Communications Minister not happy with Facebook and Google privacy
The Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy – Stephen Conroy has expressed his concern about Google’s recent privacy hitch when their Streetview cars were collecting WiFi data from private homes around Australia. Conroy remarked about Google: ‘They consider that they are the appropriate people to make the decisions about people’s privacy data’. Stephen […]
Read More | ShareApple Store Bondi opening, get a free T-shirt
This Saturday the 28th of May the iPad is officially available for purchase in Australia. Also a brand Apple store is opening at Bondi Junction from 8am on the 28th. The first 2,500 visitors will get a free Apple T-shirt. No doubt there will be a huge turnout. Placing an Apple Store in Sydney’s Eastern […]
Read More | ShareFoursquare in Sydney Australia
Foursquare has over a million registered users globally now. Of these users, what sort of demographic has the highest usage? if you are a business using Foursquare to target customers and see their feedback – what sort of people are you reaching out to? In order the judge the popularity of Foursquare amongst users in […]
Read More | ShareSocial Media Club Sydney roundup 24 May
Tonight i had the pleasure to attend #SMCSYD (Social Media Club Sydney) at the Oxford Art Factory thanks to event organiser Grant Newtown. Speakers of the night were: Cliff Rosenberg – Managing Director LinkedIn Australian & New Zealand Michael Field – Strategy Consultant The night was focussed on how to better used LinkedIn in your […]
Read More | ShareTelstra HTC Desire reviews
Telstra recently had an initiative to conduct HTC reviews by social media participants for the hot new phone HTC Desire. Several people where chosen from a variety of different social media sites and have been reviewing the HTC Desire. It looks like the social media reviewing has sparked alot of interest about the new phone […]
Read More | ShareFoursquare user usage statistics
Ok so there has been much hype about social location network Foursquare lately. But how active are Foursquare users? 98.59% – checked in at least once. 93.97% – checked into 10 different venues. 79.20% – checked into 25 different venues. 57.41% – checked into 50 different venues. 77.38% – checked into 30 or more times […]
Read More | ShareGoogle TV vs Apple TV
Later this year Google will be rolling out the Google TV product to select hardware providers – Sony and Logitech. Whilst Apple TV has not made all that much of an impact yet, there is no doubt they are going to focus more on this now and not let Google steal the show. So how […]
Read More | Share6 downfalls of the official Twitter iPhone app
So Twitter has recently launched their own mobile applications for the iPhone, BlackBerry and Android coming soon. However the app may not be all that good, there seem to be a couple areas it doesn’t stack up. 1. The app does not let you do the old style of ReTweet – RT 2. Limited Icon […]
Read More | ShareGoogle Launches Encrypted Search HTTPS
You are now able to run an encrypted search using the Google search engine. Simply goto https://www.google.com The feature brings the same security you experience with online banking or shopping. The encryption makes it incredibly hard for anyone in between your computer and Google’s servers to see what search you are running. Also when clicking […]
Read More | SharePacman 30 year anniversary on Google
Today is the 30 year Anniversary of the game, Pacman – launched in 1980 by Namco Bandai Games Inc. If you goto the front page of Google.com.au or Google.com you can play Pacman. Check it out!
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