There are $200 million worth of smart grid pilot projects in operation or about to start in Australia with most focusing on the potential for smart meters and demand management… read more...

An Australian developed Blackberry app, available in Australia and New Zealand, had 35,000 downloads in the first five days… read more...

Symantec has announced two new tools aimed at helping Symantec partners generate more demand for their services… read more...

A survey has found that only five percent of Australian consumers feel that a company has exceeded their online customer service expectations… read more...

A survey of US developers shows they strongly favour Android over Apple iOS and believe it’s the future… read more...

Research In Motion has unveiled the BlackBerry Messenger Social Platform, giving developers the tools to build applications that take advantage of the social aspects of the popular BBM service… read more...

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...

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...

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