This page includes a complete index of the people, organisations, technologies and concepts featured in A Faster Future, along with the page numbers they appear on:
INDEX
2ergo · 148
3D · 14, 27, 50, 83, 90, 117, 121, 123, 126, 148, 201, 207, 210, 218
3G · 6
3RDsense · 168
4G · 7, 241
99designs · 62
99Dressses.com · 84
A
Aardvark · 11
AARNet · 3, 202
ABI Research · 105
Access Economics · 9, 31, 36, 213, 228
Aconex · 49, 50
Adelaide · 166
Adobe · 24, 204
Air · 62
Flash · 24
Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) · 3
Africa · 6
aged care · 66
agriculture · 134
Al Salem, Dana · 178, 179
Alcatel-Lucent · 147
Alder, Malcolm · 17, 18, 40, 227
Alibaba.com · 81
Allaire, Jeremy · 24, 56, 57
Allen Consulting Group · 215
Amazon · 18, 20, 145, 154, 259
AWS · 37, 59, 60, 61
Kindle · 111
Mechanical Turk · 84
AMBER Awards · 86
American Express Business Travel · 54
American Film Institute (AFI) · 142, 159
Anders, Mark · 24
Animal Logic · 164, 165, 250
Ansarada · 51
App My State · 192
Apple · 26, 113, 152
Final Cut Pro · 159
Genius · 154
iPad · 25, 104, 106, 128, 144, 158, 170
iPhone · 6, 104, 106, 126, 127, 136, 137, 142, 148, 192, 229
iPod · 26
iTunes · 146, 174, 175
iTunes App Store · 104, 151
apps · 62, 83, 104, 105, 127, 147, 148, 151
Apps4NSW · 192
Arbor Networks · 259
Around Me · 136
Artefact · 104
artificial intelligence (AI) · 64, 65, 95, 255
augmented reality (AR) · 125, 126, 127, 136, 137, 138, 252
Australasian Telehealth Society · 219
Australia Post · 40, 41
Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) · 159, 160, 249
iView · 146, 159, 160
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) · 192
Australian Energy Regulator · 236
Australian Government · 187, 191, 221, 227, 237
Australian Government Information Management Office (AGIMO) · 194
Australian Industry Group · 19
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare · 213
Australian Interactive Media Industry Association (AIMIA) · 86
Australian Private Equity and Venture Capital Association Ltd (AVCAL) · 264
Auto I.T. · 79
avatar · 118, 120, 124, 208
B
Ballmer, Steve · 107
Banana Shire Council · 54
Bang The Table · 196
Bank of Queensland · 66
Bankinter · 53
Barrie, Matt · 64
BBC
iPlayer · 23, 146
Bell, Genevieve · 106
Benioff, Marc · 67
Berg Insight · 131
Berners-Lee, Sir Tim · 3, 33, 250
Bess, Charlie · 72, 73
Better Place · 239
Bevans, Luke · 176, 177, 180
BigTinCan · 178
BigWorld Technology · 169
Blayney, Geoffrey · 47
Blockbuster · 17, 152
blogs · 77, 83, 144
Blue Mars · 119
Blue State Digital · 188
BlueKai · 100, 101, 254
Blurb · 158
Body Area Network (BAN) · 224
book publishing · 144, 158
Booz & Company · 215, 229
botnets · 260
Boxee · 147
Bradlow, Dr Hugh · 12, 24, 30, 54, 110, 118, 203, 235
Brattle Group · 237
BrightCove · 24, 56
Brisbane · 66
Brownlow, Megan · 150, 151, 177
Bryan, Austin · 232
Bullseye · 71
Butteriss, Crispin · 196, 197
C
Canberra · 121
Capper-Beilby, Liesl · 65, 66, 127, 255
Cardwell, Colin · 168
Care Innovations · 223
Caruana-McManus, Catherine · 31
casual games · 167
Catalyst Interactive · 210
Cellar, Prof Branko · 225
Centre for Learning Innovation (CLI) · 207
Centrelink · 187
Cerf, Vint · 3, 8, 10, 29, 32, 37, 245, 253, 263
CERN · 3
Chairpage · 183
Chevron Australia · 57
China · 26
Cisco · 5, 22, 34, 52, 214
