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Melbourne startup No Yelling takes cash out of driving lessons with exclusive PayPal integration

In direct partnership with Paypal Here Australia, No Yelling released the market-first application to receive cashless payments and track lesson credits.

Come launch your great business idea at Australia’s first Startup Weekend focusing solely on...

QUT Creative Enterprise Australia invites developers, designers and entrepreneurs to Australia's first Startup Weekend focused solely on creative tech

A new online store is here to help Aussie parents educate their kids through...

New toy retailer Child.com.au is an education superstore featuring over 3,000 toys and resources which have been selected by the site’s specialist team

“Wake up!” Australian businesses could use a digital reality check, this recent study says

1 in 5 Australian businesses have no digital transformation strategy but they think they actually do, according to the IDC-Canon Transformation Study 2016

Most small businesses around the world are relying on apps and the cloud –...

The study, which focused on small businesses in the U.S., Canada, the U.K., and Australia revealed that 64 percent of small businesses run in the cloud, 68 percent use apps, and 66 percent use a smartphone.

British born entrepreneurs wanted for TV series

It seems that Anthill has, somehow, gained a reputation as a fertile source of Australian entrepreneurs with TV appeal, much to our bemusement. You could say that we've unintentionally found ourselves with the role of Australia's casting couch for the entrepreneurial community (without the traditional perks).

How did a Year 10 school dropout end up being named an unsung business...

Catherine McMurtrie dropped out of school at Year 10 but is now one of only 10 women business owners in the newly published book ’50 Unsung Business Heroes’

“Calm down, guys.” New data shows fears of VC saturation in Australia are unfounded

New research by Harvard private equity and venture capital guru Josh Lerner, commissioned by Blue Sky, shows Australia’s VC market is far from saturated

Melbourne to lead Australia with green building retrofit initiative

The City of Melbourne announced yesterday that it aims to retrofit two thirds of the city's commercial buildings in a huge sustainability initiative.

The NBN is here! (Kinda.) NSW city gets trial run with the new broadband

A few select iiNet customers in New South Wales have become the first in mainland Australia to connect to the NBN, in what the Labor Government and ISPs alike hope is a sign of good news to come. After reports of successful connections from residents in the city of Armidale, NSW in April, iiNet made its NBN launch official this past week at a ceremony showcasing the benefits of superfast download speeds. Let the rollout begin!

Ethical food advocates demand ACCC investigate Coles and Woolworths. Are farmers and families being...

Australian local food pioneers Food Connect and CERES Fair Food have joined with the National Farmers Federation to call on the ACCC to break up Australia's supermarket duopoly and ensure a more just, equitable and sustainable food future for Australian families.

Bionic Eye within sight for Monash following Federal grant

Just prior to Christmas, Senator Kim Carr, Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, announced that Monash V1sion had been awarded grant assistance from the Australian Research Council to develop the Bionic Eye.

Election accelerates mobile ‘news’ adoption, says Nielsen

Australians' use of handhelds to track the election and its aftermath led to record usage levels. Nielsen's Mobile Market Intelligence service saw overall volume leap by 19 percent in August, compared to July, with the major news organisations the key beneficiaries of the traffic increase.

What is keeping business owners up at night? These are the top 10 challenges...

SME owners all over Australia are heading back to work but many of the challenges they faced last year are still obstacles for them to overcome this year

Federal Government presents IT Innovation Council members

The 24 members of the Federal Government's new Information Technology Industry Innovation Council (ITIIC) have been announced.

The next government and the challenges of a softer economy

RMIT economist Steve Kates talks about the economic issues in the election campaign. He says the latest ACCI investor survey shows that business performance has deteriorated sharply after a rebound and suggests that the next government will have to deal with a softer economy.

Gallery Celebrates ‘Debt’

We simply love situations where business, art and culture collide.

How Deloitte’s online chief is embracing the tablet revolution

Leon and Garry speak with Frank Farrall, director of online business at Deloitte Consulting. Farrall discusses the use of the iPad and smartphones by business executives, as well as the need to focus on customers by connecting with them through their mobile and tablet devices.

ME Bank to suspend repayments for members affected by Queensland floods

ME Bank will waive fees and suspend repayments for customers whose homes and businesses have been damaged in the Queensland and NSW floods. In addition to donating $50,000 to the Queensland Flood Relief Appeal, the bank will apply its Customer Hardship Policy to members that require financial relief as they rebuild their lives.

DocuSign and Rundl have joined hands to make online transactions much easier and more...

Global electronic signature leader DocuSign has partnered with Australian digital security start-up Rundl to enable easier, more secure online transactions
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New Zealand’s Xero eyes US IPO, further disruption as subscribers increase...

Xero recently held its annual meeting in Wellington, during which the company revealed some interesting details about its future. As has been widely suspected, the...

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