Category: Government
A Letter to Lachlan
from Tim ON THE ROYAL WEDDING The wedding has been slated for St Peters, Westminster so as to avoid the comparisons with Diana that might have arisen from St Paul’s. Yet the engagement ring is Diana’s. It has not even been re-cut. Other English Royals have done something similar. They have been given a stone […]
Read More | ShareThe Social Media Effect: It’s Role in Social Change and Social Responsibility
Social Media allows those of ‘like mind’ to band together no matter how far apart they are in distance, and create a collaborative effort to create social change
Read More | ShareSocial Media and Political Elections – iVoted.com.au launches
The 2010 Victorian State Election will be one of the most socially connected elections in Australian electoral history. iVoted.com.au will visualize the check-ins of foursquare users on Saturday, 27 November 2010. The website was launched last Wednesday, 17 November 2010. Foursquare users in Victoria can check-in to any venue marked with a special polling booth […]
Read More | ShareSouth Australian Government Social Media Policy
The South Australian Government has released a Social Media Policy for it’s staff. Basically the dos and don’t of how Government staff are to use Social Media. It is interesting to read through their guidelines and how they intend to harness the power of Social Media. To view the policy, go here: www.espi.sa.gov.au/files/socialmedia_guidelines.pdf The South […]
Read More | ShareBizarre – Mosman Council, HSC Students, Rap music
Am i the only person who think this is a little bizarre. Mosman Council has created a great campaign where HSC students can goto the Mosman library exclusively for periods of time to prepare for their HSC exams. The library will even give the students treats as ‘energy food’ to help their studies. Good stuff […]
Read More | ShareAustralian Political Election 2010, heats up [VIDEO]
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Ok, the election is just around the corner. Julia Gillard and Tony Abbott are at it, hard.. check out the latest video of their campaigning. typical politics..
Read More | ShareJulia Gillard joins Twitter
Australia’s first female Prime Minister – Julia Gillard has now officially joined Twitter. Julia’s first tweet: I’ve decided it’s time to take the Twitter plunge! Hopefully I’ll master it. JG. Yes – we hope so too! : ) You can follow Julia on Twitter at http://twitter.com/juliagillard Gillard now has over 10,000 followers just 1 day […]
Read More | ShareRussian President Medvedev goes to Twitter HQ, Apple HQ
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has recently gone on a tour of Silicon Valley in California in an effort to create a similar tech central in Moscow, Russia. Medvedev went to Twitter HQ where he met co-founders Ev Williams and Biz Stone and even created a Twitter account and sent out his first tweets – learning […]
Read More | ShareAustralian Government to buy Telstra copper network
The Australian Government has negotiated a deal with Telstra to buy their entire copper network for $11 Billion. The deal is awaiting shareholder and regulatory approval. Telstra will decommission its monopoly of copper cables and make room for the Australian government’s fiber and move its customers to the new fibre 100Mbps National Broadband Network (NBN). […]
Read More | ShareGoogle fighting to make censorship illegal
It seems Google has had enough of the Chinese and Vietnamese internet filters (amongst other countries) and is look at taking further action. Google is working with the U.S. government to try to make it illegal for countries to censor the Internet using the rules of international trade. Listing broker head of communications, Robert Boorstin, […]
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