Flip · 23, 142
WebEx · 43, 203
Citrix · 43, 48
Citrix Online · 43
GoToMeeting · 43
Clark, Adrian · 241, 242, 243
ClassMovies · 81
closed-circuit television (CCTV) · 233
cloud computing · 27, 37, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 68, 69, 75, 78, 79, 80, 166, 167, 170, 231, 232, 244, 251
Club Penguin · 119
ColdFusion · 24
Collins, Mal · 239
Connect Care · 227
Conroy, Senator Stephen · 226
Consumer Electronics Show (CES) · 28
CPA Australia · 120
crowdsourcing · 36
Crown Copyright · 190
CSIRO · 30, 187, 217, 240
FLECK · 30
ICT Centre · 187
Remote Immersive Diagnostic Examination System · 218
Virtual Critical Care Unit · 218
Curtin University · 205
Future Technologies Group · 206
D
Dawson, Ross · 144
de los Reyes, August · 104, 112
De Margheriti, John · 169
Declaration of Open Government · 191
Deloitte Digital · 55
DeMartino, Nick · 142, 152, 154, 159
Department of Finance and Deregulation, Australia · 186
DesignCrowd · 62, 63, 143
digital divide · 10, 199, 261
Digital Education Revolution · 203, 204
Digital Sky Technologies · 85
Digital Sydney · 250
Dimensional Studios · 118
Disney · 119, 152
distributed denial of service (DDoS) · 260
Dresden State Art Collections · 122
Durkin, Nikki · 84
E
E Ink · 111, 113
E2Open · 69
eBay · 11, 18, 20, 79, 84
e-book · 25
e-book readers · 111
e-commerce · 1, 18, 24, 81, 82, 86, 87, 89, 153, 253, 260
education · 9, 10, 20, 31, 55, 118, 201, 202, 207, 208
EDUCATION · 201
electronic health record · 228
Eleven · 181
Eli Lily · 59
EMI Australia · 176
Emotiv · 107, 109, 129
EPOC · 107, 108, 109
EnergyAustralia · 237, 238, 241, 242, 243, 244
England, Bevis · 247
Enterprise Applications Consulting · 69, 78
Ericsson · 6, 241
Eriksson, Håkan · 6, 28
Ernst & Young · 257
Europe · 239
EveryBlock · 155
ExOne · 27
Expos2 · 120
EYEfi · 56
F
Face.com · 115, 116
Facebook · 24, 25, 28, 36, 44, 60, 67, 68, 77, 84, 93, 95, 96, 102, 116, 161, 168, 176, 259
Facebook Connect · 95, 98, 102
Fairfax Digital · 145, 248
Fanshake · 178, 179
FarmVille · 168, 169
Faulkner, Alisdair · 253
FetchTV · 148
Fife, Ken · 79
Finland · 4, 10
FixMyStreet · 190
Flipboard · 155
Forget the Rules · 162
Forsyth, Rob · 257, 258
foursquare · 132, 133, 139, 169, 233, 264
Fowler, Blair · 89
Fox, Michael · 89, 90
Foxtel · 148
Francisco Partners · 49
Freelancer.com · 62, 63, 64
Frost & Sullivan · 59, 237
G
Gaikai · 170
Galaxy Research · 2
Gallipoli
The First Day · 159
Gambale, Nunzio · 135
Gartner · 33
GE Energy Australia · 237, 238
Genachowsk, Julius · 215
GeoDome · 202
Georgia · 260
Georgia Institute of Technology · 114
Germany · 122
gesture-based interface · 99, 105, 106, 129, 207
GetUp! · 189
Gibson, William · 16
GigaOM · 148
Gill, Michael · 214, 216
Gillard, Stefan · 117, 166, 167
Gillezeau, Marcus · 162, 163
Gist · 95
Global Financial Crisis · 53, 83
Global Positioning System (GPS) · 125, 131, 134, 135, 138, 233, 252, 264
Gmail · 59
Goa Hippy Tribe · 161
Godin, Seth · 21, 35, 89, 116, 158, 255
Google · 8, 13, 14, 15, 33, 37, 59, 87, 94, 96, 110, 115, 137, 143, 147, 202, 254, 259, 263, 264
Android · 136, 147
Google Earth · 14, 137
Google Goggles · 115
Google Maps · 61, 132
Google TV · 147
Gov 2.0 Taskforce · 191, 198
GOVERNMENT · 185
Government 2.0 Primer · 194
Government of South Australia · 209
Gowalla · 134
