Android has replaced Apple’s iOS in terms of importance to developers in the Asia-Pacific region in the last 12 months, according to a newly published analyst report, although there’s growing interest from developers in Microsoft’s Windows phone.

Australian-based BigCommerce, which claims to be the world’s fastest growing SaaS e-commerce platform, is dangling the carrot of a $2 million fund in front of developers around the world to come forward with their integration and application ideas, and have the chance of getting some of that money to fund the development of their pet project.

A private Australian submarine cable developer, ASSC-1 Communications Group, is to build a new four pair submarine cable from Perth to Indonesia via Singapore and has already sold one pair to Telstra.

The number of domains registered in the .au space continues to rise exponentially, according to a new report.

A handful of the world's major standards development organisations - ARIB, ATIS, CCSA, ETSI, TIA, TTA and TTC - have announced plans to form a global initiative for m2m standardisation.

According to a report prepared by Deloitte Access Economics, the .au ccTLD contributes nearly half a billion dollars to the Australian economy.

The UK's National Archive is to digitise 165 years worth of British Telecom's and its predecessors' historical documents.

The Australia Council for the Arts offering funding of $300,000 "pioneering ideas that show the cultural potential of next generation high-capacity broadband." Microsoft Office 365 GA_googleFillSlot("A300-editorial-mrec1"); var sc_project=1949825; var sc_invisible=1; var sc_partition=17; var sc_security="b4febb9d";

Despite a particularly poor performance, HP remained the leading PC vendor in Australia and New Zealand during 3Q11. Meanwhile, Apple surged into second place according to IDC's latest figures.

Despite a particularly poor performance, HP remained the leading PC vendor in Australia and New Zealand during 3Q11. Meanwhile, Apple surged into second place according to IDC's latest figures.

Australian-listed software provider, TechnologyOne has formed a strategic partnership with Digital Mapping Solutions to jointly develop and sell integrated asset management and geographic information systems solutions.

A new USB specification will allow the transfer of audiovisual data across the widely used interface.

Australia's overseas aid agency, AusAID, has teamed up with its US counterpart USAID, and with global cellular industry body GSMA and Visa in a three year program designed to increase mobile phone ownership among women in the developing world.

The Federal Government has called for proposals for funding under the $27.2m NBN-Enabled Education and Skills Services program.

UK-based developer, BlueG has released what it says is a third generation “technologically advanced web browser” hoping to entice web users to switch browsers.

The Brin Wojcicki Foundation has funded the Wikimedia Foundation to the tune of $US500,000.

Innovative Australian technology has been utilised in Boeing’s latest passenger jet, the long-range twin engine 787 Dreamliner, which Qantas and its low-fares subsidiary, Jetstar will start flying in 2012 and 2013.

NBN Co is looking for service providers to test its planned multicast service, scheduled to go live in Q3 of calendar 2012 in those areas where the FTTH rollout has been completed.

The so-called ‘rock stars’ of the software development world are coming to Australia to attend the internationally recognised YOW! software developer conference which will kick-off in Melbourne in 10 days time and move on to Brisbane next month.

More realistic, safer and less expensive flight simulation is now available for training commercial, fighter and helicopter pilots with new technology announced today by Federal Minister for Innovation Kim Carr.