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Each year the Intelligent Community Forum searches the world for those communities that provide a model of economic and social development in the 21st Century using information and communications technology. The Top Seven for this year have just been announced – although unfortunately none of the nominated cities are from Australia (or indeed, from the …

A new report from the Australian Industry Group and Deloitte has highlighted the gap that exists between many Australian business’ awareness of the benefits of broadband and their readiness to take advantage of new broadband networks and technologies. The survey of 540 chief executives in manufacturing, services and construction industries asked about business investment in …

New research released by Google and IPSOS Research has confirmed Australia’s love affair with smartphones. Australia now ranks second in the world in terms of smartphone penetration, with 37 percent of people owning one. Despite this high ranking, there is still daylight between Australia and the global smartphone leader, Singapore, which has achieved 62 percent …

Thanks to a flurry of recent research, we now have a much clearer picture of just how much influence the Internet is having on Australian business and the economy generally. A new report from Deloitte Access Economics and Google shows for the first time just how big the contribution really is. More information in this …

In May 2011, Mio Ristic and the team at Digital Video Vault captured part of Brad Howarth’s presentation on A Faster Future to ICT Geelong, and also recorded this interview talking about the impact of high-speed broadband on video marketing. Digital Video Vault is one of the many emerging companies that are taking advantage of …

SMH.com.au journalist Ben Grubb this morning published this interview and review of A Faster Future. In it Ben looks in detail at many of the topics and concepts covered in A Faster Future, while asking the question of what will be the “killer app” for the National Broadband Network. Many of the topics are similar …

One of the highlights of this year’s CeBIT Australia 2011 exhibition and conference was the launch by the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy the Hon. Stephen Conroy of the National Digital Economy Strategy. Within it are set out many of the programs and requirements being considered for ensuring the the roll-out of …

I’m speaking at the CeBIT eGovernment forum later this afternoon, so I’ve decided to catch as many sessions as possible while also going for a wander around the show floor later. The first speaker for the eGovernment forum was the federal Special Minister of State, the Hon. Gary Gray, whose presentation who talked about the …

For much the past decade the Australian-born  company Emotiv has been developing technology that can take signals from our brains and interpret them for a range of useful applications. The technology is still in its early stages, but has great potential for everything from controlling devices such as motorised wheelchairs or even video games controls …

For anyone not lucky enough to have seen Robert Tercek at Digital Directions 2011 or X Media Lab, you’ve missed hearing from one of the world’s leading thinkers on digital media. Tercek’s career includes being involved in numerous ‘firsts’ when it comes to creating interactive entertainment, as well as a stint as president of digital …