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Tech Stream 044
19 March 2010
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The Martin Jetpack, developed in New Zealand. Photo from Flickr. Strong men not included.
This week in the Tech Stream, the futuristic transport we’ve all been dreaming about is here: JETPACKS! We’ll meet a New Zealand man who says he’s turned his childhood fantasy (and mine) into a legal, almost affordable aircraft for one. We’ll also find out how to use our laptop to measure, map and even predict earthquakes. And Twitter expands into richer geo-location services and spreads our conversations across the web… but is it innovating or just playing catch-up?
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Tech Stream 037
29 January 2010
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2010. The Future: so close you can almost smell it. Image from plan59.com.
This week in the Tech Stream: Apple unveil their latest, “must-have” device – the iPad. Technology journalist Danny Gorog joins us with all the details. The full interview with Danny and links to some of the other media coverage is in our blog post from yesterday.
We also crack open our crystal balls, with another look at the top technology trends and ideas for this year and into the next decade and beyond. We’ll hear from Stephen Prentice, VP and fellow at Gartner, the technology research and advisory company.
And finally Bajo from Good Game on ABC TV returns to forecast the video games trends and releases we’ll be talking about and playing in the year ahead.
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Tech Stream 028
26 August 2009
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Can you really hide your identity online? Photo by Jamelah from Flickr.
We’re getting in early this week, and it’s a packed Tech Stream program, kicking off with a special look at whether, in light of some recent events, the ability to protect our identity online is under threat. More after the jump, or click the MP3 link at the top of the story to hop straight into it.
Tech Stream 024
31 July 2009
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An excellent explanation of what social networking is online, made by commoncraft.com.
In the Tech Stream this week we take a little look at social networking websites and trends in South-East Asia. From one of the longest running, Friendster, to the newest kid on the block, a Cambodian service called AngkorOne. Plus we get the lowdown on social networks in Vietnam and Indonesia. Listen with the MP3 link above or read on for more…
A home grown social-network for all Cambodians
31 July 2009
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AngkorOne.com is a new web-portal and social networking website in Cambodia which is hoping to attract Khmer language speakers from around the world, and maybe even challenge the dominance of Western services like Facebook. But unlike some of its competitors it’s also focused on social-outreach programs and supporting Cambodia’s tourism industry.
The founder and CEO of AngkorOne is Steven Path. He was born in Cambodia but moved to the United States at the age of 7. He has returned to his country of birth and is excited by the opportunities in his fast-growing, youthful nation.
Follow the MP3 link above to listen to our chat, or ‘right-click’ and ‘save link’ to download the audio. Thanks to Alex Khun from our Khmer language service at Radio Australia for organising this interview.
Life Matters: To Tweet or not to Tweet
8 May 2009
The Life Matters program this morning had an interesting discussion, and some talkback too, on the growing interest and media attention given to social network tools like Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. One of their guests was Iggy Pintado, a former marketing manager with IBM, and a self professed Super-Connector. He’s also the author of the book Connection Generation which argues that “connection determines our place in society and business – and if you’re not online you’re off the scene”. His dad and son also join in! You can follow the conversation as it evolved on twitter (using the #lm tag) or download the audio from this link, or the Life Matters website.
Tech Stream 011
1 May 2009
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Voxopop’s audio message boards are popular with people learning English.
In the Tech Stream this week, Firemint’s Robert Murray talks about their mobile game Flight Control which is a #1 worldwide hit; discover a social-networking discussion site Voxopop.com which allows people to start audio-based forums and has been taken up by English language learners across the world; Danny Gorog takes us under the hood of the Kindle 2 eBook reader; we learn how to reduce the impact our PCs have on the environment; and the increasing popularity of shanzhai phones in China.
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#amazonfail
16 April 2009
I had it on my agenda to include something in Tech Stream this week about #amazonfail. What is it? Well the # (hash tag) at the beginning indicates that “amazonfail” is a twitter search label, allowing people ‘tweeting’ to categorise the content of their post. It implies that somehow Amazon, the online retail store, has made a monumental blunder (ie “fail”). Over the Easter weekend a story started breaking that the company had removed the “sales rank” from hundreds of books with gay and lesbian themes, essentially burying them from view. Fail.
Twitter for breakfast
9 April 2009
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I’ve found myself becoming a reluctant evangelist for Twitter in the past couple of weeks, and I’m not the only one. Many people in the media, marketing and technology industry seem to be in the same boat. This will change, and in fact it already is as more people start using the service. But being able to clearly define what makes it such an interesting and effective communication and networking tool is still a little hard to do.
Twestival
6 March 2009
The first ever Twestival was recently held, bringing many users of the micro-blogging site Twitter into contact with each other. Did you take part? Andrew Davies from ABC Radio National’s new program Future Tense went along to one of the Twestival’s Australian gatherings to speak with other twitter-users about the joy of a good tweet. Download the interview as an MP3 or read the full transcript.
