Technology, Innovation & Science

iiNet founder Michael Malone has resigned as chief executive of the internet service provider, saying he wishes to dedicate his time to other passions.

With stock options being taxed immediately, start-ups are being held back.

SPECIAL REPORT: Plans for a second data centre in the Mid West are behind schedule after personnel changes at the company behind the development.

SPECIAL REPORT: Cloud computing is changing the game for providers and those businesses that use the service.

A partnership between oil and gas heavyweights Woodside Petroleum and Chevron, and the University of Western Australia is changing the design of offshore pipelines and cutting construction costs for the expensive infrastructure.

Macro Energy will become the first Australian-listed company to enter the Bitcoin phenomenon under plans spearheaded by Perth SMS entrepreneur Zhenya Tsvetnenko.

Perth is well placed to become an IT hub, but the people involved in the start-up community may need to collaborate to make it happen.

Waste management company Tox Free Solutions has declared its first interim dividend after posting solid growth in earnings for the half year to December 2013.

Perth-founded technology business MOKO Social Media has announced it has raised $8 million through a share placement to further developments in the US.

Telecommunications company iiNet has reported a 3.6 per cent increase in revenue thanks to new broadband customers and increasing turnover from small business customers.

Point of sale financing group ThinkSmart has returned to positive territory, posting a $2.3 million full-year net profit in 2013 after recording a loss in 2012.

Steven Goh’s social networking business mig33 has acquired an online music community as it seeks to add value while progressing an ASX listing.

Amcom Telecommunications has reported strong results from the first half of the financial year with underlying profit increasing 11 per cent.

A team from Queensland has taken out the third OzApp awards held in Peth yesterday.

Flying an unmanned aerial vehicle, or ‘drone’ in the vernacular, is a serious business that requires its operator hold a private pilot’s licence before taking the craft to the skies for commercial

Telstra has lifted its dividend for the first time in eight years after announcing a $1.7 billion profit.

Google Maps competitor nearmap launched its first product aimed at businesses in mining, rail and ports today.

A significant shift in business strategy is bringing solid results for Perth-based information technology company ASG Group, which has recorded three successive quarters of positive earnings.

Rumour and innuendo is causing grief in Australia's renewable energy sector, an industry that craves certainty yet has found little in recent times.

One of Perth’s most notable technology start ups - app developer Filter Squad - is being wound down following a dismal response to its latest development.

Former Ezeatm chief executive Todd Zani has been ordered to stop working with a company established five months ago that operates in the same business as his old employer.

Social media giant Facebook says it closed out 2013 on a solid note with a surge in profits and revenues, helped by gains in mobile advertising.

Australia's second largest DSL internet service provider iiNet has taken a swipe at NBN Co, saying it has ignored input from industry experts while devising its new corporate plan.

Electronic payment entrepreneur Chad Zani has shifted focus from the office to the great outdoors with the first event of his new networking club, The Unstoppables

Latin Gold has become the latest resources company to target the technology sector, with intentions to acquire a social networking platform developed by Steven Goh.

Global management consultancy and technology firm Accenture is growing resources in Perth as it aims to win work with operators in the state’s mining and energy sector.

Financial planning technology group Decimal is embarking on a reverse takeover of listed cashbox Aviva Corporation in a $9 million deal.

SPECIAL REPORT: The biotech sector came to life in 2013 but pricing was critical to the success or failure of capital raisings.

Amcom Telecommunications has been named as the Fremantle Dockers’ new shorts sponsor for the 2014 and 2015 AFL seasons.

Online streaming and DVD delivery company Quickflix is banking on its growing number of trial customers buying subscriptions to keep growth on track.

Telstra has sold a majority stake in its shrinking directories business Sensis to a US-based private equity investor, as it builds up a multi-billion dollar stockpile of cash to fund investment and, possibly, higher returns for shareholders.

Nedlands-based tech company Norwood Systems has enlisted two influential supporters to launch a platform which it says will cut exorbitant mobile roaming costs for corporate clients.