, 25 January 2012 | Michelle HammondTech giants Apple and Zynga are among the top five trademark “bullies”, according to new data, which identifies companies involved in the highest number of trademark infringement cases.
| Legal matters | Technology | Leadership | Intellectual propertyApp developers prefer Android over Apple: Survey
1:08PM | Wednesday, 25 January 2012 | Michelle HammondA new survey reveals Google’s Android operating system has replaced Apple’s iOS in terms of its importance to developers in the Asia-Pacific region.
| Planning | Business planning | TechnologySkype co-founder Janus Friis launches latest venture in Australia
1:27PM | Monday, 23 January 2012 | Michelle HammondSkype co-founder Janus Friis has celebrated the Australian launch of his latest venture, a music streaming service known as Rdio, joining the likes of Spotify and We Are Hunted in the online music space.
| Growth | Growth Strategy | TechnologyCheck your data usage in DropBox
1:15PM | Monday, 23 January 2012 | Patrick StaffordDropBox is a great way to store your data, and the first couple of gigabytes are free. But it may be annoying for you to check just how much you’ve used.
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