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Lights, camera, action for small business
By Nett Administrator on the 10th February 2010Video is here to stay. Fortunately, there are many options available today for smaller businesses keen to purchase simple video technology to produce great results. Not so long ago, video was out of reach for most businesses. Equipment barely capable of producing ‘broadcast quality'...
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Mobile tech trends for small business
By Nett Administrator on the 1st December 2009There's all kinds of gear on the market designed to help you be more agile in business, but how do you sort the truly useful from the gimmicky? Here's a roundup of the hot new technologies worth investing in.1. SmartphonesFirst up, we can't go past the smartphone. These are fast...
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The future: pocket-sized web devices
By Nett Administrator on the 14th October 2009The world's biggest technology companies are getting very excited about the future of mobile internet technology, especially the way they will enable smaller companies to do things differently. The number of mobile phones in the world is rapidly approaching the number of people, while in...
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Save your phone from a watery grave
By Nett Administrator on the 3rd September 2009Most people are familiar with the sinking feeling you get as you discover you've dropped a mobile phone into liquid. But quick thinking can save your favourite gadget.OK, hands up anyone who has never, ever dropped a mobile phone into some sort of liquid. It's one of the most common...
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Windows 7: once bitten twice shy?
By Nett Administrator on the 11th August 2009When Microsoft releases Windows 7 on 22 October, many businesses will have to consider whether to upgrade or not.While a few businesses upgraded to Window Vista when it launched in early 2007, the majority are running their PCs on the eight-year-old Windows XP operating system.Most business managers...
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Disruptive is the new black
By Nett Administrator on the 22nd July 2009I can remember my mother returning from a grade five parent-teacher meeting in a purple-faced rage because all my teachers had told her that I was a ‘disruptive influence'.Wind the clock forward 40 years and today the pinnacle of business is the individual who proposes disruptive...
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Christmas in August
By Nett Administrator on the 8th July 2009There has never been a better time to update your old, clunky laptop. What should you look for to make sure you get the best tool for the task? My accountant tells me it's a once in 20-year windfall for small business. The ‘it' in this case is an early Christmas present from the Rudd...
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The future is in your hands
By Nett Administrator on the 23rd June 2009One thing I’ve learnt in the gadget game is to avoid predicting the ‘next big thing’; 99.9% of the time I’m completely wrong. The next big thing usually comes out of left field and is completely unexpected. And my predications are not just wrong, they are woefully off target....
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Pretty, but slow: is iPhone a beauty queen?
By Nett Administrator on the 15th April 2008It’s pretty, but is Apple’s new iPhone special enough to tempt business owners away from their Blackberries? Gadget Guy Peter Blasina gets hold of a much-coveted iPhone, ‘unbricks’ it and takes it home.Aussie tech-addicts are waiting, not very patiently, for Apple and the...
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