Australasia's journal of the new media revolution

Mobility

Microsoft releases updated mobile operating system

17 February 2010 | Microsoft's long anticipated mobile operating system Windows Phone 7 series was revealed to the world at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona this week.


Nokia launches free turn-by-turn navigation, Navman and TomTom cry a little

22 January 2010 | Nokia has announced that free turn-by-turn navigation application is now available for selected GPS enabled handsets.


AIMIA Awards finalists announced

20 January 2010 | The Australian Interactive Media Industry Association has today announced the finalists for its 16th Annual Awards to be held in March.


Beanhunter iPhone app perfect for jet-setting coffee lovers

14 January 2010 | Coffee loving website Beanhunter releases iPhone app to find the best coffee anywhere in the world.


Further $6.5 million in fines for lonely hearts SMS spammers

17 December 2009 | The Federal Court in Brisbane has imposed a further $6.5 million dollars against an SMS spam scam costing Australian lonely hearts in excess of $4 million since 2005.


Optus to stream Australian Open matches live

17 December 2009 | Optus mobile customers will have free access to live streams of Channel Seven’s Australian Open match coverage.


Channel Ten bags online, mobile, IPTV rights in F1 deal

9 December 2009 | As part of a five year deal securing the broadcast rights to the Formula 1 from 2011, Channel 10 have also acquired the rights for online, mobile and IPTV. 1 comment


Fake Stephen Conroy is dead

9 December 2009 | One of the most controversial Twitter accounts in Australia, Fake Stephen Conroy, is now defunct after it was deleted by its creator Leslie Nassar


ACMA mulls in-flight mobile services

8 December 2009 | The Australian Communications and Media Authority today released a discussion paper paving the way for in-flight mobile phone use.


ACMA gives Tongue a lashing over SMS Spam

10 November 2009 | Recently rebranded media agency Tongue, Vodafone Hutchison Australia, Coca-Cola, and mobile firm Big Mobile, have all been reprimanded by the media regulator for sending spam messages, including some financial penalties.


Nokia struggles with all you can eat music

19 October 2009 | Nokia's all you can eat music service has bombed with little over 100k users signing up despite over 3 million compatible handsets having shipped.


Australia's high risk mobile love affair

13 October 2009 | Australians are more reliant on their mobile phones than ever, with the risk of losing invaluable data only increasing.


Kids outsmart parents in tech

28 September 2009 | Confirming what most of us already knew, the Optus Family Communications Survey has found most children know more about tech than their parents by the time they hit their teens.


Australian telco's undertake to stop misleading advertising

15 September 2009 | Australia's three biggest telecommunications companies have signed an undertaking to the ACCC that they will stop a number of misleading advertising practices.


1/4 of Australian’s using Mobile internet?

27 August 2009 | Simon Small takes issue with recent research by Sensis claiming a quarter of Australians have used internet on their mobile.


Yellow Pages iPhone app launched

21 August 2009 | For those who like to let their fingers do the walking, the Yellow Pages is now available as an application for the iPhone and iPod Touch. 3 comments


One in four Australians have used mobile internet

20 August 2009 | More than a quarter of Australian mobile users have now accessed the mobile internet, with older consumers engaging with mobile content as much as younger generations, according to new research from Sensis. 1 comment


Optus teams up with Woolies, confirms new mobile ad partner

3 August 2009 | Supermarket giant Woolworths has announced plans to offer a no-frills prepaid mobile service with Optus as the mobile carrier announced new mobile advertising partnership with MIA.


News Digital Media releases mobile research data

17 July 2009 | Mobile users are most likely to be drawn to mobile competitions and discount vouchers, with mobile games being less appealing as a promotional tool, according to new research by News Digital Media. 1 comment


This Digital Life – Paul Fisher

16 July 2009 | Digital Media sat down for a chat with Paul Fisher, the newly appointed CEO of the Interactive Advertising Bureau Australia (IAB).


Augmented reality iPhone app brings mobile directions into the real world

16 July 2009 | Software company Acrossair have launched an augmented reality iPhone application providing directions around New York subways.


Australian mobile internet usage slumps in first quarter

16 July 2009 | Mobile phone internet browsing slumped in the first three months of the years compared to fourth quarter traffic in 2008, with the economic downturn being blamed for the drop, a new mobile report has revealed. 1 comment


ACMA warns of SMS threat 'hoax'

1 July 2009 | The ACMA has warned of a number of hoax death threat SMS messages being sent to Australian mobile phones.


Domain launches iPhone app but mobile usability stil lags

29 June 2009 | Fairfax Digital has expanded its online real estate offering with the launch of an iPhone application allowing users to search for properties for sale or rent on the go.


Twitter, Facebook and mobiles - how digital social networks can make history

27 June 2009 | With his speech recorded well before the recent well publicised events in Iran, Clay Shirky explains how mobiles, Twitter, Facebook and other digital media are allowing people to bypass censors, hold politicians to account and herald the end of the top-down news model.


Recent tweets

 

Recent comments

Most viewed articles this week