In two years time, you may be able to charge your mobile phone without the need for cables… read more...

Australia’s low fares airline Jetstar will use world first technology to introduce boarding passes via SMS and 24 hour pre-enrolment check-in as part of a major innovation investment to revolutionize air travel for Jetstar customers… read more...

The worldwide mobile operating system market will be dominated by Symbian and Android, as the two OSs will account for 59.8 percent of mobile OS sales by 2014, according to Gartner, Inc… read more...

Placing a retail outlet in the optimal location can spell the difference between profitability and loss. Location intelligence helps retailers choose the right site by assembling key metrics – including customer behaviour records, demographics, traffic patterns and competitor information – from various sources… read more...

In the old days, mapping data was easy. You bought a wall map and lots of colourcoded pins. Then you stuck them on the map. Fast, easy and cheap. But the information content was superficial at best… read more...

As mobile payments start to flourish thanks to the growth of smartphones, ANZ has launched an iPhone app that lets its Australian customers send money to anyone with a mobile phone… read more...

Ryall confirms board of Health Benefits Ltd as crown shared services organisation to explore opportunities… read more...

Ask any field officer what his most important weapon is, and chances are he’ll tell you, information. Armed with the right information at the right time, police officers can carry out their duties more quickly, effectively, and safely… read more...

Infor may be on track to beat rival Oracle in delivering the Holy Grail of a properly integrated ERP-and-essential-business-applications suite… read more...

A Kiwi start-up has put payroll online for small business in a similar move to that of online accounting success Xero – as well as integrating with Xero… read more...

A recent government standards announcement could mean losing another agri-tech race after kiwi’s do all the hard work… read more...

It’s the way of the future – developers and users working to together on a daily basis, via the web, to create software that really does fit ‘requirements’ snugly… read more...

The internet’s energy consumption is growing fast. It may need computers to help it sleep if it’s not to pose a green threat… read more...

Is Tourism Australia’s new mobile capable tool aimed at IT savvy travellers or the advertising departments of industry big players?… read more...

SAP’s acquisition of mobile specialist Sybase will allow it to deliver its ERP software to mobile devices… read more...

After a decade of ERP acquisitions, Microsoft has struggled to educate the New Zealand market on the differences between their Dynamics GP, NAV, SL and AX. We’ve dug up some history – and some speculation as to where they might be going in the future… read more...

Greenpeace’s latest Guide to Greener Electronics shows some electronic companies making headway while others are falling behind… read more...

Metro users are balking at iiNet’s $129.95 monthly price tag, but remote and rural users point out you can pay that now for 9Mbps. And, with a 100Mbps service, you can ditch the phone… read more...

With staff increasingly mobile and mobility applications burgeoning, security threats are becoming as real on smartphones as they have been for some time on PCs. Being aware is the key to staying clean… read more...

ERP goes mobile, as well as focusing on helping users reduce costs and encourage a better response from their own customers… read more...