Hide your location on Twitter? We can still find you and that's not a bad thing in an emergency
May 23, 2016 12:18 pm UTC| Insights & Views Technology
Of the millions of Twitter users, there are about 98% who want to hide their location. So they switch off the function that publicly displays the location of any tweet. There could be many reasons why people dont want...
Myer and eBay's virtual reality shopping turns looking into seeing
May 23, 2016 08:48 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology
Department store Myer and online shopping giant eBay have teamed up to offer something different to consumers in a bold bid to change the way we shop, interact with, research and purchase products. Their creation of a...
How designing smarter textile tech can help people living with dementia
May 23, 2016 00:45 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology Health
We all expect to have the right to enjoy life from beginning to end; to have fun, laugh and experience pleasurable, playful moments. But what if we are affected by a disease that adversely affects both memory and our...
If this is the Facebook election, the major parties should be a little concerned
May 20, 2016 10:11 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics Technology
Every Australian federal election since Kevin 07 has been hailed as an internet or social media election. The 2007 campaign was branded the YouTube election and the Google election, while the 2013 campaign was described as...
YouTube Red is here, and it breaks the video-on-demand mould
May 20, 2016 10:08 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology
YouTube this week launched its paid subscription service, YouTube Red, in Australia and New Zealand. These are the first two countries to gain access to the service outside of the United States. The introduction of a...
Uber should take its lead from Thomas Cook’s battle with Victorian Britain
May 20, 2016 04:37 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology
App-based ride company Uber has been battling the establishment around the world, from traditional black taxi drivers in London to regulators in Australia. But Uber is far from the first upstart travel company to rock the...
Securing web browsing: protecting the Tor network
May 18, 2016 08:28 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology
There are more than 865 encryption tools in use worldwide, all addressing different aspects of a common problem. People want to protect information: hard drives from oppressive governments, physical location from stalkers,...
Japan Leadership Candidates Back Wage Growth, Differ on Strategies for Household Support