AUSTRALIANS will be without Wikipedia from 4pm this Wednesday, for 24 hours. In what it calls “an unprecedented decision”, Wikipedia has chosen to black out its English version for 24 hours in protest against proposed legislation in the United States which it says will harm the free and open internet and bring about new tools [...]
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Bob Hawke flattens beer, becomes YouTube hit
January 8, 2012
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It’s well known that former Australian Prime Minister Bob Hawke likes a beer. And, it seems, Australians love him for it. A video of the 82-year-old former PM flattening a beer in one gulp during the Sydney cricket test has gone viral and become a YouTube hit. So far, the video has been viewed over [...]
Read more NBN on right track, depending who you ask
January 4, 2012
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NBN co, the organisation behind the National Broadband Network, has talked up its signing of 4000 customers amid retorts from the Federal Opposition that the network is a “policy failure”. Figures from NBN Co indicate that at the end of 2011, 2315 premises were using the fibre optic service, while 1700 premises in rural and [...]
Read more Record e-waste collection for Sydney council
December 16, 2011
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Logic would suggest that our rapid uptake in technology use, coupled with the speed by which technology becomes outdated, is a recipe for a lot of used electronic junk. This seems to have been confirmed by the record number of residents who took part in the City of Sydney’s last electronic waste collection for the [...]
Read more Australia: more mobiles than people
December 14, 2011
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New figures released by the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) show there are now more than 29 million mobile services in operation in Australia. Australian Mobile Telecommunications Association (AMTA) chief executive officer Chris Althaus said yesterday official ACMA figures showed that the number of mobile services in operation had increased during 2010-11 by 13 [...]
Read more Labor conference goes online
December 2, 2011
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The jury is out on how well they’re running the country, but no one can accuse the Australian Labor Party of not embracing social media. Australia’s governing party has put out a Social Media Guide to its 2011 national conference, which is being held in Sydney over the next three days. Those wanting to follow [...]
Read more FOCUS: Politics and social media
June 16, 2011
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Of all the facets of our society in which social media has had an effect, politics is perhaps the most important. However, the consensus seems to be that this is also the arena where social media is the least understood. Political debate in Australia is increasingly migrating online, while social media continues to become more [...]
Read more Tweets of QandA: June 13
June 14, 2011
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Welcome to the sixth installment of “Tweets of QandA” on Ausocial.com.au – a digest of the tweets from the previous evening’s QandA program on the ABC. Each week Ausocial.com.au compiles a selection of tweets designed to give a flavour of the social media debate that accompanied the episode. Ausocial.com.au attempts to include all points of view (the editor’s view [...]
Read more Tweets of QandA: June 6
June 7, 2011
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Welcome to the fifth installment of “Tweets of QandA” on Ausocial.com.au – a digest of the tweets from the previous evening’s QandA program on the ABC. Each week Ausocial.com.au compiles a selection of tweets designed to give a flavour of the social media debate that accompanied the episode. Ausocial.com.au attempts to include all points of [...]
Read more Tweets of QandA: May 30
May 31, 2011
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Welcome to the fourth installment of “Tweets of QandA” on Ausocial.com.au – a digest of the tweets from the previous evening’s QandA program on the ABC. Each week Ausocial.com.au compiles a selection of tweets designed to give a flavour of the social media debate that accompanied the episode. Ausocial.com.au attempts to include all points of [...]
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