Funny, every time I see this ‘exclusive BB offer’ now… … I think “walled garden“. When did Exclusive Offer equal Wrong Move ? Why do I have to change to a 3 sim card/package to watch BB, why can’t I watch it anywhere, anytime, on any device? Let’s start up a “Free Big Brother” community… Oh ok, let’s not and say we did. Heh. Tags: anti marketing, Australia, Media, telecommunications, walled garden, exclusive offer, big brother, bb, 3 mobile
May 282008
Posted by Laurel Papworth at 10:39 pm Tagged with: anti marketing, BB, mobile, Social Media Australia, telecommunications, walled garden
I’m liking this site a lot. I hate having to plug my Nokia 95 into either my desktop or laptop to back it up. It always launches stuff I don’t want – photo albums- does a hostile takeover of video and image software. The contact list isn’t accessible if I’m not plugged in – how stupid is that? – and there’s a tonne of other reasons I don’t like Nokia’s desktop unManagement software. Bloove. Rocks.Use your cellphone to navigate to bloove.com/m (I use wireless at home so I don’t have to pay Optus). Download the app (check the date of Continue Reading…
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Posted by Laurel Papworth at 7:23 pm Tagged with: cellphone, cellular telephone, desktop unManagement software, Meg Tsiamis, mobile, Nokia, sms, social networks, Switzerland
I’ve identified around 240-250 mobile social networks. I’ve been steadily trying to install their little apps. One after another have failed. I of course, assumed it was the telco blocking ‘em or my mobile was out of date (Nokia N95) or a problem with the security certificates or … But no. My mobile phone date has been set on 2007 since the first week of January. Completely by accident. I haven’t been able to understand why old SMS messages (from late 2007) were listed first, before the 2008 stuff. I couldn’t work out why security certificates were failing. I just Continue Reading…
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Posted by Laurel Papworth at 6:18 pm Tagged with: cellphone, cellular telephone, high tech area, mobile, Mobile social networks, Nokia N95, sms, social networks, telecommunications
Comcast supplies broadband. They are also similar to a Foxtel in America. Here’s the key sentence: …which claimed that the cable company was abusing its control over its network to impede video competition. Comcast now admit to slowing down delivery of services like AppleTV, bitTorrent, YouTube and other video services. Comcast said yesterday that it purposely slows down some traffic on its network, including some music and movie downloads, an admission that sparked more controversy in the debate over how much control network operators should have over the Internet. (more)Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), chairman of the House Energy and Continue Reading…
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Posted by Laurel Papworth at 2:47 pm Tagged with: America, broadband, broadband networks, Chairman, Comcast, control network, Edward J. Markey, Federal Communications Commission, House Energy and Commerce Committee 's subcommittee, Internet policy, Massachusetts, Social Media Australia, telecommunications, video services, Washington Post, youtube
w00t we make a difference! Mark Pesce started it, me and a handful of others have been blogging about it. Ajay and Myles even established a mashup ICanHazMeraki.Net (why isn’t it embeddable? Grrr ajay!) Anyway, Sydney Morning Herald has caught on: A group of socially networked geeks hopes to bring free wi-fi to the masses, reports Simon Sharwood. FRUSTRATED by the NSW Government’s stalled free wi-fi project, a group of Facebookers have decided to start their own. Yep Aussie Facebookers might be wasting $5 million of employers money, but at least they are doing it bringing down telecommunications companies It Continue Reading…
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Posted by Laurel Papworth at 10:14 pm Tagged with: consumer economy, economy, free internet access, free wireless network, Google, mark pesce, mesh network, mesh network technology, Monetization, NSW Government, Online Communities, peer2peer, social networks, start-up, Sydney, Sydney Free Wireless, Wi-Fi
Jan 302008
Hmm this rumour gain? More Gphone Rumours Wednesday, 30 January 2008 Following years of are they aren’t they, it would seem a joint announcement will be made next week regarding a google branded handset put together by mobile new boys Dell. Senior industry sources claim the two companies will reveal all at next month’s 3GSM conference in Barcelona. Last year Dell poached Ron Garriques, who left Motorola as Executive Vice President and President of the Company’s Mobile Devices business, and started work at Dell to run a newly formed division focusing on consumer products, and the driving force behind the Continue Reading…
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Posted by Laurel Papworth at 5:53 pm Tagged with: Android, Android operating system, Barcelona, cellphone, chosen networks, consumer products, Dell, Executive Vice President and President, Google, handsets and applications, iphone, mobile, Motorola, operating system, Ron Garriques
Jan 062008
TONIGHT: Anyone else going to Mobile Monday Sydney? Come on, come on, C’mon! You know you want to, so what if it’s a work night? Plus the clincher: Free drinks Web 2.0 goes Mobile Keynote, Panel, and two drinks pp., sponsored by A reminder that tonight, Mobile Monday Sydney is holding its first event for 2008, generously sponsored by Forum Nokia who are also kicking off our year in style with two free drinks per person (beer & wine) via tokens available from the front desk when you sign in. Come and meet our Keynote Speaker for the night, Gary Continue Reading…
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Posted by Laurel Papworth at 6:17 pm Tagged with: Gary Chan, Keynote Speaker, Manager, mobile, mobile services, operator, product and brand manager, Shelbourne Hotel, Social Media Australia, Sussex, Sydney, web 2.0
Guess which country – UK or Australia? Oh, ok stupid question. :What’s the max download speed in Australia? Max monthly usage without shaping, for home use (ie not paying corporate rates)?Does anyone in Australia offer free broadband? Around $38 per month – broadband, international calls, line rental. That doesn’t sound too bad to me. Where do I sign up? Oh wait… TalkTalk from Carphone Warehouse is only in the U.K. Technorati Tags: talktalk, carphone warehouse, u.k. australia, broadband