graphical user interface (GUI) · 103
Gray, Dr Jonathan · 198
Greenbaum, Josh · 68, 69, 70, 78
Grobman, Ari · 112, 127
Groupon · 85
Gruen, Dr Nicholas · 191
GSM · 241
GT Nexus · 69
Gutenberg’s press · 248
Guvera · 180
H
Habbo Hotel · 119, 129
Hagen, Kit · 243
Happy Feet · 164
Happy Feet II · 165
heads-up displays (HUD) · 128
healthcare · 9, 10, 20, 30, 31, 213, 214, 216, 221, 224, 225, 228, 229, 230
HEALTHCARE · 213
Hewlett-Packard · 52, 72
Heydon, Geof · 147
History Channel · 132
Holodeck · 124
Home Area Network · 238, 240
Honestly.com · 98
Hong Kong · 81
HTML 5 · 24
Hulu · 23, 146, 152
Human Services Delivery Research Alliance (HSDRA) · 187
Hume Central Secondary College · 202
Hyperlocalizer · 155
I
I Can’t Believe It’s Not Rock · 181
IBM · 31, 237, 239, 262
IDC · 56
identity theft · 93, 94, 96, 102, 253
In Their Honour · 192
India · 216
Industrial Light + Magic · 250
Industrial Revolution · 46
Informa Telecoms & Media · 6
in-memory computing · 73
Institute for a Broadband-Enabled Society (IBES) · 7
Insurance Australia Group · 19
Integ · 57
Intel · 2, 28, 224
Interaction and Experience Research · 106
Internet of Things · 29, 235
Internet Protocol · 261
IPv4 · 261
IPv6 · 261
Internet Protocol TV (IPTV) · 148, 206, 226, 232
iOmniscient · 234
J
Jacobson, Shane · 162
Jakobsson, Hampus · 110, 111, 113
Japan · 9, 16
Jasper, Leigh · 49, 50
Jassy, Andy · 59, 60
Johnson, Rod · 61, 62
Johnston, David · 209, 218, 222, 226
Jones, Michael · 13, 14, 15, 23
Joy, Bruce · 123, 124
K
Kane, James · 138
Kanga, Rustom · 234
Kazanjy, Pete · 98
Kenny, Robert and Charles · 248
Knight, Toby · 48
Kobayashi, Hael · 249, 250
Kogan Technologies · 83
Kogan, Ruslan · 82, 83
KPMG · 17, 40, 120, 227
Kroeger, Ken · 210
Kuiper, Jim · 238
L
Langsford, Stephen · 153
Lapkin, Anne · 33, 95
Lasoo.com.au · 40
Layar · 125, 137
Le, Tan · 108, 109
Leeder, Prof Stephen · 214
Legend of the Guardians
The Owls of Ga’Hoole · 164
Leith, Lindsay · 52, 53
Lens-FitzGerald, Maarten · 126
Lewis, Phillip · 80, 81
LightSquared · 232
LimeWire · 180
LinkedIn · 93, 96, 97, 98
LobbyLens · 192
Locata · 135
LOCATION · 131
location-based services · 132, 138, 252, 264
Loddon Mallee Rural Health Alliance (LMHA) · 221, 222
Virtual Trauma and Critical Care Unit (ViTCCU) · 221
Logica Australia · 237, 242
Lonely Planet · 136
Long Term Evolution (LTE) · 7, 241
Looxcie · 23, 142
Lulu · 158
Lumus · 112, 127
Lundy, Senator Kate · 193, 195
Lynch, Alec · 62, 63, 143
M
Macau · 49
Macquarie Telecom · 19, 20, 232
Macromedia · 24
Madonna · 177
malware · 260
Mansfield, Tim · 16
Margelis, Dr George · 223, 224, 228
mash-up · 61, 104, 169
MashupAustralia · 191
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) · 29
massively multiplayer online game (MMOG) · 118
Matthews, Jack · 145, 248
McAfee · 256, 257, 258
McAlpine, Peter · 204, 205
McEvoy, Dean · 85
McKerlie, Jim · 71, 72
McKinsey & Company · 9
McLuhan, Marshall · 249
media · 249
MEDIA · 141
Menulog · 78
Micro Forte Studios · 169
Microsoft · 104, 106, 107, 246
Office · 61
Office Live Meeting · 43
Surface · 106, 207
Xbox 360 · 147, 218
Xbox 360 Kinect · 105, 223
Middleton Grange School · 208
Milan Direct · 82, 83
Mintel · 145
MOB · 126, 137
Mordy Koots · 162
Mountford, Joy · 113, 114, 262
MP3 · 173, 174
MSN Messenger · 45, 66
