IT Opinion
Comment
End of the on-demand dream: Uber model just doesn't translate
Farhad Manjoo Across a variety of on-demand apps, prices are rising, service is declining, business models are shifting, and, in some cases, companies are closing down as investor appetite for on-demand companies has cooled.
Why Australia can't afford to miss out on the Internet of Things wave
Eitan Bienstock The Internet of Things represents the biggest technology wave for years to come.
Business
Woeful 'women in tech' panels need to connect with reality
Claire Connelly Women in tech panels seldom have anything to offer besides fortune-cookie wisdom and repackaged logic.
Opinion
Tim Cook blasts new laws
Tim Cook Apple CEO Tim Cook steps up his condemnation of a new religious freedom law in Indiana.
Comment
Time to give tech start-ups a chance to maintain Australian standard of living
Alan Noble Start-ups should be given the regulatory support to take risks and turn Australia into a true knowledge and software-led economy.
Productivity
Multitasking does not work - and here's why
Guy Cranswick Relying on email and all the other available collaboration tools may be affecting the quality of your work.
Alastair MacGibbon weighs in: law enforcers need metadata
Alastair MacGibbon OPINION: Alastair MacGibbon argues access to metadata is vital for criminal investigations, provided proper oversight is in place.
Microsoft
Windows 10: Has the trusty ol' Redmond dog learnt new tricks?
Joe Sweeney Microsoft had been slow to adapt to a new economic landscape, but Joe Sweeney argues, its latest move signals it can change.
Comment
The tech industry is on fire, so why so many job cuts?
Katie Benner Despite the overall strength of the tech sector, employers in the computer industry saw the heaviest downsizing of 2014, announcing a total of 59,528 planned layoffs.
Broadband
NBN Co's new Telstra deal is as good as NBN will get
Paul Budde While we can argue Australia will have a second-rate version of a National Broadband Network, the reality is that with the new $11 billion deal with Telstra inked, this will be as good as it will get for the foreseeable future.
Have some fun with your technology
Craig Gamble Even if technology won’t make you happy, it should at least make you smile sometimes.
Opinion
Let's face it: Google Glass will pay off in the end
Josh Guest The fact US app developers are beginning to turn their backs on Google Glass, as recently reported, comes as a big surprise to me.
Great gadgets withstand the tech test
Craig Gamble Craig Gamble believes some pre-digital inventions will never lose their edge.
The sky's the limit in digital technology
Craig Gamble Digital technology is evolving so quickly and opening so many possibilities it is hard to predict what the next big thing will be, writes Craig Gamble.
Start-up
Innovation nation: Show us the money before it's too late
Sam Chandler How can we turn Australia from a country that once rode on the sheep's back, and now rides a mining boom, into an innovation nation? Fresh from raising serious cash, Sam Chandler has some ideas.
Surveillance
Data retention won't catch terrorists without big data strategy
Sandeep Rao Malcolm Turnbull won't necessarily catch many terrorists with his new Data Retention Bill, argues Sandeep Rao.
Strategy
Why Microsoft jumped on the fitness Band wagon
Joe Sweeney Microsoft has released a fitness band and a health app. But why? Joe Sweeney explains.
Opinion
Law changes to crowd funding needed to kickstart Australian innovation
Tim Heasley It is only fair to allow ordinary everyday Australians to benefit from the wealth of entrepreneurial drive in this country, argues Tim Heasley.
Security
Confessions of a systems administrator
Stephen Cavey When things go right, no-one notices, when things go wrong, yours is the proverbial 'one throat to choke', writes a former sysadmin.
