Smart slate can prevent a crash
AS ITS delivery date in the US approaches, some interesting numbers about the iPad have been trickling into the media. Market researcher NPD found that a quarter of 18 to 34-year-olds in ...
View ArticleApple in the fast lane of race for distribution
THE international launch of the iPad is the latest manoeuvre in a battle between two behemoths of the digital age. It's a battle that will shape how we consume and share all digital content, from ...
View ArticleGoogle offers old guard a little help
AFTER years of being characterised by many in the newspaper industry as thieves — freeloading aggregators of information, pillagers of content produced by the efforts of others — ...
View ArticleBook publishers look forward to the Apple Effect
When Apple devotees finally get their gleaming new iPads tomorrow, they won’t be able to download any Australian titles from Apple’s iBookstore. That’s a shame, but local ...
View ArticleApple tries to bring order to a world of online chaos
IF YOU doubt that Apple products hold a special place in many people's lives, consider this: in a British poll of the world's greatest inventions conducted last week, the iPhone came in at No. 8 ...
View ArticleWhen it comes to online privacy, Facebook is not the only problem
IN AUSTRALIA, a girl was murdered, allegedly by a man she met through Facebook who'd posed as someone other than himself. The site was later criticised by Australian Federal Police ...
View ArticleWhat if the internet fell over tomorrow?
SO US Senator Joe Lieberman has proposed a bill to create an internet ...
View ArticleTeenagers text the love
Do you get anxious when you don't receive text messages or when you are unable to text? You might have Textiety. Does sending multiple texts simultaneously make you feel good ...
View ArticleWhen too much television is clearly not enough
CLAY SHIRKY is not a fan of television. The social media guru —
View ArticleTechnology rejuvenates neglected languages
IT'S TECHNOLOGY'S 21st century whizzbangery that usually grabs the headlines — 3D TV, mobile information systems, social media and the like — but sometimes a new application to ...
View ArticleWant eternal life? It could be possible in the Internet of Things
WOULD you feel hurt if your refrigerator stopped returning your emails? Would you be annoyed to have your dinner interrupted by a pot plant demanding a drink? Are you friends with your toilet on ...
View ArticleTalkin' 'bout the (digital) generation
Are digital natives really the alien species so many social media watchers suggest they are? A French study into the habits of people born in the computer age — the 18-24-year-olds ...
View ArticleTruth, lies and getting grilled on the internet
Danny Katz wrote a corker of a story last week about his personal ...
View ArticleDon't get caught in the web of conspiracy theory truthiness
ABC Melbourne broadcaster Jon Faine got into a stoush a couple of weeks ago with the September 11 conspiracy movement. It was entertaining talkback radio, but the phenomenon of large ...
View ArticleMurdoch's search for an answer to content theft
IF ANYONE should be worried about Rupert Murdoch’s plans for an iPad-only newspaper it’s Google and the other search engines and websites whose reputations rely on their ability ...
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