Technology, Innovation & Science

Perth-based Moko Social Media is preparing to debut on the technology focused NASDAQ stock exchange in New York ahead of a $10 million capital raising.

Built on an innovative idea to connect patients with doctors, HealthEngine’s maturation into a multi-million dollar company has earned it the top spot in the Business News Rising Stars start-up category.

Marketing agency Digital Dialogue aims to retain its current growth trend.

IT consultant Velrada has built its business on providing niche software solutions.

FEATURE: A WA company has proved its detractors among the local manufacturing sector wrong with its calculated growth plans.

FEATURE: A Subiaco based-company is using marine drones and its global remote monitoring system to deliver benefits for the offshore oil and gas industry.

Perth innovation and design company Orbital Corporation has reached a settlement with AAI Corporation over a dispute relating to past contracts that resulted in AAI withholding payment on outstanding invoices.

Engineering and construction company Georgiou Group’s growth to a company turning over more than $460 million per annum has prompted it to invest in technology to support its activity.

Quickflix shareholders have rejected a move, led by a US-based investment fund, to oust three company directors including chief executive and co-founder Stephen Langsford.

Applabs Technologies has picked up a $115,000 contract with Positiv Flo to develop an innovative new product with the health and fitness firm.

Increasingly online-savvy customers have fuelled business and government demand for digital communications advice, which in turn has spurred public relations firms to increase their offering in this specialist area.

The war of words between online movie company Quickflix and a group of activist investors has heated up ahead of an extraordinary general meeting next week.

Perth-based online movie company Quickflix has inked a marketing partnership with retailer Dick Smith Electronics.

Western Australian information technology and communications companies are continuing to spread their national influence, with Empired the latest to announce an east coast deal.

Private equity group Pacific Equity Partners has launched a $1.1 billion takeover bid for information services group SAI Global.

The head of a Perth-based start-up has led a team to victory in the first-ever global ‘hackathon’ in Seoul, South Korea.

Silicon Valley-based online recruitment company 1-Page has outlined plans to launch a backdoor listing on the ASX through mining exploration company Intermet Resources.

Health directory and booking service HealthEngine has announced plans to add Telstra executive Mark Buckman to the board and raise capital imminently.

Kashif Saleem arrived in Perth without a dollar to his name; now his technology is in demand from the world’s most valuable companies.

It's a case of 'where to now?' for the start-up sector after funding cuts in this month's federal budget.

A dozen of Australia’s top scientists recently faced off in national competition to determine the effectiveness of their ‘elevator pitches’ for commercial support.

Telstra customers will share access to their home wi-fi networks in a plan to create one of the world's largest networks of public hotspots.

AnaeCo director Ian Campbell has lost control of his 6.5 per cent stake in the waste treatment company after the shares were used as security for separate loans.

Shares in Perth-based rubber recycling and manufacturing company Reclaim Industries have soared on the ASX on the back of its $3.8 million all-scrip takeover of cloud-based recruitment business Skills Connect.

IT services provider Empired has signed a deal to purchase Sydney-based customer relationship management firm eSavvy for $2.2 million.

IT services provider ASG Group has secured contracts worth $21 million for the delivery of its cloud-based services, and says it has a further $80 million worth of additional agreements in the pipeline.

Nextgen Group has signed a deal with oil and gas giants Shell and Inpex under which the communications company will build a fibre optic cable to service operators in the state’s north-west.

Perth information and communications technology company ASG Group has reshuffled its board as it builds on its strategic shift.

Telecommunications firm ZipTel has signed a marketing deal with Zhenya Tsvetnenko’s Mpire Media to promote the former’s ZipT smartphone application in more than 120 countries.

Amcom Telecommunications has inked a deal which opens the door to it selling cloud-based services to the potentially lucrative higher education market.

Social entertainment firm mig33, which is in the middle of a reverse takeover of Latin Gold, has secured more than $10 million in investment from Hong Kong-listed handset manufacturer FIH Mobile.

Western Australian-based company WBHO Civil has won a contract to continue construction of the National Broadband Network around Geraldton.