Technology

The most important 'pop up' ever?

Bhakthi Puvanenthiran   A former soldier and a storage expert from Adelaide might be making global history.

How fast food is overtaking supermarkets

Tony Featherstone.

Tony Featerstone   What happens when ordering food online or eating out each night becomes the norm for more people?

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How to handle bad online reviews

Prospective customers almost always look at online reviews.

Bhakthi Puvanenthiran   Customers love complaining online, but you don't have to take it lying down.

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Fast broadband: transforming towns to tech hubs

Canberra Data Centres makes about $50 million earnings a year.

Ben Salmon   COMMENT: Access to new technologies and fast broadband is helping to drive a movement of 'Silicon Suburbs' in regional Australia led by bold entrepreneurs.

Data protection for small entities

Small businesses must be aware of their obligations to protect customer data.

Ursula Hogben   COMMENT: Data protection breaches can result in a loss of vital business data and customer trust. Do you know your obligations? Do you understand how to comply?

Do we really understand innovation?

Ideas are powerful, but maybe not that powerful.

Jason Wyatt   COMMENT: Politicians and others love talking about it - but there's scant evidence to suggest they know what it means.

Eight top tech tools

Businesses that invest in technology give themselves an advantage.

Alexandra Cain   Transform your business overnight with these great hacks.

The best free apps for small business

New approach: Dan Kranjcic uses his iPhone to help run his business.

Cara Waters   The best free iPhone and Android apps to help your small business run on the run.

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Art sales go online

Bluethumb founder Edward Hartley says the online marketplace makes it easier to be an artist.

Nina Hendy   Art fairs are shutting down and galleries closing but online art sales are skyrocketing in Australia.

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Tech unicorn moves in on Australia

Slack co-founder Cal Henderson says success has come from embracing failure.

Cara Waters   From the ashes of a failed video game start-up to the world's fastest-growing business application ever, why Slack is targeting Australia.

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Reinventure backs Flare HR to disrupt default super

Flare HR co-founders Daniel Cohen, Jan Pacas and Saul Kaplan plan to disrupt default super.

James Eyers   Westpac's venture fund has taken a stake in Flare HR, which promises to overhaul company engagement with employees and tackle apathy about personal finance.

Welcome to the cash-free cafe

Saxon Wright, founder of Pablo & Rusty's Coffee Roasters, shows off his Frank Green cup at the Coffee expo at the ...

Cara Waters   Saxon Wright's coffee business turns over $10 million a year but he's going cash free at his latest cafe opening in Brisbane.

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'Want it now' shoppers put Aussie retailers under pressure

Ivan Lim, co-founder of online furniture retailer Brosa, says technology is a key part of his business.

Nina Hendy   Australian retailers face mounting pressure to lift their game as shoppers demand better products, faster delivery times and cheap or free shipping options.

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The perils of social media

Your private life is no longer private.

Christine D'Mello   Our private use of social media could be one of the pitfalls of the modern workplace.

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GlamCorner scores in the sharing economy of fashion rental

GlamCorner founders Dean Jones and Audrey Khaing-Jones have a background in finance rather than fashion.

Cara Waters   A trend towards access not ownership is behind the $800,000 boost to this designer dress rental business.

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Male sellers on eBay have edge over women

Melanie Fodera, 21, has been selling on eBay for about seven years.

Pam Belluck   Sellers on eBay know certain things matter: item description, appealing photos, strong seller ratings and, of course, price. Now, a study suggests another factor is at play.

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Tweet revenge for businesses

Twitter chief executive and co-founder Jack Dorsey is trying to make Twitter more business friendly.

Cara Waters   Businesses can now take complaints offline and avoid a social media meltdown.

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Podcasts for entrepreneurs

Emma Clark and Tess McCabe record a podcast called 'The New Normal' about parents running creative businesses.

Cara Waters   If you're a parent who runs their own business, a business owner who loves a beer or looking for tips on building an online audience, there's a podcast for you.

Image is everything, but filters sure help

Topaz filters completely transform your photographs.

Terry Lane   Two filter sets, Topaz and Nik, plug into Photoshop. Which one comes out ahead?

Spotcap Australia to share in $48.5m raising

Lachlan Heussler, Spotcap Australia managing director, says he is in talks with all the major banks and expects to ...

Shaun Drummond   New small business lender Spotcap will use a €31.5 million ($48.5 million) debt and equity injection from private equity house Finstar Financial Group to expand operations in Australia, Spain and The Netherlands and into new markets.

The million-dollar tennis selfie business

Spectators take selfies at the Australian Open which has catapulted Social Playground into the spotlight.

Cara Waters   Annabelle Smith built a million-dollar business from our obsessions with selfies at the tennis and other events.

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Your boss can read your WhatsApp

Is your boss reading your instant messages?

Cara Waters   Australian employers are already within their rights to read employees' instant messages.

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Outrage at employee-tracking devices

The OccupEye device.

Cara Waters   Britain's Daily Telegraph newspaper has quickly removed tracking devices from journalists' desks after a backlash from unions and staff.

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School kid turns app entrepreneur

Spencer Porter, founder of LOWK8 app.

Cara Waters   How 16-year-old Spencer Porter created an app and got it stocked by Apple.

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5 business trends set to shape 2016

Immersive reality technology could have important applications for small business.

Adam Courtenay   Futurists predict the top trends that will impact on your small business this year.

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Tech IPOs face tough investors

Atlassian co-founders Mike Cannon-Brookes and Scott Farquhar watch as their company's shares open on the Nasdaq.

Alex Barinka and Eric Newcomer   For investors to pile in tech companies will need to show profitability not just promise.

My business fell into a Google black hole

Matt Lawry, owner of Yellow Octopus, says dropping out of Google's rankings can destroy small businesses.

Cara Waters   Small businesses beware. Google can hijack your profitability by blacklisting your company if your SEO is found wanting.

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Drone businesses have lift off

Deb Saunders from ANU tests out a drone for wildlife tracking.

Gayle Bryant   Drones aren't just for hunting terrorists. They're being developed to assist businesses with everything from preventing shark attacks to pizza delivery.

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10 business lessons in 10 years

Sean O'Meara founded ImPOS 10 years ago and has learnt a lot from both his mistakes and successes.

Sean O'Meara   How Sean O'Meara started up ImPOS and turned it into a point of sale software business with $7 million revenue.

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Making money out of shark attack paranoia

Close call: Pro surfer Mick Fanning is attacked by a shark during the finals of the J-Bay Open in Jeffrey's Bay, South ...

Kate Jones   Aussie entrepreneurs dive into shark deterrence technologies after a sharp rise in attacks.

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