Murray-White, Jacob · 44
music industry · 1, 17, 25
MUSIC INDUSTRY · 173
Musion Eyeliner 3D Projector · 118
my247 · 78
MyCyberTwin · 64, 66, 95, 127, 255
myScociety.org · 190
N
Napster · 146
NASA · 59, 64, 202
National Arboretum and Garden · 121
National Australia Bank · 19, 64
National Broadband Network (NBN) · 4, 9, 17, 19, 36, 167, 202, 227, 231
National E-Health Transition Authority (NEHTA) · 228
NBC · 152
NEC · 52
NEC Australia · 227
Nelson, Zach · 60
Netflix · 146, 152, 153, 154, 157
NetSuite · 60
Network Ten · 147
New South Wales · 9, 203, 204, 226, 233, 237, 238
newspapers · 13, 25, 145, 146
Newspoll · 256
Next IT · 64
NICTA · 32, 192, 198, 224
OpinionWatch · 198
Nielsen Company · 2, 21, 76, 77
Nikoletatos, Peter · 205, 206, 207
ninemsn · 147
Nintendo Wii · 223
Nokia · 96
NSW Government · 192
Department of Education and Training · 207
Industry & Investment NSW · 250
O
Odesk · 45
Ofcom · 110
online behavioural advertising · 99, 100, 254
Ooyala · 56
Open ID · 94
Open Universities Australia · 202
Oppermann, Dr Ian · 187, 217
Optus · 232
Optus Digital Media · 232
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) · 5, 6, 9
Otellini, Paul · 28
outsourcing · 36
P
Panasonic · 52
Parkway Drive · 183
Paul Mac · 181
PayPal · 87
Peng, Sabrina · 82
Perissinotto, Mark · 86, 87, 88
Perissinotto, Steven · 86
photo processing · 25
Please Rob Me · 252
Pollenizer · 84
Polycom · 52, 54
Poole, Ian · 58
Powerhouse Museum · 126, 161
presence technology · 45
PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) · 149, 175, 186, 203
privacy · 94, 96, 100, 112, 116
Public Sphere · 194, 195, 198
Q
Qantas · 32
Queensland · 54
Quest Visual · 125
Quickflix · 153
Quodling, Bob · 121
R
Race, Nick · 259, 260, 261
radio · 2, 149
radio frequency identification (RFID) · 32, 127, 246
Radiohead · 181
RailCorp · 192
Ranadivé, Vivek · 70
recruitment · 96
Redd Inc · 161
retail · 18, 39, 81, 82, 83, 89, 121, 145
RetailMeNot · 76
Rhapsody · 149, 180
Riley, Sam · 51
Roads & Traffic Authority NSW · 233
Rosenberg, Cliff · 97
Roxon, Nicola – MP · 229
Russia · 260
S
SA Health · 209, 210, 218, 222, 226
Salesforce.com · 28, 37, 59, 61
Chatter · 67
Force.com · 61
Salmat · 43
Salmat@Home · 43
Salomon, Mandy · 119
Salt, Bernard · 46
Samsung · 107
SAP · 73
Saunders, Wayne · 40
Schmidt, Eric · 33
Schumann, Michael · 122, 123
Scorched · 162
Second Interest · 122, 123
Second Life · 118, 119, 122, 129, 207
Selvadurai, Naveen · 132, 133
Semantic Web · 33
ServiceSeeking.com.au · 78
Sgt Star · 65
Sheraton on the Park Hotel · 52
Shiever, H.R. · 43
Shoes of Prey · 89, 90
Shomos, Jim · 162
Shopkick · 134
Silverchair · 181, 183
Simmersion Holdings · 121, 122
Mycosm · 121
Singapore · 4, 49, 137
Singley, Eric · 77
Skype · 45, 46, 227, 251
Slender, Grant · 66
SMALL BUSINESS · 75
smart grid · 235, 236, 237, 238, 239, 241, 242, 243
Smart Grid/Smart City · 237
smart meters · 235, 236, 238, 241
Smart Services CRC · 16, 119, 208
Smarter Planet · 31
smartphone · 6, 14, 110, 112, 115, 125, 128, 131, 138, 147, 151, 217, 222, 264
social media · 23, 51, 67, 77, 89, 176, 188, 204, 250
social networking · 2, 183
Society for Knowledge Economics (SKE) · 246
software-as-a-service (SaaS) · 28, 51
Sony · 112, 147
PlayStation 3 · 59, 147, 160, 218
Sony Computer Entertainment · 59
Sophos · 257