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Posted by Laurel Papworth at 5:54 pm Tagged with: broadband, Carphone Warehouse, England, Social Media Australia, u.k. australia, UK, United Kingdom, USD
Oct 202007
you guys have seen this on the right hand side of my blog, right? It’s been there for months.Well now it’s available in Facebook- MyPhone. What is MyPhone? With MyPhone, Facebook friends can call your phone or leave you a voice message from their phone while you keep your phone number private. Is it free? Yes! It is totally free to add MyPhone to your profile. Can I screen/block unwanted calls? Yes! MyPhone keeps your real phone number private and allows you to control who can call your phone from Facebook. Does it work with my mobile phone? Yes! It Continue Reading…
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Posted by Laurel Papworth at 9:59 pm Tagged with: cellular telephone, Facebook, jaxtr Inc., mobile, MyPhone, Online Communities, online friends, social networks, telecommunications
You think this is a joke???!!! Mesh is where you – at home or in your office – donate a tiny sliver of your broadband to the ether, to create a mesh around Sydney or San Francisco or whereever, so people can walk around with mobile devices or laptops and access the internet using wifi. Until now, I’ve been wondering why people would do that. I mean, I get that they would – we donate a lot of time and energy to collaboration online, peer-to-peer support and content for free – but still, I thought it would be a bit Continue Reading…
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Posted by Laurel Papworth at 7:54 pm Tagged with: B&T, broadband, BT FON Community, communications industry, FON, market leader, mobile, social networks, United Kingdom, Wi-Fi, WiFi
Sep 132007
I’m assuming that the belligerent writers on the 2clix or not 2clix thread etc on whirlpool.net.au are legit grumpy consumers and not some sort of sh*t-stirring competitors of 2clix: GOING TO WAR WITH THE CONSUMER: What would happen if everyone created a blog post called 2clix sucks? Would that come top of the various search engines when you search for 2clix? What if we all linked to each other’s blog post called 2clix sucks – and Google Juice connectivity – what impact would that have on 2clix?Like this: Digg Social Media voting page QGL forum Hoops SA The forum Sunshine Continue Reading…
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Posted by Laurel Papworth at 5:56 pm Tagged with: Advertising, Amazon, internet discussion, Online Communities, social media, Social Media Australia, USD, whirlpool
Jul 042007
Found this on the ‘net so it must be true (from ITFacts): 174 mln users to get into mobile social networks by 2011 ABI Research found that “mobile social communities” currently count nearly 50 mln members worldwide, a number that is expected to reach 174 mln in 2011. Metrics 2.0 have also picked up on the figures: Social Communities Go Mobile: 50 million to Become 174 million The rapid rise of online social communities and the companies behind them (such as MySpace and Facebook), has found a natural extension to the mobile phones. There are currently nearly 50 million members Continue Reading…
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Posted by Laurel Papworth at 3:33 pm Tagged with: AirG, cellular telephone, Clint Wheelock, co-founder and director, Facebook, Frederick Ghahramani, mobile, mobile phones, Mobile social networks, Online Communities, online social communities, personal networking, portable wireless devices, sms, social networking, social networks, vice president of research, wireless social networking
Jul 042007
What mobile widgets and apps do you have and which service provider are you with? Does anyone else find having a Twitter widget on a mobile a bit, well, redundant? This one only works on Mobio network. Do the impossible – right from your phone 50+ FREE & cool mobile widgets! – New! twitter on Mobio- New! digg on Mobio- New! My RSS- New! Kaboodle- locate Cheap Gas- find live music events- stop getting lost with 1-click maps Wow, how nice of them to give out free widgets – that you have to pay to access. :pHow do you feel Continue Reading…
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Posted by Laurel Papworth at 2:13 pm Tagged with: cellular telephone, convergent device, Google, Java, mobile, mobile phones, Mobile social networks, Online Communities, Social Media Australia, social networks, telecommunications, telstra, vodafone, WAP, web browser, wireless, WLAN
May 292007
Thanks to Dean Collins of Mexuar for this: Voipify your website:User generated text content/forums are fine but to jump forward into the next generation of ‘interactive’ communities progressive websites are implementing Mexuar Corraleta for 24×7 live voice chat sessions….browse to your favourite football teams web site and talk real time with anyone else visiting the site at the same time. With this feature, any website visitor using a Java compliant web browser and PC can make free voip calls to a 24×7 voice chat room. These calls are pure IP from the web browser to your Asterisk server and are Continue Reading…
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Posted by Laurel Papworth at 3:12 pm Tagged with: compliant web browser, dean collins, interaction/advertising, Java, platform neutral applications, real time, social networks, software, VOIP, web application, web browser
Apr 232007
…and fourth download *sighs*. Ah well, my laptop is nice and clean now . So yes, I just downloaded Second Life yet again. This time from Telstra’s Big Pond Second Life servers. I am at 10 gig of a 12 gig monthly limit – and I have until beginning of Mayto eke out mybandwidth. Grrrr. So it’s nice to know some things come free with Big Pond. So, since 28th March 2007:Linux: 69 downloads and 3.5 stars from 6 votesMac : 243 downloads and 2.7 stars from 7 votesWindows: 3,516 downloads and 3.8 stars from 62 votesIs that a lot? Continue Reading…
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Posted by Laurel Papworth at 10:11 pm Tagged with: Google, laurel papworth, Linux, Mac, media impressions, Microsoft Windows, Social Media Australia, telecommunications, telstra
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