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  • whitepaper

    Global brands need to be local, social and mobile

    5th April 2011

    Devising your digital strategy on a global and local level will go a long way to delivering a successful presence overseas. But knowledge is the key. And nothing beats a local presence. Download whitepaper here.

  • Queensland Police Service facebook account

    Choose to innovate for a better world

    5th April 2011

    James Kliemt and his team at Queensland Police Service did a bang up job bringing social media into the limelight with their brilliant reaction in a time of great need by doing what came naturally in this day and age. One look at the stream of appreciation displayed in the scrolling facebook comments seen below… see more

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    How the iPad revolution has transformed working lives

    4th April 2011

    iPad iPad iPad iPad iPad iPad iPad iPad iPad iPad iPad iPad….. As the touch screen tablet emerges as the must have device for pretty much the whole of our gadget obsessed population, it’s hard to dispute if there is any word that currently rivals the weight that one carries. Margaret Manning, the founder and… see more

  • microsoftcup

    Microsoft Imagine Cup – Congratulations to Baby2Be!

    29th March 2011

    The QUT team (Baby2Be) has submitted their software design proposal to the Microsoft Imagine Cup 2011 last week, and we are very proud that they have won the top 5 idea award for round 1!  Now that they have won the first round prizes, I reckon we can reveal abit more about what they are doing…. see more

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    Cloud Computing: Everything Old is New Again.

    25th February 2011

    Sitting in the audience of the recent Cloud Computing Forum was an interesting experience. Speaker after speaker sagely warned us that Cloud Computing was right on the top of Gartner Hype Cycle… then many of them went on to prove it by enthuasing mercilessly about how Cloud Computing was Game Changing, Again. (Sigh…). Thinking about… see more

  • ANALYTICZ

    Importance of Analytics

    19th January 2011

    A member of our UK team noticed this article in the Guardian last week, and I’ve since the news spread throughout music and technology publications and sites like wildfire. You’d have thought that the major labels had finally tapped into a big idea to “save” the music industry. But no, what they’ve actually done is… see more

  • bertand ernie

    The rise and rise of social shopping

    22nd December 2010

    While sites like E-bay and Amazon have opened up a new, global marketplace to ordinary consumers, the simple fact is that simply buying online doesn’t fulfill many of the psychological quirks that makes us humans so interesting.  Social commerce goes beyond merely allowing consumers to make purchase where they happen to be already – i.e… see more

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    Facebook optimisation: on page, in the feed and across the web

    16th December 2010

    There are three key ways you can connect with Facebook users. 1) Customize your Facebook page using FBML to style it according to your brand look and feel. Facebook Mark Up Language is a simple variant of HTML and gives you flexibility and consistency on your page, almost as though it’s a microsite. Making the… see more

  • Cloud Computing: everything you wanted to know but were afraid to ask

    15th December 2010

    The somewhat esoteric language used about cloud computing may be why many people find a move to the cloud a little bit daunting. We’ve seen comments like “cloud computing is an evolutionary journey to a more dynamic and flexible IT infrastructure.” It’s actually pretty simple stuff. Australia is leading the charge in its adoption of… see more

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    Digital Conversations Sydney 26th November: liveblog

    24th November 2010

    Our first Sydney event will be live-blogged in glorious technicolour right here from 8.30 to 10.30 am, for those of you who can’t make it into the packed-to-the-rafters event. The topic is “social media begins at home” and our panel will be discussing how they use social technologies to collaborate, create and communicate.