South Australia · 214
South Korea · 4, 16, 106, 203, 248
spam · 260
Spatial Industries Business Association · 121
Speiser, David · 115
Spotify · 149, 180
Spreets · 85
SpringSource · 61
St Peter Chanel Catholic School · 202
Star Trek · 124
Starwood Group · 52, 53
Steam Engine · 166
StreetCorner · 155
Stuxnet · 260
Surtees, Tony · 155, 156
surveying · 134
Sweden · 7, 110, 180
Sydney Water · 244
Symantec · 256
T
tablets · 151, 158
Tasmania · 202, 240
Tata Consultancy Services · 216
Tawakol, Omar · 100
Teague, Ian · 22
Technology Research for Independent Living Centre (TRIL Centre) · 227
telecommuting · 36, 43, 44, 47
teleconferencing · 221
telehealth · 219, 220, 221, 225, 226, 229
telepresence · 52, 53, 55, 203, 217, 218
tele-rehabilitation · 223
television · 2, 23, 148, 204
telework · 247
Telework New Zealand · 247
TeliaSonera · 7
Telstra · 12, 24, 30, 44, 54, 110, 118, 147, 203, 221, 232, 235
BigPond · 232
BigPond TV · 147
T-Box · 147
Telehealth Solution · 221
T-Hub · 226
Tercek, Robert · 26, 156, 157, 158, 174, 249
The Astonishing Tribe (TAT) · 110
The Buzz · 19
The Dubs · 161
The Hidden Park · 137, 138
The In Sound From Way Out · 176
The Netherlands · 5, 125
TheyWorkForYou · 190
ThreatMetrix · 253
TIBCO Software · 68, 70, 73
tibbr · 68
Timbs, Alex · 164, 165
Tissot · 125
TiVo · 147, 226
touchscreens · 103
toy helicopter · 252
transportation · 9
TrueLocal · 78
Tucker, Prof Rod · 7
Tudehope, Aidan · 20
Twinity · 119, 137
Twitter · 67, 68, 77, 95, 116, 251
U
U.S. Air Force · 123, 135
U.S. Army · 65
U.S. Government · 3, 123, 237
Federal Communications Commission · 215
Federal Trade Commission · 254
Justice Department · 251
UBank · 19
Umbers, Richard · 41
United Kingdom · 23, 81, 110, 186, 190, 191, 203
United Nations · 9, 36
United States of America · 17, 23, 25, 26, 34, 46, 69, 87, 123, 152, 158, 188, 190, 191, 225, 237, 239
Universal Music Group · 176
University of New South Wales · 225
University of Sydney
Menzies Centre for Health Policy · 214
University of Wollongong · 208
Urban Walkabout · 137
utilities · 19, 31, 231, 236, 243, 244
UTILITIES · 231
V
Vamos, Steve · 246
VastPark · 123
VetShopAustralia · 86, 88
vGov · 123
Victoria · 202, 221, 222, 238
Victorian Government · 192
Department of Sustainability and Environment, · 134
video · 21, 22, 24, 55, 56, 57, 60, 89, 202, 208, 216, 223, 233, 234, 252
videoconferencing · 24, 52, 54, 189, 202, 211, 217, 221, 225, 227
Viocorp · 56
Virgin Mobile · 56
virtual reality · 119, 121, 122, 123, 124, 129, 137, 169, 195, 201, 207, 208, 209
visual search · 115
VMware · 61
voice control · 103
Vuzix · 112
W
Watson, John · 181, 182, 183
Web 2.0 · 67, 197, 198
WebHealthCentre · 216
Western Australia · 205
WhaleShark · 76
WhoCanDo · 78
WikiLeaks · 190, 251
Wikipedia · 11
Williams, Peter · 55
Wilson, Dr Laurie · 219, 220
WiMAX · 7
WIMP interface · 103
Winter, Chris · 159, 249
Wood, Colin · 207, 208, 209
Woodthorpe, Dr Katherine · 264
World Bank · 9
World Expo Shanghai · 202
World Information Technology and Services Alliance (WITSA) · 261
World Lens · 125
World of Warcraft · 118
World Wide Web Consortium · 33
WriteToThem · 190
X
Xerox PARC · 103
Y
Yahoo! · 94, 113
Yahoo!7 · 85, 147
Yelp · 77
YouTube · 11, 21, 77, 83, 142, 143, 146, 148, 154, 159, 201, 204
Z
Zucker, Jeff · 152
Zynga · 60, 168