Most of us can scarcely remember the world without mobile phones. Yet in Australia mobile coverage still only covers a few percent of the continent’s landmass, and is dependent on a complex interplay of phone towers and background infrastructure to keep working. Even in good times networks go down from…

Back when texting became a craze we first met the character called Crazy Frog, who went around going “ding ding” in the most annoying way possible. The guy now has his own YouTube channel and has made creator Erik Wernquist quite rich. Those were happy days when text messages were…

There isn’t a day goes by in Australia without a story about how hard it is to get into the real estate market. Online real estate, by contrast, has never been easier or cheaper to obtain. Here’s how to get your own home on the web! You probably already know…

When I started messing around with computers we carried our ideas around on 5 1/4 inch floppy discs. They were big, awkward and less that 100% reliable. It was early days for the internet, there was no cloud, and if you wanted to send material to someone you usually PUT…