Monthly Archives: September 2009

10 People You Won’t See On Twitter Anymore Twitter toughens up and sets some serious rules in a bid to clean up spam, false accounts and general abuse. Mashable kindly explains these new rules before the games begin Checkmate, Twitter: Facebook ‘status tagging’ live Not to be outdone, Facebook introduces a new tool that allows users to tag friends and groups in status updates, using the symbol @. Sound familiar? The Disadvantage of Twitter and Facebook A thought provoking blog post which highlights the personal touch which forwarding emails provides and that Twitter and Facebook lack. Confirmed: Twitter is Saving … Continue »

This year the Australian Government committed $43 Billion to the establishment of a superfast broadband network to home and workplaces across the country. It promises to offer speeds of between 13 and 30Mbps. My current connection loads Facebook, email, Youtube etc in a matter of seconds, so unless I begin to transfer Gigabyte files, I personally don’t need any more speed. Just say I do need to transfer, say a 256 GB file to Sydney, would the new network be useful? Buy a pigeon! Not all countries have the luxury of superfast internet, take South Africa for example. Unlimited IT, … Continue »