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September 28, 2008

Crackdown on dodgy sites

The figures showed a continuing movement from dial-up to broadband access, boosted by strong growth in wireless access.

Source: AFR - 29/9/08

 

September 23, 2008

Bring back fashionable forums

These kinds of forums have existed for years, but come in and out of fashion. Sometimes women see them as a token effort or too segregationist or perhaps redundant.

Source: AFR - 24/9/08

 

September 22, 2008

It’s simple site map technology

Crucially, the digital map interface proved entirely intuitive, and enabled the company to roll out the software to users with a range of computer skills without spending time on comprehensive training.

Source: AFR - 23/9/08

 

Ebay changes won’t halt the decline

The numbers reflect a trend that has seen consumers increasingly favour set-priced online stores such as Amazon.com over the auctions that once fuelled buying and selling online.

Source: AFR - 22/9/08

 

September 19, 2008

Online video with a sporting chance

As the world’s best athletes competed in Beijing, the summer Olympics set the stage for a battle between Microsoft and Adobe Systems over the internet’s next big competition.

Source: AFR - 19/9/08

 

September 18, 2008

A population boom in social networks

According to research by media agency Universal McCann, 50 percent of Australians belong to an online social network such as MySpace, Facebook, LinkedIn or YouTube, while 69 percent have read an internet blog and 29 percent have participated in a blog.

Source: AFR - 18/9/08

 

September 16, 2008

Bigger and bolder, but smaller

Population growth has caused congestion, hence a need for space efficiency which has extended to gadgets and devices.

Source: - DIGITAL MEDIA - 17/9/08

 

Keeping Twitter real

My revelation is this: Twitter has demonstrated that social networking can be - wait for it - social. [Technology journalist - Mark Jones]

Source: DIGITAL MEDIA - 16/9/08

 

September 15, 2008

Catching up on TV online

We have seen consumers tell us again and again in focus groups that the choice online overwhelms them.

Source: DIGITAL MEDIA - 15/9/08

 

September 12, 2008

Making internet video go pop

“We realised with digital cameras coming down in price more people would be creating videos, and since they were living on their computers, they’d probably run into the same problem we did.” [YouTube co-founder, Steve Chen]

Source: DIGITAL MEDIA - 12/9/08