The annual consumer electronics show running in Las Vegas this week has highlighted what Industry at least, believes is our technology-enabled future. This year, it seems to lie totally with the move from…
- Director of UWA Centre for Software Practice, The University of Western Australia
We are getting used to the idea of rapidly developing technologies changing what we can do and how we do things. What most people haven’t considered is how technologies affect our language and how these…
People of the western world have been making resolutions for the new year for over 4,000 years. The Babylonians, along with the Romans who later developed the idea further, made resolutions in the hope…
What is Bitcoin was Google’s 4th most frequent “What is…” search in 2014. This is possibly not surprising since it still has economists, policy makers, the finance industry and the general public trying…
There is a lesson for us all in the continuing revelations from stolen Sony emails being splashed over world-wide media. It is a lesson that Sony Pictures Entertainment Co-Chairperson Amy Pascal could…
Of all the potential calamities facing humanity, the one that few people can argue about is that of the global population that is growing in numbers, age, size and incidence of chronic disease. In Australia…
The Conversation, along with many other sites, was rendered unavailable for several hours today after one of its service providers was subjected to a massive “denial of service” attack timed to coincide…
The Parliament of the European Union last week voted to call on member states and the European Commission to investigate the operation of search engines in Europe to ensure “a balanced, fair and open internet…
A legal case in Canada is breaking new ground by using data collected from a Fitbit to assess the relative fitness of a person making an injury claim. The law firm representing the claimant is hoping to…
In a move that would have been unthinkable a few years ago, Microsoft has made its development platform freely available and ready to support not only Windows, but Macs, Linux and Apple, and Google’s mobile…
In an operation involving 17 countries, law enforcement agencies arrested 17 people believed to be involved with Darknet markets. The operation, code named “Onymous”, first came to light with the announcement…
One of the characteristic features of Massive Open Online Courses is the observation that no matter how many students enroll in a course, only between 5 to 10% of them will ever complete it. Setting aside…
When the major tech companies report their quarterly earnings, the media, and to a lesser extent, the markets, tend to focus on the drama that surrounds Apple’s ability, or otherwise, to “surprise the…
Australian telecommunications company Telstra has this week announced its intentions to significantly develop its health business. The latest addition to its portfolio of health services will come through…
Rumours are surfacing that Microsoft will launch its own smartwatch in the next few weeks. Given that Microsoft Windows Phone accounts for just 2.5% of the world smartphone market, the watch will work…
In 2012, the UK’s Sunday Times reported that actor Bruce Willis was going to sue Apple because he was not legally allowed to bequeath his iTunes collection of music to his children. The story turned out…
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella’s excruciating gaffe that women should not ask for a raise but trust in “karma” that they would be rewarded eventually has been met with widespread condemnation. He made the…
In a report that is due to be released next month, the OECD has drawn a picture of the state of the world’s digital economy, or at least that of its member countries. The reported data paint a picture…
In June of this year, Facebook provoked a widespread public outcry after it became known that it had tried to manipulate the emotions of nearly 700,000 of its users as part of a social “experiment”. At…
Microsoft will skip the version 9 of Windows and will release instead Windows 10 in 2015. This upgrade will be the last major release of Windows. The decision to stop releasing Windows as a series of major…
Apple’s rivals have been quick to take advantage of its ongoing social media attention this week. Not only have they been able to promote their own products but as the focus remains on Apple’s, issues…
No launch of a new Apple product would be complete without a controversy, legions of disillusioned and angry customers and a class-action lawsuit that will surely follow. It has emerged that Apple’s new…
The story of Chinese e-commerce company Alibaba has become almost as magical as the original Arabian story that gave it its name. It has become compelling because of the dazzling success of its public…
The reputation of Apple’s fans is as well known as Apple’s products. These are the people who have already started lining up outside Apple stores, just to be first to own the latest iPhone due to go on…
After weeks of intense speculation about exactly what Apple would announce at this event, CEO Tim Cook finally took the stage at the Flint Centre for the Performing Arts in Cupertino and settled the score…
