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Google today launched Google Buzz, a service that allows you share updates, photos, videos, and start conversations about the things you find interesting. Google Buzz integrates a social media stream into Google’s Gmail platform and appears very much like FriendFeed, but also ties in to a number of Google services such as Youtube and Picasa, […]
The ACTU has launched a scathing attack on Liberal leader Tony Abbott today with respect to his stance on paid maternity leave. After reports that Liberal leader Tony Abbott is considering a taxpayer-funded paid maternity leave scheme, the ACTU has come out swinging, criticising the Liberal leader for his previous stance on the issue. ACTU […]
The Australian Interactive Media Industry Association (AIMIA) has today announced voting is open for the People’s Choice category of the 16th Annual AIMIA Awards. The awards finalists for 2010 were chosen in January with Voting is open to all AIMIA members. The most popular entry from the total pool of 122 finalist entries will be […]
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) invites comment on a proposal to require the Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) to streamline processes for composers dealing directly with music users. APRA currently collects royalties for songwriters for the public performance of music and most composers in Australia assign their rights to APRA to issue licences […]
Until Valentines Day, Blackberry users can download Urbanspoon’s restaurant application for their devices for free. Urbanspoon’s free BlackBerry app uses your current location to find restaurants near you. Just hit the space bar (or shake the phone if you have a BlackBerry Storm) and the wheels on the app will spin, until they settle on […]
Google is set to make another push into social media through their Gmail service. According to The Wall Street Journal, Gmail will be launching a new feature that allows users to share content and status updates with friends. Google is set to announce the service at a launch event tomorrow with expectations that this revamped […]
iPhone apps are the focus of this year’s Macworld exhibition will be the world’s largest face-to-face viewing of Apple’s iPhone apps and iPod touch applications. With attendees at Macworld 2010 able to test-drive over 100 of the hottest apps and meet the app developers at the Mobile Application Showcase, featuring leading companies including TomTom, Tap […]
The NSW Government has produced three new industry directories to showcase and promote some of the State’s most innovative small businesses, the Minister for Small Business, Peter Primrose, announced today. Industry & Investment NSW has produced the directories through its Australian Technology Showcase (ATS) program to profile NSW companies working creatively in mining, freight and […]
Australian tech startup Bonobo today launched Yoink, a free online service to facilitate the trade and reuse of items between people that measures your generosity at the same time. The new website and iPhone application is like eBay with a big twist: everything must be free, locally picked up and there is no bidding – […]
A study by the Chandler Macleod Group has revealed that the Global Financial Crisis and poor communication has caused employees to lose trust in their employers, leading to many contemplating other employment options. With over 70% of surveyed participants admitting to actively seeking work outside their current employment. Coach trainer and communication expert, Maureen Pound […]
New data from Galaxy Research shows Skype use amongst Australians over the Christmas/New Year period increased considerably over the previous year. The study surveyed a sample of 1,010 Skype users, distributed throughout Australia and asked them about their use of Skype over the Christmas and New Year period with an aim to better understand how […]
Tony Abbott took Australia to the cleaners today, visiting the NSW town of Queanbeyan to meet with a dry cleaner operator who it is claimed will be worse off under the Australian Government’s planned emissions trading scheme legislation. Mr Abbott continued to drive home the Coalition’s message that the ETS will be a “great big […]
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission today announced further agreements with major supermarket operators to phase out restrictive provisions in supermarket leases. The ACCC has reached agreement with ALDI Foods, Franklins, SPAR Australia, Australian United Retailers Limited (trading as Foodworks) and Metcash Limited that they will not enter into any new leasing agreement which includes […]
Sensis has just announced that Australia’s White and Yellow Pages directories have been certified carbon neutral, a world first for phone directory publications. The carbon neutral certification has been secured through the Australian Government’s Department of Climate Change Greenhouse Friendly program, which certifies a number of carbon abatement providers who adhere to the National Carbon […]
For the first time an inanimate object, “The Internet” has been nominated for the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize. This is despite nominations being kept secret for 50 years by the Nobel Prize committee. In this instance, Riccardo Luna (Editor in Chief, Wired Magazine, Italy) outed himself as nominating the Internet for the prize saying the […]
The Federal Governent has announced it will withdraw its guarantee of bank deposits, instituted during the global financial crisis to prevent investors’ money from being wiped out in the recession. The nation’s top finance regulators—including the Reserve Bank and the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority—advised the treasurer, Wayne Swan, over the weekend that bank funding conditions […]
IPA, one of Australia’s largest recruiting firms, showed job vacancies falling six percent throughout the month of January. The latest monthly data also documents a 73 percent surge in candidate applications throughout the same period. “The jump in applications reflects people acting on their New Year’s resolution to change roles,” said Rabieh Krayem, CEO of […]
Developers at Google are working on the first phone able to translate foreign languages almost instantly. Using voice recognition and automatic translation technologies, it could potentially transform the way people communicate around the world by bringing down language barriers. Google are forecasting that they’ll have a basic system ready within a couple of years. Having […]
The heavy discounting offered over the Christmas period will continue into the new year but isn’t expected to eat into the retailer’s margins, said Myer chief executive officer Bernie Brookes. Brookes said Myer’s sales for the month of December were dragged down by the electrical and entertainment goods categories. Those categories had received a boost […]
The winner of our web security survey competition is Tori Edwards, a solicitor at NTSCORP Ltd in Redfern, NSW. She wins the new BlackBerry Curve 8520, courtesy of Research In Motion (RIM) and a case of wine courtesy of Treen Ridge Estate in WA. Congratulations from Team DB.Com! The results of the survey will be published […]
